University of California, Irvine

When will I receive my Fall Quarter financial aid remainder?

If you paid your fees by the deadline of Tuesday, September 15, and your ZotAccount indicates that you will be receiving additional financial aid funds, those funds will be disbursed beginning Thursday, September 24th.

If you selected electronic refund, your funds will be generated on September 24th and will clear the bank by September 28th.

If you selected the mail option, checks will be mailed in the Post Office as of September 25th.

You can review or make changes to the refund method you selected by signing up for Electronic Refunds on your ZotAccount.

9/11/2020

Financial Aid Office recorded Q&A webinars

9/04/2020: Q&A webinar - Ask the Directors: Fall 2020 Town Hall click here to view

9/04/2020

If some or all instruction for all or part of Academic Year 2020-21 is delivered remotely, will there be a reduction to tuition or mandatory fees?

Some or all instruction for all or part of Academic Year 20-21 may be delivered remotely. Tuition and mandatory fees have been set regardless of the method of instruction and will not be refunded in the event instruction occurs remotely for any part of the Academic Year.

4/27/2020

CARES Act Emergency Grant: Frequently-Asked Questions - Click here to open document.

5/11/2020

CARES Act Emergency Grant: Disclosure - Click here to open document.

5/08/2020

COVID-19 Update

In compliance with UCI's policy to practice "social distancing" during this pandemic outbreak, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships lobby will be closed to in-person service beginning Tuesday, March 17th, until further notice.

Our office remains operational as staff work remotely. We appreciate your patience as staff are not on campus to update the status of documents that are submitted to our office, or process outside agency scholarship checks.

For assistance with your questions or concerns, contact us by email at finaid@uci.edu. Due to the volume of emails received, please allow for extended response times.

Frequently-Asked Questions (updated August 5th)

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this evolving emergency.

8/05/2020

Selected for Verification?

Have you received notification from our office that your financial aid file has been selected for verification?

If so, make sure you submit the requested documents by the deadline indicated. Failing to submit your documents on time could jeopardize your financial aid award.

If you are an entering student and your financial aid award is no longer available on My Aid you should check My Aid Status for documents that are needed.

Don't miss your emails from financial aid!

Make sure your email doesn't get lost in your spam or junk mail folders. You should set your email software/account to allow email from finaidmail@uci.edu

Our office will communicate with you via email so it's important that you assure you receive (and read) any notices we send.

Note: We do not respond to messages sent to finaidmail@uci.edu . Instead, please email us at: finaid@uci.edu .