Tuition Installment

Introduction Targets How to Apply Application Period Processing Time Related Websites Points to Note

Introduction

The tuition installment is offered to students who are in financial difficulties. Students who would like to apply for the installment need to submit an online application during the designated period. With the successful application of the tuition installment, students will pay the semester tuition in two or four equal monthly installments.

Tuition installment service is offered on a semester basis. Students who need the installment service in both semesters should submit two separate applications according to the application schedules.

Targets

1. Students in financial difficulties,

2. Whose average monthly per capita household income is lower than the amount as stipulated in Article 3.2.1 of the Application Eligibility of the Guideline for Study Loan Application of Education and Youth Development Bureau,
(For the guideline, please refer to the website of the Education and Youth Development Bureau)

3. Undergraduate and Postgraduate students

How to Apply

Students should submit an online application to request a tuition installment. The application link will be posted on this page during the application period. In the online application, the following documents will be requested:

Undergraduate and Master students:

1. Salary proofs issued by the employers of those family members who are engaged in paid jobs, including the applicant. The proofs should include the total income for the past 12 months.
(If the member(s) is/are unemployed, please fill out the “Declaration of No Income“)

2. “Declaration of average monthly per capita household income“
(The family’s total income should be equal to the sum of income from all family members in the past 12 months mentioned in the first part of this section)

3. ID or passport copy of the applicant and family members living with the applicant

Note: It usually takes one or two weeks for a company to issue salary proofs for its employees. Please leave sufficient time to prepare these documents for the installment application.

Ph.D. students:

– ID or passport copy of the applicant and family members living with the applicant

Application Period

The tuition installment application is open according to the below schedules. The link for the application system will be posted here on the first day of the application period.

Remark:
1. The above application periods apply to the following payment periods and will be adjusted when the payment periods are changed.
– 1st-semester tuition fee payment period from 23 July – 5 August 2024 (programme-based) and 13 – 26 September 2024 (credit-based);
– 2nd-semester tuition fee payment period from 3 – 15 January 2025 (programme-based) and 18 February – 3 March 2025 (credit-based)
2. Late applications will not be accepted.
3. For students who need to apply for installment for a tuition debit note with a payment period other than those listed above, please send your request to sao.aid@um.edu.mo within the first two days of the payment period.

*Installment does not apply to non-refundable tuition fee for new students in the first semester.

Processing Time

Installment applications will be processed after the application period is over. It takes around five working days to process, and students who submit a completed application by the deadline will normally be notified of the result through email 1 working day before the payment deadline.

Related websites

• Finance Office (Payment Schedule of Tuition)

Points to Note

1. Applicants should submit all necessary information within the application period. Any incomplete submission will delay the approval process, which may result in a late payment penalty.
2. Late applications without justified reasons will not be considered.
3. Applicants should settle all the outstanding fees for the previous semester(s) before the installment application can be processed.
4. The application result will be sent to the applicants’ student mailbox no later than 1 working day before the payment deadline, except for late applications.
5. Successful applicants will have the original debit note (with the full amount) remaining in their student account. Please ignore the original debit note and pay the installment debit notes according to the new payment dates.
6. Installment applications are offered on a semester basis, students have to submit individual applications for each semester if needed.