Financial Aid

• Complete and submit the financial aid undergraduate application on Banner Self-Service.
• Make sure to upload all of your required documents before submitting your application. Submitted applications that have missing information or missing documents will be considered incomplete and will not be evaluated.
• Follow the steps in this link to upload your documents. For a complete list of all the required documents, click here.

Eligibility Criteria  

• Submit financial aid application on or before announced deadlines.
• Demonstrate financial need based on the University's financial aid guidelines and benchmarks.
• Be a degree-seeking candidate.
• To receive your award, cumulative GPA must be 2.5 or above for the previous semester and students must register in not less than 12 credit hours.

Important Notes:

• There is no financial aid offered in the summer or winter sessions.
• In making decision about how much of your financial need AUC can meet, we established standard benchmarks for evaluating and assessing financial needs. Each application is evaluated individually and, on a case-by-case basis. In addition, we consider how much money AUC has available in its financial aid budget, how much it costs to attend AUC, and a philosophy regarding a minimum amount that parents should be able to pay for educational expenses at AUC.
• Financial aid funds are limited, thus if you plan to apply for financial aid, do so as early as possible. No student will be allowed to apply after the deadline.

Current students already on financial aid must apply for renewal of their financial aid every academic year if they continue to demonstrate financial need.

How to Apply?

• Submit a renewal form on Banner Self-Service every academic year.
• No documents are required unless requested by the office.

Eligibility

• Must achieve the cumulative GPA previously stated in the decision letter before the start of the semester.
• Be registered in at least 12 credit hours.

Important Notes:

• The University reserves the right to request from any student to apply for a reassessment application where the student has to submit a new application and upload new updated documents.
• The University reserves the right to review awards and awards are subject to decrease or cancellation at any given semester.
• Financial aid is not offered in the summer or winter session.

• Students who have a recent major change in their family’s financial status and need to reconsider their financial aid award for the next academic year must send us an email to give them access to the reconsideration application before the assigned deadline for each semester.

Eligibility Criteria

• Must achieve the cumulative GPA previously stated in the decision letter before the start of the semester.
• Be registered in at least 12 credit hours.

Important Notes:

• Students applying for reconsideration will have to upload and submit new updated documents to support their application and their current awards will be canceled and their financial status will be reevaluated based on the new financial status (previous award will be subject to increase, decrease or cancellation).
• Students will have to select only one out of the two applications (renewal or reconsideration) to apply for. If the two applications are submitted, the renewal form will be canceled and we will proceed with the reconsideration application. Submitted reconsideration applications with no or missing documents will not be further processed and will also be denied.
• There is no financial aid offered in the summer or winter session.

Spring 2025 

• Release of application: October 27, 2024
• Deadline for application: November 13, 2024

Fall 2024 

• Release of application: May 19, 2024
• Deadline for application: June 26, 2024

• Undergraduate students who entered AUC in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. 
• Students who entered AUC prior to Fall 2023 can apply for financial aid here.

• Complete and submit the USSF application on Banner Self-Service.
• Make sure to upload all of your required documents before submitting your application. Submitted applications that have missing information or missing documents will delay the decision and may ultimately lead to the rejection of your application.
• Follow the steps in this link to upload your documents. For a complete list of all the required documents, click here.
• Make sure to press SUBMIT after completing the application.

Awards are based on both merit (cumulative GPA at the time of award disbursement) and assessed financial need based on information and documents submitted.

• Must demonstrate financial need.
• Be undergraduate degree-seeking student.
• Be full-time student (registered in not less than 12 credit hours).
• Cumulative GPA must be 2.5 or above at the time of annual decision in Summer 2024 for students applying in fall semester and in January 2025 for students applying in the spring.

• Awards will take into account both merit and need. 
• Awards will be decided once (for students whose overall GPA is 2.5 or above) based on the student’s overall GPA after Summer 2024 session for students applying for Fall 2024 and after Winter 2025 session for students applying for Spring 2025.
• For USSF applicants who were rejected due to GPA below 2.5 for Fall 2024, awards will be revisited for Spring 2025.

University Student Support Fund (USSF) is for one academic year only (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025). Renewal is subject to the availability of funds.

Spring 2025 

• Release of application: October 27, 2024
• Deadline for application: November 13, 2024

Fall 2024 

• Release of application: May 19, 2024
• Deadline for application: June 26, 2024

• Student Emergency Aid is for undergraduate students who entered AUC in Fall 2023 or later and have completed at least one semester at AUC. Students who entered AUC prior to Fall 2023 can apply for financial aid. 

   

• Students must send an email to the financial aid office explaining the emergency supported by official documents.
• Approval to access the emergency aid application is subject to committee consideration.
• Once approved, students will be given access to the Student Emergency Aid application on Banner Self-Service.
• Fill out your application and upload all of your required supporting documents that apply to your case, otherwise, your application will not be evaluated. Follow the steps in this link to upload your documents. For a complete list of all the required documents, click here.
• Submit your application on Banner Self-Service.

• Must demonstrate financial need.
• Be degree-seeking.
• There is no minimum cumulative GPA to apply for Student Emergency Aid.
• For students applying for Student Emergency Aid who have older sibling(s) who entered AUC before Fall 2023, the following applies:
  • If the sibling is not a recipient of financial aid: The sibling should apply for financial aid. The minimum cumulative GPA at the time of application is 2.0 and for one semester only. Should the sibling be eligible for financial aid in future semesters, the minimum GPA requirement would be 2.5.
  • If the sibling is a recipient of financial aid: The sibling should apply for Request for Reconsideration (RFI). The minimum cumulative GPA at the time of application would be 2.0 for one semester only. Should the sibling be eligible for financial aid in future semesters, the minimum cumulative GPA would be the required GPA that is stated in the student’s previous financial aid award letter (2.0 or 2.5 accordingly).

• Student Emergency Aid is granted for one semester only.
• Should a student's family continue to be experiencing severe financial hardship, renewal will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and will primarily depend on the following:

  • Availability of budget

  • Evidence of continued need 

  • Student's proximity to graduation  

Undergraduate recipients of financial assistance at AUC – scholarships, financial aid, and the University Student Support Fund (USSF) – who exhibit significant financial need and are experiencing urgent or special financial circumstances are eligible to apply to the SU Support Fund. 

• Outstanding balances from previous semesters
• Outstanding Dorm fees
• Bus subscription fees
• Supplies (required for courses, athletics, activities)
• Technology issues (laptop repair only – not for purchasing tablets or laptops)

• Students who would like to be considered for support of eligible types of expenses should send an email to [email protected] and include the following information: 

1. Name

2. AUC ID

3. Type of financial support he or she currently receives from AUC

4. Explanation of why he or she would like to apply for the SU Support Fund (reason and amount needed)

• OSFAS will review email requests and a committee will determine if the SU Support Fund application will be opened for them on Banner Self Service. 
• If access is approved, students should fill out the application and provide details of the request, why they are unable to cover the cost, and documentation of cost (proof of cost if requesting funding for supplies or technological issues). 
• OSFAS will review applications in the order that they are received and advise students of decisions. 
• University-related expenses will be disbursed on Banner by OSFAS. External expenses will be disbursed to students by the Controller’s Office and require settlement with receipts.