Pay for a Class

You can pay for your class using one of these payment options: 

Check/Cash/Money Order
To pay by check, you can mail your payment to one of our Regional Centers.  Please make checks payable to the University of Virginia.  

Checks, as well as cash (exact cash required) and money orders, are also accepted at the centers.  

e-Check or Credit Card
Check (electronic debit from your checking or savings account) and Credit Card payments can only be completed through the Student Information System (SIS) using QuikPay@UVA, an advanced, secure online payment system.    

Once your Application for Permission to Enroll and Class Registration Form are received and processed, you will receive an email with instructions to set up your U.Va. email account to gain access to the Student Information System (SIS).  Through SIS, you will be able to pay by e-Check or Credit Card using American Express, Discover, or MasterCard.  With QuikPay@UVA, all credit card payments are processed by NelNet Business Solutions and charged a 2.75% non-refundable service fee. There are no service fees for e-checks. 

VISA is not accepted.  VISA’s association rules will not permit NelNet to charge a percentage service fee and would require U.Va. to charge the same fee for ALL transactions, including e-check or paper check.   

Credit card payments cannot be made by phone or in person. These changes ensure the security of your personal and credit card information. 

Sponsor/Employer
If you are requesting that a business/organization be billed for tuition, a letter of authorization or Purchase Order must be attached with your Application for Permission to Enroll and Class Registration Form. You are responsible for any fees associated with your class enrollment. You will be billed for unpaid tuition and/or fees in the event of default by your sponsor/employer or failure to meet the sponsor/employer criteria. 

A letter of authorization must be on company letterhead and include student name, class title, and tuition, along with a contact person, billing name, address, phone number, and email.  An authorization signature and tax id number must be included.   

Checks and Purchase Orders are accepted.  Sponsor/employer payments made by credit card (American Express, Discover, MasterCard and VISA) will be done by contacting the University’s Accounts Receivable Department.  An invoice number will be needed when contacting the AR Department.

U.Va. Employee
If you are a benefits-eligible U.Va. employee, you may use your $2000 Education Benefit to register for your class. Employees using their benefit should follow the registration and payment instructions.  Payment is due with registration.  

You also need to complete and submit the Request to Receive Education Benefits Enrollment Form to UHR (under Employee Certification, check either the fifth or sixth box if the class is not job related. Either is acceptable). The form can be found at the UHR web site  www.hrs.virginia.edu. The tuition for your class(es) will be included in your next paycheck (or the following one if you missed the deadline for submitting the Education Benefits Enrollment Form).   

Senior Citizen Policy
In compliance with the Senior Citizen Higher Education Act, the University of Virginia offers classes with tuition and certain fees waived for persons 60 years old, who have been legally domiciled in Virginia for at least one year.  Tuition-paying students are given priority.  A senior citizen shall only be admitted to a course, tuition-free, after all tuition paying students have been accommodated.   

The tuition-free privilege cannot be retroactively exercised after payment has been received. Some program-specific fees may apply and are not waived. 

Senior citizen registrations must be received 3 days prior to the start of the class.   

Cancellation/Refund Policies 

Cancellation Policy
All classes are offered with the expectation of a particular minimum number of participants. If this minimum is not achieved 10 days prior to the start of the class, the class will be cancelled. Those who have registered will receive a full refund, or the opportunity to convert their registration to another class. The School of Continuing and Professional Studies reserves the right to modify, withdraw, or make substitutions for any announced classes and to change instructors.  

Refund Policy
All requests for refunds must be made to the Regional Center. The date of the postmark, FAX, email or in-person written request determines the amount of any refund.  Notice to an instructor or sponsoring agency does not constitute an official request to withdraw from a class and to receive a refund.

For example, if the posted starting date for your online class is January 20, then the last day to drop and receive an 80% refund is January 27. After January 27, there will be no refund.

Students must activate their U.Va. email account. They then need to log into Blackboard as soon as possible, prior to the day their online class starts, to ensure that there are no hardware problems or firewall issues that will prevent them from taking the online class. If such issues are not resolved prior to the refund deadline, no refund will be granted.