• Make sure you provide correct information on your cheque, including your full name and student number.
• We do not accept post-dated cheques.
• Mail to: Student Finance, Room E40, 105 Administration Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2

Some students have all or part of their tuition and student fees paid by a sponsor, such as an Indigenous community, employer, or government agency. This is known as sponsorship or agency billing.

Student Finance & Awards will process students' tuition and student fee payments directly from an approved sponsor.

Whether you're a student or a sponsor, familiarize yourself with the process and know what will happen if the sponsor changes or withdraws their support.

• How it works

As the registered student, you are ultimately responsible for all tuition and fees, including late payment fees, regardless of any funding you may be receiving from another source. Check your student account regularly in PAWS and ask questions if it doesn't show an expected payment.

When we receive information on your student loan from the Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP), we direct CSLP to use the federal loan and any grants to pay tuition and student fees. For Saskatchewan students, this will be your fall and winter terms' tuition and fees; for out-of-province students, fall term tuition and fees will be paid out of your first disbursement and winter term's from your second disbursement. Remaining federal loan or grant funding will be paid directly to you from the loan program. Be aware that any refunds from class changes will be paid directly to Student Loans, in accordance with their regulations. Log in to your account at canlearn.ca for more information.

If you choose to pay your tuition and fees directly, that payment must be received before your loan documents are confirmed (at least 21 days before classes begin). Otherwise, tuition will be paid from your loan (see above).

After your student loan funding has been applied to your account, make sure to check your account balance in the Tuition and Fees channel in PAWS: if there is an outstanding balance, you are responsible for paying it by the published deadline.

Scholarships and bursaries are paid into your student account to help pay tuition and fees. The award amount will be applied to any tuition balances on your account.  For example, if you receive an award in the fall term, any credit will be applied to fall or future balances (such as winter tuition and fees).  If you have a true credit on your account, you can apply for a refund of the credit balance after the deadline for registration changes in each term by completing and submitting the Request for Refund form. Please allow 4-6 weeks for your refund request to be processed.

Complete non-attendance

You registered in a class in error or failed to withdraw from a class you decided not to take and did not attend the class. Written confirmation of complete non-attendance from the instructor is required.

Medical or compassionate

You are forced to withdraw from or fail to complete a class for medical or compassionate reasons (for example, due to an illness, a disability or a death of someone close). Appropriate supporting documentation must be provided.

Administrative error

You have made registration decisions based upon erroneous advice by instructors or staff or your registration has been affected by administrative mistakes. Appropriate supporting documentation must be provided.

To make a financial appeal you must:

• access the Academic and Financial Appeals channel in PAWS and follow the instructions
  or
• complete a Financial Appeal Form and submit it to Student Central. You must include a letter explaining the reasons for the appeal and applicable supporting documentation.

Financial appeals affect tuition and not student or other fees. Student fees are non-refundable after the registration change deadline for a given term.

The deadline for filing an appeal is 12 months from the last day of the term for which the appeal is being filed. *

• For fall classes, appeals must be submitted by December 31 of the following year and for winter classes, by April 30 of the following year.
• For spring classes, appeals must be submitted by June 30 of the following year and for summer classes, by August 31 of the following year.

"The operation of this deadline is suspended during any period in which the appellant is a person who, by reason of mental disability, is not competent to manage his or her affairs or estate and is not represented by a personal guardian or property guardian pursuant to The Public Guardian and Trustee Act or a decision-maker pursuant to The Adult Guardianship and Co-decision-making Act who, (i) is aware of the claim, and, (ii) has the legal capacity to commence the proceeding on behalf of that person or the person's estate. Nonetheless, an appellant is presumed to have been capable of commencing a financial appeal unless the contrary is proven by the appellant or their representative."

Financial appeals take considerable time to process and will be completed as soon as possible. Students will be contacted if additional information is required and/or when the appeal has been completed. It is the student's responsibility to provide supporting documentation in a timely manner. Financial appeals will not go forward until the supporting documentation is received.

Once a ruling has been made, every student receives a formal letter via mail (if a paper appeal application was submitted) or email (if submitted through the Appeals Channel in PAWS) from Student Central outlining the decision.

If you have an outstanding balance on your account, late fees will continue to accumulate while your appeal is being processed. To avoid further late fees, please pay your balance in full.

You have the option of appealing a financial appeal decision to the Financial Appeals Review Committee. If you want to explore this option, please write a letter explaining your situation and why you feel your situation should be reconsidered—include any supporting documentation that you may not have included with your initial appeal, if applicable. Please submit the documentation to Student Central and it will be forwarded to the Committee who will make the final decision. An appeal must be filed within 30 days from the date you received the outcome from Student Central.

Your financial appeal may result in changes to your T2202A from a previous tax year. You should print your revised T2202A from PAWS. It is your responsibility to notify the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) of any changes to your tax information. For more information, consult your tax advisor or the CRA for details on how to change your return.