Students will receive their billing information through notifications, called Student Account Activity Notifications (SAANs), via their Brown University (brown.edu) email address beginning in late March (late May for Pre-Baccalaureate students). SAANs are sent every other week to students who have had changes to their charges since the last notification. 

This notification will direct students to Brown University’s electronic billing system (E-Bill). Students are responsible for viewing and, in most cases, paying their balances on the E-Bill website. SAANs are not sent to parents/guardians and billing statements are not mailed. International students who plan to pay via Flywire will do so directly on the Flywire website but should first confirm their balance due in E-Bill.

Parents/guardians cannot access E-Bill unless they are added as an authorized user by their student. Students are strongly encouraged to add a parent/guardian as an authorized user to their E-Bill account as soon as they sign in. Authorized users are able to view, pay and monitor the student account balance as needed. Please refer to these step-by-step instructions on how to use the E-Bill system. (Pre-Baccalaureate students should refer to the general university E-Bill Guide.)

Pre-College E-Bill allows users to:

• view, print and download student account balances and transaction history
• pay an account balance via credit card (Pre-College non-credit students only) or U.S. checking or savings account
• set up authorized users to view and make payments
• add an alternative email address for billing notifications
• set up a refund account (only if paying by ACH) for the fastest possible refund in the event of an overpayment.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive SAANs and access the electronic billing system, students must first activate their Brown account and their Brown email account. Complete instructions on activating these accounts will be supplied as part of the Enrollment Forms and Documents checklist in your student portal. If you have any questions regarding your activation email notice, please email precollege@brown.edu.

Brown University accepts payments for Pre-College Programs by: 

• credit card, through E-Bill (this option is not available if you are enrolled in the Pre-Baccalaureate program)
• electronic transfer (ACH) for balance payments only, through E-Bill
• wire transfer, through Flywire or
• personal check or money order (drawn on a U.S. bank).

Credit Card 

Available to domestic and international Pre-College students. This payment option is not available to students enrolled in the Pre-Baccalaureate or other credit-bearing programs.

Credit card payments are accepted for Pre-College student account balances, application fees and deposit payments. Credit card payments are made by the student or an authorized user via E-Bill, at payment.brown.edu. Credit card payments will post immediately to your student account. It may take up to 24 hours for the checklist in your student portal to update after payment.

Online Electronic Payments (ACH)

Available to students paying their account balance from a personal U.S. checking or savings account.

ACH is accepted for student account balances only (not for deposits). ACH payments are made by the student or an authorized user via E-Bill, at payment.brown.edu. ACH payments can be scheduled for processing on the day of access or at a future date. Only U.S. personal checking or savings accounts are accepted. Debit cards and corporate accounts are not acceptable for the purposes of ACH transactions. Electronic payments will post immediately to your student account and may take up to 48 business hours to post in the bank account where the funds are being withdrawn. It may take up to 24 hours for the checklist in your student portal to update after payment.

International Wire Transfers via Flywire 

Available to students paying their account balance from a foreign bank account.  

Brown University has partnered with Flywire to offer a streamlined and cost-saving way for students and parents/guardians to make international tuition payments. With this partnership, students and parents/guardians are offered:

• favorable foreign exchange rates
• the ability to pay in your home currency (in most cases)
• savings compared to traditional banks.

In addition, students and parents/guardians will be able to track their payment(s) via Flywire's dashboard and will be notified via email (and/or text) when payment is received by Brown. Flywire offers around-the-clock multilingual support, via chat, phone and email. For more information or to initiate a payment, please visit the website: flywire.com/pay/brown.

It may take a week or more for the Flywire payment to be applied to your student account and for your student portal checklist to update. This is expected and will not impact your enrollment as long as your payment is in guaranteed or delivered status in Flywire by the payment deadline.

Check Payments

Accepted, though discouraged due to mail and processing delays.

Deposit payments by check: If you want to pay your deposit by personal check or money order, you should contact us at precollegebilling@brown.edu for instructions. Do not send a deposit payment directly to the Cashier’s Office.

Account balance payments by check: Personal checks or money orders can be sent directly to the Cashier’s Office for student account balance payments, following the instructions below. 

If paying by check or money order you should send your payment well in advance of the payment deadline as you could lose your place in your course/program if payment is not received by the deadline. We are not able to make accommodations for delays in the mail or processing.

Checks should be made payable to Brown University, include the student’s full name and Banner ID number and be sent to:

Brown University
Cashier's Office
69 Brown Street, 2nd Floor
Box 1911
Providence, RI 02912

Application fees are non-refundable.

Deposits are non-refundable, with one exception: if you are enrolled in a course that later gets canceled by Brown Pre-College, and you choose not to enroll in a different course, you should request to be withdrawn from the program and your deposit will be refunded to you. 

If you change your course enrollment (drop one course and add another), any payments you made towards your dropped course will automatically be applied to your new course. 

If you withdraw from the program, you will be refunded for payments made, according to the schedule below. The application fee, deposit (except in the case of course cancellation by Brown Pre-College) and any program-related costs not billed by Brown (e.g., books, travel, etc.) are not eligible for reimbursement by Brown. No portion of the health insurance fee (if applicable) is refundable after your course start date.

IMPORTANT:

• Self-registration closes four weeks before the course start date for on-campus courses and two weeks before the course start date for online courses. To drop a course after the self-registration period, send your request in writing to precollege@brown.edu. The date of your correspondence will determine your course drop date and eligibility for a refund. You do not need to email us if you are able to drop your course on your own within the self-registration period.
• If you determine you will not attend the program, you must request to be withdrawn in writing to precollege@brown.edu. The date of your correspondence will determine your withdrawal date and eligibility for a refund. 
• If you are withdrawn from your course/ program for inactivity or dismissed from the program for disciplinary reasons, you are not eligible for a refund. 
• No refunds will be granted if you fail to drop a course or fail to withdraw, in writing, as outlined above.

1- or 2-week On-Campus or Online Courses

(Summer@Brown, Leadership Institute, STEM for Rising 9th & 10th Graders)

Please Note: Online students who are reported as inactive by their instructor at the end of the first week will be dropped from their course and are not eligible for a refund.

3-, 4-, 5- or 6-week On-Campus, Online or Hybrid Courses

(Summer@Brown, Leadership Institute)

Please Note: Online students who are reported as inactive by their instructor at the end of the first week will be dropped from their course and are not eligible for a refund.

BEE and BELL Programs

(BEE: Barcelona, BEE: Oxford, BEE: Rome, BELL: Alaska, BELL: Eastern Sierras, BELL: Rhode Island)

Pre-Baccalaureate Program