All orientation fees including $175 per student and $30 each (virtual $15 each) per guest, are non-refundable, and cover a fraction of the cost of summer and fall orientation activities. These fees are required of undergraduate first-year students, including those with 23 or fewer college-level credit hours.

Payment Options

The Orientation Fee can be paid by credit card, a personal check or a money order, or through student billing. We cannot accept cash, traveler’s checks, or checks or money orders drawn on international banks. We will not be able to take payments by cash, check or money order during the In-person Orientation.

Pay by Credit Card

To pay by credit card, go to your Admission Status page, click on the Payment Due item above your Orientation reservation and follow the directions. UIS accepts major credit cards.

Pay with a Personal Check or Money Order

To pay by personal/cashier’s check or money order, mail payment to:

Two incoming students pose for a picture at orientation
Students posing for picture
at Orientation

The Office of New Student Orientation & Parent Relations
One University Plaza, MS UHB 1080
Springfield, IL 62703-5407

Make check or money order payable to: The University of Illinois Springfield. Please print the student’s name and UIN in the memo line so we know which account to credit the payment.

Deferring Payment

Students can elect to defer the Orientation Fee to the student’s semester bill during Orientation check-in. You will receive a billing statement with the balance due. You can indicate that you are deferring the fee and sign your billing statement. That fee will be added to your semester tuition bill the first week of classes. It will be due with that first semester tuition bill. Please note that the Orientation Fee is not included in the calculation of the cost of attendance and that financial assistance may not cover the cost of the Orientation Fee.

Autumn Harris ’21 and her dad listen to the PNC representative
during the Campus Opportunity Fair

If these deferred fees are not paid by the semester due date (September 28 for the students admitted for summer or fall semester and February 28 for the students admitted for spring semester) they will be subject to late fees and other penalties charged by the University Bursar for late or unpaid bills.