SPONSORED BILLING

If you are expecting a third party to pay your tuition and other fees, you need to make special arrangements with us to bill this sponsor. We call this sponsored billing. Examples include:

• A U.S. or foreign company
• A prepaid college plan
• A U.S. government department or agency (except the U.S. Department of Education)
• A foreign embassy

Your responsibilities

As a sponsored student, you have four responsibilities:

• Contact us during the summer before the academic year to let us know you’re a sponsored student.
• Make sure we have a completed contract from your sponsor on file (see below).
• Provide your sponsor with the correct SFS contact information.
• Pay any charges not covered by your sponsor on time, or else be responsible for the late payment penalty of 1.5 % per month on the past due balance.

The contract

We must have a contract from your sponsor on file. This contract must include:

• Your name
• Your MIT ID number
• The semester or duration of the program
• The charges for which the sponsor is responsible
• The address for sending the sponsored billing statement

Contacting SFS

If you have a sponsor, please make the necessary arrangements during the summer before the academic year, or as soon as possible prior to the beginning of each term. All correspondence, contracts, military forms, tuition assistance forms and payment vouchers from sponsors should be sent directly to:

Jason Marsala
student account counselor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave., Room 11-120
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-253-3335
Fax: 617-258-0700
jmarsala@mit.edu