Disbursement of Institutional Scholarships
When authorized by the Office of Student Financial Services:
Institutional scholarships are disbursed directly onto the student's Tuition and Fee Student Account.
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If there are no charges to pay, or the amount of aid is greater than the amount of charges, the excess is refunded to the student.
- Refund checks are mailed to student's active 'mailing' address.
- If there is no active mailing address, the system will use an active 'home' address.
- If neither address exists, a refund cannot be processed until the student updates addresses on the http://my.wisc.edu website.
When authorized by departments:
Institutional scholarships are disbursed to students by the department awarding the scholarship.
Exception: Law School scholarships are disbursed directly onto the student's Tuition and Fee Student Account.
- The Department notifies students where and when to pick up their check.
Disbursement procedures for different types of financial aid:
- Federal Family Educational Loan Program (FFELP)
- Subsidized Stafford Loan
- Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
- PLUS
- State Grants
- WHEG
- TIP
- Indian
- Handicap
- Campus Based & Institutional
Loans
- Federal Perkins
- Federal Health Professions - Medicine & Pharmacy
- Nursing
- UW-Madison Long Term
- Campus-Based Institutional Grants
- External Scholarships
- Private Loans