UCONN CONVERTING TO
PAPERLESS E-BILLS

The University of Connecticut is excited to announce that effective the fall 2009 semester we are saying “good-bye” to paper bills and moving into the era of electronic billing.  This change pertains to undergraduate students only.   Graduate students and selected other groups have already been under an e-bill format for many years.

E-billing offers several benefits.  These include: 

• Helping to keep tuition and fee costs down by lowering the University’s costs of doing business
• The option for students to designate an authorized user such as a parent or guardian to do business on their behalf
• A “green dividend” through a dramatic decrease in paper consumption for such things as fee bills, envelopes and inserts, thus helping to conserve our natural resources
• Elimination of the current $5.00 online e-check fee
• 24x7 access to your bill from any location with a web browser 

Prior to each semester, students and authorized users will be notified by e-mail when their e-bill is ready to be viewed.  The E-Bills are available for viewing.  Students and authorized users may pay their e-bills online by e-check or by credit card (note: a 2.5% convenience fee applies for credit cards).  Traditional paper checks will also continue to be accepted, however, checks will now be scanned and converted to electronic payments.

Additionally, e-bills will be fully integrated with the UConn Payment Plan for those who desire to pay in installments.  In fact, the “look and feel” of the e-billing pages will seem very familiar to those families who’ve been using the UConn Payment Plan.

UConn’s e-billing will have many of the conveniences typical of online bill paying.  For example, you’ll be able to set up optional secure “profiles” that save your checking account or credit card information so that you don’t have to re-enter it each semester.  There’s even an option to be notified by text message.

Sign up your authorized users now!  Logon to https://payplan.uconn.edu/C21646_tsa/web/login.jsp with your University ID and password. 

The University hopes that you’re as excited about e-billing as we are.  We believe it represents a significant service enhancement that will greatly assist students and families in managing their University business.