Mandatory Fees

The current tuition cost and mandatory fees may differ depending on your program of study. For more information, please see the Tuition Calculator.

What are the Mandatory Fees?

The Transportation Access Fee, Health Fee, and Athletic Fee are mandatory semester fees. The Photo ID Service Fee is an annual fee charged once every academic year. These fees cannot be waived.

• What is the Transportation Access Fee?

  The Transportation Access Fee is assessed to all students per semester as part of their enrollment fees except for students registered for a fully online degree program, students using tuition waiver, or otherwise classified as exempt. This fee funds maintenance of parking facilities, sidewalks, garages, emergency call boxes, bicycle rack program, lighting, etc. Additional information can be found at Parking Permits

• What is the Health Fee?

  The health fee is a mandatory fee that is charged to all students as part of their enrollment each semester. The health fee allows the University to provide high quality affordable clinical, preventative care, and mental health services at convenient on-campus locations by various departments. These departments include: Student Health Services (SHS), Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Victim Empowerment Program (VEP), and Disability Resource Center (DRC). For more information, please visit the University Health Services website at Student Health Services website.

  This fee is NOT an insurance policy.

  Used to support the Health Care and Wellness Center, the Counseling and Psychological Services Center, Victim Advocacy Center and Disability Services.

• What is the Athletic Fee?

  An athletic fee will be collected each term along with the tuition. This fee was endorsed by the 1994-1995 Student Fee Committee to upgrade the university’s intercollegiate athletic program to NCAA Division I competition for both men and women. Additional information can be found at FIU Athletics.

• What is the Photo ID Service Fee?

  The $10.00 annual, non-refundable, ID service fee is assessed as part of your tuition and fees once every academic year. It does not entitle you to a new ID card. This fee covers the cost of maintaining all the services provided by the FIU One Card Office.

  Additional information about the OneCard can be found on their Frequently Asked Questions page.

  The Photo ID Service Fee enables the activation of your FIU One Card for use in the library, the gym, at school events, etc. It does not cover the cost for your card or the replacement of a lost card.

• Tuition Differential

  All undergraduate students admitted after July 1, 2007 are responsible for paying the tuition differential. The differential tuition fee provides additional funding needed for research universities to provide competitive academic programs for undergraduate courses.

  Are there exemptions to tuition differential?
  
  Yes, students with Florida Prepaid contracts established before July 1, 2007 are exempt from the tuition differential.

  Are non-undergraduates assessed tuition differential?
  
  Yes, graduate students or law students who were admitted after July 1, 2007 and register for undergraduate courses will also be charged tuition differential for those courses.