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Welcome to the UT Dallas Financial Aid Website

Within this site you will find information about applying for financial aid, important deadlines, the various financial aid programs offered at UTD, and contact information for your specific financial aid counselor. The staff of the Financial Aid Office is here to help you. If you wish to visit our office please check our address and hours of operation.

What’s Happening


 

Summer Financial Aid

If you are enrolled in a session starting May 26, disbursement of funds to your Bursar’s account begins May 18. For all others, funds will disburse approximately 10 days before your classes begin. If you are enrolled in a combination of sessions, your funds will disburse approximately 10 days before your first session. Please check your account on Galaxy for summer information. In order to receive most types of financial aid at UT Dallas you must be enrolled at least half time at UT Dallas, 6 hours for undergraduates and 5 hours for graduates.

FAFSA Filing

If you are applying for financial aid for the 2009-2010 academic year, don’t forget to complete your FAFSA. For more information click on the “Applying for Financial Aid” link on the left. Select the “Check Your Status” link for status information on the upcoming fall and spring semesters.

UT Dallas is Now a Direct Lending School

Beginning in fall 2009 UT Dallas will participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. Anyone who plans on borrowing Stafford and/or Plus Loans will be required to complete a new promissory note. Find out more at Direct Loans.

Entrance Counseling

Beginning in the fall 2009 all new federal loan borrowers will be required to complete entrance counseling before their loan can be disbursed. Get a head start today by completing Entrance counseling.

Exit Counseling

Starting with summer 2009 graduates, if you have borrowed Stafford or Graduate PLUS loans during your career at UT Dallas, exit counseling is required when you graduate. Take care of it now with:
Stafford exit counseling
Grad PLUS exit counseling
Stafford & Grad PLUS combined exit counseling

What is Orion?

Orion is the new student information system that will replace SIS. The software is a PeopleSoft product. All students will be required to use Orion to register for fall 2009, view financial aid for fall 2009, and update personal information.

For general information on how to navigate through Orion, visit the Students: How to Use page. To log into Orion, click on the link at the top of this page.

 
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