Keep Your Account in Good Standing

  • Avoid account restrictions and late payment fees - submit your sponsor documentation to the 3rd Party Billing Team before the start of each semester.
  • Review your U-Bill every month and report any activity that appears incorrect to ubill-3rdparty@uiowa.edu.

The University provides assistance to students who are sponsored by an International, Military or Governmental (federal or state) entity that requires an invoice from the University to provide funding for a student. Once the required documentation (see below) has been submitted to the Billing Office, a credit will be added to the student’s U-Bill as an estimate of what the University anticipates receiving from the student’s sponsor at a later date. This credit is conditional upon receipt of funds from the student’s sponsor. If the University is unable to recover payment from student’s sponsor, the financial responsibility for any charges on the U-Bill fall to the student as the account holder.

Sponsored Student Information

Required Documentation

All documents and correspondence are to be submitted to ubill-3rdparty@uiowa.edu
Documentation must be submitted to the Billing Office prior to the start of each semester

If any documentation is missing, our office will send reminder emails prior to the start of each semester, specifying the documents that need to be submitted.  All documentation must be received by our office before a credit can be applied to your U-Bill and an invoice sent to your sponsor.  Please note that late submission of documentation to our office may result in being restricted from registering for future semesters.

Request for 3rd Party Billing Form
  • Sponsored students are required to submit a Request for 3rd Party Billing Form to the Billing Office once a year prior to the start of the Summer (if enrolled) or the Fall semester. 
  • Submission of this form notifies our office that you would like us to invoice your sponsor for payment of your eligible charges.
  • This document also provides consent for the University to share confidential information about a student’s educational records with their sponsor upon request. 
  • Please find Request for 3rd Party Billing Form located here (LINK TO GENERIC FORM)
Financial Guarantee
  • Sponsored students are required to submit a document from their sponsor confirming what charges the sponsor will pay. 
  • The Financial Guarantee (aka Funding Authorization) must include the following information:
    • Student Name
    • Duration of Sponsorship
    • Eligible Charges to be Invoiced
    • Invoicing Instructions (sponsor contact details)
    • Invoicing Restrictions
  • A new Financial Guarantee will need to be submitted after the current one has expired.

What is Covered?

Each sponsor has its own stipulations on what charges will be covered and it is the student’s responsibility to be aware of what charges are paid by their sponsor. It is the responsibility of the student to monitor their U-bill for any charges that are not paid by their sponsor and pay those charges according to Billing Office payment deadlines.

Third Party Invoicing Fee

If applicable a $100 per semester invoicing fee may be assessed to the student account. If a student’s sponsor is not willing to cover this cost, the student will be responsible for covering this cost via some other means. 

Contact Information

Please feel free to reach out to our 3rd Party Billing Team at ubill-3rdparty@uiowa.edu or 319-335-0071 if you have any questions or concerns about the Sponsor Billing Program.