Welcome!

The following information serves to advise you on the financial aspects of attending Caltech. One of our goals is to facilitate a pleasant experience navigating some of the necessary bureaucratic processes. The staff is available Monday – Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Please note our contact information.

The Bursar’s Office has a variety of functions related to student financial services. These include: mailing monthly statements, receiving and receipting payments, helping calculate payments, creating individualized payment plans, furnishing account information, issuing refunds, applying scholarships and other financial aid, issuing loan information (loan entrance and exit interviews), creating promissory notes and gathering signatures for loans, issuing loan deferments, collecting outstanding account and loan balances, creating 1098T tax forms as well as responding to all student-related fiscal inquiries.

Other pertinent, detailed information on charges, refunds and our processes is contained in the Caltech catalog, usually available by mid-September.

Our Advisory, posted on the web site for each term, gives registration information. E-mail and phone contacts for the various campus areas that send charges and credits unto the student account are also listed here. We know that your time at Caltech will be interesting, rewarding and very busy. We therefore post notices throughout the year on our web page to help you with your transition and give you the most current Bursar Office information.