How Is Financial Aid Applied to the Cost of Attendance?
The Cost of Attendance (COA) listed represents the estimated annual cost of education to attend NYUAD as a full-time undergraduate student for one academic year. The above COA reflects the fall and spring semesters only. Being enrolled in 12-18 credits is considered being a full-time student. If you are enrolling in summer and/or J-Terms the estimated COA for those semester(s) will be accessible on your NYU Albert Student Center closer to the start of each semester.
Annual adjustments to the costs and fees at NYU Abu Dhabi may be necessary and should be expected. The estimated COA consists of direct and indirect expenses.
Direct expenses are costs that are charged by the university. The Student Finance Office will send out billing notifications each semester. Charges that will be displayed on your university bill will include tuition, registration and services fees, books, health insurance, NYU housing and meals, VAT meals and VAT Insurance. If you have any questions regarding billing or charges please contact the Student Finance Office at nyuad.studentfinance@nyu.edu.
For students whose financial aid offer includes the NYUAD Financial Aid award, the amount offered will apply first to tuition followed by any other billable charges accordingly. If your offer includes the NYUAD Housing Grant, the amount offered will be applied to your NYU housing and food charges.
If you opt out of NYU housing and meal plan, your NYUAD Housing Grant award will be canceled as you will not incur charges for housing and meals through NYU. If you choose to retain only the NYU meal plan your NYUAD Housing Grant will be adjusted.
Indirect expenses are costs, estimated within the COA, that students may incur during the academic year. These estimations can be used for planning purposes. You will not see these costs charged on your semester’s university (bursar) bill. These estimated expenses may vary for each student. Indirect costs include estimated personal and estimated travel expenses.
If your financial aid offer includes the NYUAD Personal Support and NYUAD Travel Support awards, you will receive additional information from the Student Finance Office and the Office of Global Education on how those awards will be provided.
The Student Finance Office will distribute the personal support (Falcon Dirhams) for eligible students each semester. For additional questions you may email nyuad.studentfinance@nyu.edu.
The Office of Global Education administers travel for home and study away semesters for eligible students. For additional questions you may email nyuad.studyawaysupport@nyu.edu.