Participation Confirmation Deposit

Securing your place in the program

Paying the non-refundable Participation Confirmation Deposit is due within 10 days of receiving the acceptance letter. This payment will reduce charges such as tuition, program fee, course fees and any other charges billed to a student’s SU Bursar Account, viewable through MySlice.

This payment applies to:

  • All visiting students
  • All summer and short-term students
  • All Syracuse University students participating on the Florence program only.
  • This payment does not apply to fall and spring semester students studying in London, Madrid, Santiago, Strasbourg or Central Europe.

Paying the Participation Confirmation Deposit by check

  1. Make your $575 check or money order payable to Syracuse University. Include your SUID number or date of birth on the check. Syracuse students can pay online, please see instructions below.
  2. Complete the Participation Confirmation Deposit by check form, and mail both the check and the form to: Syracuse University Bursar Office, 119 Bowne Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244-1200.
  3. Visiting students from certain schools may be eligible to have their Participation Confirmation Deposit satisfied by their home school. See list of schools.

Paying the Participation Confirmation Deposit online (Syracuse students in the Florence program, summer and short-term students)

1) Paying by credit card or EFT from checking or savings account. Syracuse students can pay online using Visa, MasterCard, or Discover only. The third party processor is NelNet Business Solutions, and they charge a 2.75% processing fee for each payment.

For Syracuse University fall, spring, or summer students going abroad:

  • Use Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox with the pop-up blocker disabled for the transaction. The Bursar process will not work with Chrome or Safari.
  • SU students choosing to pay the $575 participation confirmation deposit online with a credit card should go to MySlice.
  • Go to “Billing/Payments” tile
  • Click “Please Click to Enter”
  • Click “Make a Payment”
  • Click “Pay Bursar Bill on Line”
  • Click Advance Deposit-New Graduate Student $500 or Deposit Syracuse Abroad Students $575.
  • Enter the Payment Amount ($575.00)
  • Click “Add to Payment”
  • Click “Check Out”

Paying other charges online (all students)

Once the Participation Confirmation Deposit is made (either online or by check) and received by the SU bursar’s office, all students who have an SUID number can make any subsequent payments online with Master Card, Visa, or Discover. The third party is NelNet Business Solutions, and they charge a 2.75% processing fee for each payment.

1) Paying by credit card, EFT or 529 Plan for SU fall, spring, or summer students going abroad:

  • Enable pop-ups on your computer; the process will not work otherwise
  • To make payments, go to MySlice
  •  Go to “Billing/Payments” tile
  •  Click “Click Here to Enter”
  • Click “Make a Payment”
  •  Click “Pay Bursar Bill on Line”
  •  Click “Bursar Bill Payment(pay with checking/savings account, credit card or 529 State Savings Plan)”
  •  Enter the Payment Amount
  •  Click “Add to Payment”
  • Click “Check Out”

Parents, please refer to the Bursar’s website for information on making a payment.