Lab School

Current tuition and fee rates may be found on the Laboratory Schools website.

Tuition Remission

Children of eligible affiliated employees may qualify for Lab tuition remission.  If your child currently receives the 50% tuition remission benefit you do not need to re-apply. University of Chicago employees currently receiving the enhanced University remission for the 2017-18 must re-apply for each child or you will receive only 50% remission.

University of Chicago employees should complete this form and submit it to University Benefits as directed on the form, with a copy of your child’s birth certificate.  For more information, call 773-702-9634 or email benefits@uchicago.edu.

University of Chicago Medicine/Hospital employees should complete this form and submit it to HR Shared Services as directed on the form, with a copy of your child's birth certificate.  For more information, call 773-702-2355 or email hrservices@uchospitals.edu.

Tuition Payment via Payroll Deduction

University Payroll Deduction is available to employees of the University of Chicago and University of Chicago Medicine/Hospital.

Participants elect to deduct Lab tuition payments directly from their paychecks. The net tuition obligation is normally deducted over 9 monthly pay periods or 18 biweekly pay periods between September 29 and May 31.

The Payroll Deduction Election is valid for only one academic year; those who wish to continue their payroll deductions must re-enroll each year. The Payroll Deduction Form must be submitted no later than July 17 to be effective for the upcoming academic year.

Those who enroll in Payroll Deduction will NOT receive monthly tuition EBill statements from the Bursar.

Lab School Billing Dates, 2017-2018

EBill statements will be emailed to the Billing Parent Contact each month. If you wish to update or change your official Billing Parent Contact, please contact Lab's Office of the Registrar at 773-834-8218 or registrar@ucls.uchicago.edu.

For more information or questions regarding tuition charges and aid/remission/payment credits appearing on your tuition statement, please contact the Lab Business Office at 773-702-9450, option 6.

For questions regarding payroll deduction and making a payment please contact the Office of the Bursar at 773-702-8000. You may also email questions to labbilling@uchicago.edu.

Electronic Payment 

You may pay your 2017-18 Lab tuition online at the Bursar’s Lab Tuition Payment Gateway . The gateway requires separate payments for each student, so please enter one payment per child. You will be prompted for the Student Name, your phone number, the 8-digit Student Account ID number (found on your EBill Statement).  Note: credit cards are not accepted through the gateway at this time.

Mailed Checks

Please make your check payable to The University of Chicago and include your student’s name and 8-digit Student Account ID Number. Mail your payment to:

Office of the Bursar
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Tuition
6030 S Ellis Avenue, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60637

Note: Please do not remit payments to the Lab Business Office. Payments sent to Lab are subject to additional processing time, which may result in assessment of late payment fees.

In-Person

You may pay your Lab tuition in person at the Maroon Financial Credit Union at 5525 S. Ellis Ave., Suite C. The Credit Union is open weekdays (excluding holidays) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Late Fees

All Lab Student Accounts that are not current in their selected payment option will be subject to a monthly late fee of $50.00 for every month their account is not current.

Restrictions

Lab reserves the right to impose restrictions on those accounts that are not current in their selected payment options, including but not limited to: academic records, transcripts, access to important Lab information systems, graduation, enrollment in courses.