Payment Options and Deadlines

The annual comprehensive fee is payable in four installments per year: the fall term fee in July and August, and the spring term fee in December and January. The College also offers the Bard Budget Plan (BBP), which allows payments of the comprehensive fee to be made in monthly installments. If tuition payment is not received by the deadline indicated in the payment schedule, a EUR 30,- late fee is charged per billing statement. 
 

• The non-refundable deposit of €500 is paid upon admission/renewal of financial aid and is applied as a credit to the first fall payment. 
• Students who receive scholarships or financial aid awards should subtract those amounts from their total comprehensive fee. Please contact the Financial Aid Office if you have questions about your scholarship or financial aid. All questions related to your bill or semester fee payments should be directed to Student Accounts Office.

The Bard Budget Plan (BBP) is an alternative payment system and allows student account payments of required fees to be made in 10 installments from July through the following April. The plan participant receives a billing statement each month. In order to maintain enrollment in the BBP, a participant's account must be kept current each month. A €30 annual application fee covers administration of the plan. This once-a-year, non-refundable fee is not reflected in the installment amount. To apply for the BBP, please contact the Student Accounts Office ([email protected]).

Once your completed application is received by our office, your student account will be set up on the payment plan. The next month’s billing statement will reflect the monthly installment amount, and the current due amount, which is the amount that must be received for the student’s account. All charges billed on the current statements that are not covered by the BBP or financial aid are also due and payable by the date noted on the statement. 
Payments are due by the date noted on each monthly statement. Accounts not paid by the due date are subject to a late fee of €30 per billing statement. Bard College Berlin reserves the right to terminate the plan in case of two or more late payments. Please refer to the BCB Student Handbook for information regarding policy with respect to finances.

Non-Allowable Expenses
There are two fees that cannot be paid in installments, namely the Semesterticket Fee (payable in full in May 15 for Fall and in November 15 for the Spring semester) and the Reader Fee (payable in full in October for the Fall semester and in March for the Spring semester, respectively).