Certification of Finances Form

All University of Minnesota Twin Cities undergraduate applicants who are currently on a temporary visa or who will require a visa to study in the United States are being asked to submit this Certification of Finances as part of their application for admission.

Information provided will be used to help the University’s enrollment committee understand your funding sources for your education, as well as potential support needs of incoming students. It will be used to assess possible scholarship eligibility and to assess enrollment trends. You are not legally required to provide this data, but if you do not provide it, the enrollment committee may not be able to understand your support needs, finalize an admission decision or assess scholarship eligibility. If any financial documentation is required beyond this Certification of Finances form, a university representative will contact you.

You can find the estimated costs of attendance for the current academic year at z.umn.edu/CostAttendance. Final costs will be set by the Regents of the University the summer before fall semester begins.

1. Please carefully review and complete this form as soon as possible with a parent or guardian. Note: A bank statement, attestation, or other documentation is not required or wanted with this form.
2. Do not submit any kind of personal financial documentation.
3. This form must be completed with your current status even if it might change, using accurate financial information. Please do not guess.
4. Report all currency in U.S. dollars (USD). 
5. If a question is not applicable, please leave it blank.
6. If you need to make changes to this form, please complete the form again with the updated information.
7. Contact the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Office of Admissions if you have any questions or need to make any changes after you submit this form.

If you are admitted and choose to enroll at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, you will then need to complete a final second form, with the I-20 request form link which is used to issue I-20 documents.  

Watch for communications from the International Student Scholar Services (ISSS) after you confirm your enrollment on this important and required final step.

You are not legally required to provide this data, but if you do not provide it, the enrollment committee may not be able to understand your support needs or assess scholarship eligibility.

1. You can update your information. Please provide your updated answers using the same form, as a new submission.
2. The form is set up to accept multiple submissions from the same student, so a student can simply submit a new form if they need to update their original information.
3. Important: Only students who view the item as a checklist will have the ability to start a new response from their App Tracker portals.
4. Other applicants will be able to use this link: z.umn.edu/CertFinancesForm.

1. Consideration for merit-based scholarships is made on the basis of the application materials. However, scholarships with a financial need component require financial information to assess eligibility.
2. Responses to this form will be considered when we award some Global Excellence Scholarships.
3. We still expect all students needing a Visa to study in the US to cover their costs.
4. International students studying on an F-1 visa in the U.S. do not qualify for U.S. or Minnesota state financial aid programs. The University of Minnesota does not offer a full tuition waiver or scholarship and the University assumes that international students will take full responsibility for financing their education. Source: Costs, Scholarships, and Visas for International Students.

Please submit the form as soon as possible. We expect to provide scholarship letters to recipients by the end of March 2025, and would like this financial information available when we begin reviewing applicants for scholarships in January.

Not at this time. If you are admitted and choose to enroll at the University, our International Student and Scholar Services will reach out to gather these documents as part of our I-20 issuance process.

Please have a conversation with your parent/guardian and any other sponsors for your education and discuss the specific resources available to you so you can answer these questions to the best of your ability.

If you are not able to complete the form, the committee may not be able to understand your support needs, finalize an admission decision or assess scholarship eligibility.

The University of Minnesota does not use a CSS profile. Instead, we ask students to submit the Certificate of Finances.