Contacting the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA)
Our office hours are 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday through Friday, except for University holidays
Please see our FAQs that address common financial aid questions. If you still have questions, we can be reached in the following ways:
Phone: (706) 542-6147
Email: [email protected]
Fax: (706) 542-8217
In-person: Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, Room 312
Appointments: Appointments are available by request, but are not required. For immediate assistance, financial aid advisors are available during business hours to answer questions by phone, email, and in-person. If you need to make an appointment, you can click here to schedule a meeting by phone, in-person, or via Zoom.
Submitting scholarship checks / documents
Scholarship checks and other documents should be mailed to:
Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA)
University of Georgia
Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, Room 312
101 Herty Drive
Athens, GA 30602
Please remember to include the student’s name and UGA student ID number (81xxxxxxx). Make all scholarship checks payable to the University of Georgia. If a check is made co-payable to UGA and the student, the student will be required to sign the check which may delay the application of the funds to the student’s account.
Email Attachments
OSFA cannot accept email attachments but UGA students can send documents to our office through UGA’s secure SendFiles service. For more information on how to do that click here.
UGA students can also contact our office for permission to upload documents to our secure portal.
OSFA Peer Financial Counseling Program
The OSFA Peer Financial Counseling Program will resume accepting appointments for financial literacy inquiries from UGA students in fall 2025.
Press / Media Inquiries
Contact [email protected] for all media/ press inquiries. Please include your name, media affiliation, where the piece will be published, your deadline, and what information you need.
If contacting OSFA by phone, please ask to speak with our Press Liaison who will research your request. Allow two business days for a response to your inquiry.
Directions
The Office of Student Financial Aid is located on the third floor of the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, directly behind the Arch. Enter from either of the first floor offices and take the elevator to the third floor.
