Tuition & Fees

The American University of Afghanistan is a not-for-profit private university funded mainly through a grant made by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) along with contributions from private donors and foundations. It is expected that students shall bear the cost of their education. However, a financial assistance program and a work study program are in place for students who require financial support. The University’s resources for such financial assistance are limited and vary for each semester for the Foundation Studies Program and each year for the Undergraduate program.
Tuition and fees cover the cost of the tests/courses only and are payable to the Student Finance Office. The student is responsible for all other costs associated with attending the American University of Afghanistan, including notebooks, stationary, transportation, and living expenses.
Unless prior arrangements have been made, all deposits and course fees must be paid before the start of classes. All deposits, payments and fees are payable only in Afghanis (AFS). Fees for testing, undergraduate and foundation studies programs are assessed as follows:

Testing
English Proficiency Test 1,000 AFS
Institutional TOEFL 2,500 AFS

Foundations Studies Program
English for Non Traditional Students : 75,000 AFS per semester
Book fees: 6,00 AFS per course.
University Preparatory Program: 125,000 AFS per semester
Book fees: 1,000 AFS
Undergraduate Program

Tuition per credit hour 8,330 AFS
Full-time students 12-15 credit hours ( 99,960 – 124,950 AFS)
Part-time students 3-11 credit hours ( 24,990- 91,630 AFS)
Student Fees including book fees: 600 AFS per course
Note: Foreign nationals pay at a higher rate. Please contact the office of student finance for more information.

Tuition Deposit
Once accepted into the Undergraduate Program or the Foundations Studies Program, students are required to pay a non-refundable deposit of 25,000 AFS prior to registering for classes at AUAF. This deposit is applied towards the student’s tuition fee. If a student decides not to attend classes after paying the deposit the student must forfeit the amount unless a refund is requested through a proper petition and approved by the Chief Academic Officer.

Method of Payment
All students are billed in Afghanis unless prior arrangements have been made for payment in US dollars. Students are expected to either pay the full amount of tuition at the beginning of the semester or to make arrangements to enroll in a 4 month installment payment plan with the Student Finance office. Once enrolled in the monthly installment plan, students must make sure that they pay their installments on time so as to not incur additional late fines.

All payments are made at the Office of Student Finance.

REFUND POLICY
If, for any reason, students drop or withdraw from undergraduate or Foundations Studies classes within the first three weeks of classes they are eligible to a fee refund based on the scale below:

Withdrawal before the end of drop/add week: 100% excluding $500 deposit
Withdrawal during the second week of the semester: 75% minus deposit
Withdrawal during the third week of the semester: 50% minus deposit
No refund after the third week of the semester is over.

Note: Since most students do not pay all the fees upfront, the refund applies to the total amount owed to the University and not the amount actually paid. For example, a student is billed $2000 for 12 credits in the semester, and withdraws from all courses in the first week. The student may receive a 100% refund excluding the $500 deposit, i.e, technically the student receives a $1500 refund. But if the student at this stage has only paid $500 (which is commonly the case), he or she receives no refund. If the student drops 6 credits and maintains 6 credits by the end of the first week, and if he or she has paid $2000 upfront, he or she will receive $1000 as a refund.