# The enrollment fee: how it works and when it is charged

> The entry amount, where it turns up later, and why it stays out of the monthly instalment maths.

## What you will get

Knowing exactly what happens when you fill in **Enrollment fee** on a financial
plan.

**In one sentence:** it becomes a separate charge, falling due on the enrolment
date, and it sits **on top of** the course price.

## What the system does with it

When the enrolment is created, the system generates one extra charge, ahead of
the monthly ones.

![Enrolment screen with the enrollment fee listed above the three monthly instalments](/Apps/edupay/ajuda/taxa-de-matricula.png)
*Notice two things: in the top panel, **Valor total** and **Taxa de matrícula** are separate lines. And in the table, the fee row has no number — the monthly instalments start at 1.*

Three things set it apart from the monthly instalments:

- **It falls due on the enrolment date**, not on the plan's due day.
- **It has no number.** In the table it shows a dash in the **#** column.
- **Its type is the enrollment fee**, not *Regular*.

## It is on top, not inside

This is the point that starts arguments with families, so it is worth being
exact.

An enrolment of **R$ 1,000.00** in 3 parts, with a fee of **R$ 300.00**:

| | Amount |
|---|---|
| Enrollment fee | R$ 300.00 |
| Instalment 1 | R$ 333.33 |
| Instalment 2 | R$ 333.33 |
| Instalment 3 | R$ 333.33 |
| **Total the student pays** | **R$ 1,300.00** |

The course price stays at R$ 1,000.00 and that is what appears under **Valor
total**. The fee is neither deducted from the monthly instalments nor spread
across them.

**If your school advertises "enrolment + 11 monthly payments" with the fee
already inside the announced total**, type the course value on the enrolment
*without* the fee. Otherwise the family pays it twice.

## Changing the fee for one student

The plan's amount is a suggestion. The enrolment screen has its own **Enrollment
fee** field, pre-filled from the plan and editable before saving — for a
scholarship, a second child, an agreed waiver.

Watch one detail: **leaving the field blank does not waive anything.** The hint
underneath says what happens — *"If left blank, the system uses the enrollment
fee defined in the financial plan."* To charge no fee on this enrolment, type
**0**.

## How you know it worked

> [certo]
> On the enrolment screen, the top panel shows **Taxa de matrícula** with its
> amount beside **Valor total**, and the instalment table starts with the fee
> row, falling due today.

## If something goes wrong

> [erro]
> **The fee did not appear.** Either the plan had no fee, or the field was
> cleared on the enrolment. It is created at enrolment time and never turns up
> later on its own.
>
> **The family says the total came out higher than advertised.** Check whether
> the course value on the enrolment already included the fee.
>
> **You need to split the fee.** You cannot: it is always a single charge. To
> spread the entry payment, add it into the course value and use a plan with more
> instalments.


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https://edupay.estudiosite.com/en/ajuda/getting-started/enrollment-fee
2026-08-05