Fall 2025 – Submit College Tuition Scholarship Applications, Starting July 1
The Fall 2025 term is quickly approaching. To receive the College Tuition Scholarship (CTS) benefit, Officers must apply each term; one application per child.
The Tuition Programs Team wishes to remind Officers that your College Tuition Scholarship (CTS) benefit application(s) on the Columbia University Benefits Enrollment System (CUBES) will now be submitted to EBPA using the improved online paperless process. Attached for your information and review is a copy of the redesigned CTS application and the updated CTS Checklist.
To ensure your Fall 2025 CTS application is processed in a timely manner, you must provide all the information requested, and upload required documentation. Please don’t leave any sections blank. If your paperless CTS application is missing information, or required documentation is not uploaded as detailed below, EBPA will send you a Missing Information email and your application will be in a “Pending” status until all missing information is received.
Good Guidance: Advance Preparation is Encouraged
Upon receipt of your child’s school’s itemized tuition bill, please review the CTS application to identify and secure all required documentation, then scan documents in preparation for uploading to EBPA.
July 1, 2025 – Start date to send CTS application(s) to EBPA for the start of a new undergraduate school year i.e., Fall Term.
The new How to Submit steps below will guide you to review and accurately complete all sections to successfully submit your benefit application directly to EBPA online.
- Complete dependent and school information.
- Itemized tuition bill. Confirm required information.
- Upload required documentation to EBPA secure portal:
- Itemized tuition bill/student account statement
- Grants, Awards & Scholarships – Letter from School (if applicable)
- Student in Good Standing Letter – Summer Term (if applicable)
- Proof of Relationship documentation; 1st CTS application only.
Once your required documents have been uploaded, an EBPA email will be sent to your Columbia email address with a Confirmation Number(s), a 13-digit numerical code(s) that begins with CTU.
- Enter EBPA transaction confirmation number(s).
The 13-digit numerical code(s) must be entered into your application to submit, to identify the documents required as part of your application.
- Complete the I Certify section and electronically sign the application.
- Submit your application.
Lunch & Learn Series – College Tuition Scholarship Webinars
Designed to provide CTS benefit information and answer any questions about the application format or How to Submit process.
Should you have any other questions, please contact the Benefits Service Center at [email protected] or call (212) 851-7000, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.