Financial Aid & Scholarship Department

Welcome Matadors to the new academic year!

The Financial Aid & Scholarship Department is looking forward to welcoming students back for the fall 2021 semester. We are committed to providing service, guidance, and resources to students in the pursuit of their educational goals.  While we are continuing to offer remote services, we are also servicing students in the student center in Bayramian Hall Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  Facial coverings are required indoors, for all staff, students and visitors, along with the completion of the Health Screening Survey. Financial Aid staff are also available to answer your questions by phone at 1-818-677-4085 or by email at financial.aid@csun.edu. 

In addition, the Scholarship Office is available to answer your scholarship questions by phone at 1-818-677-4907 Monday – Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. You can also email your scholarship questions to scholarships@csun.edu. Please be sure to visit myMatador Scholarships at csun.edu/scholarships for up to date scholarship opportunities!

Due to the start of the fall semester our department may experience a large volume of phone calls and email messages but please know we are doing our best to respond to you as quickly as possible. Typically, you can expect a response to emailed questions within 2-3 days. We appreciate your patience.

We are always developing ways to assist students in finding information they need, Please review our How-To Guides that may answer some of your questions:

• How-To Guides & Tutorials at https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/how-guides - Step-by-step instructions on where to see your To Do List, how to view your financial aid award; how to submit documents such as tax transcripts, proof of Selective Service registration, citizenship status and more.

We are pleased to share with you the recently announced information for students selected for verification.  The U.S. Department of Education announced on July 13, 2021 temporary verification relief for students and schools. This has allowed CSUN to “clear” (waive) verification requests for many of our CSUN students for the 2021-22 academic year. Check your  myNorthridge portal to check the status of any document requests for the 2021-22 academic year.

If you have documents on your “To Do List” that must be submitted, we have two options you can use to get your documents to our department. Please make sure to include your Student ID number on each page you submit. Documents without an ID number will not be processed.

Option 1
You can upload your documents using the following link: https://finaidfiles.csun.edu/doc-upload

Important: Prior to uploading your documents, please make sure to save your documents as a PDF file and use your student ID number as a file name.

Option 2 - You may mail your documents to:
Financial Aid & Scholarship Department
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St.
Northridge, CA 91330-8307

Thank you for visiting our web page and we look forward to servicing you!

Financial Aid & Scholarship Department