244 Thayer Street Providence, RI. 02912 - Phone: 401-863-3168 - Toll Free: 800-695-2050

Brown Bookstore Business Office

  • Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm
  •   -extended hours at the beginning of each semester
  • Location: Brown Bookstore, mezzanine level (2nd floor)
  •   -back of the bookstore, across from the Technology Center
  • Phone: 401-863-1749 or 1-800-695-2050, option 6
  • Fax: 401-863-2233
  • Email: bookstore_office@brown.edu

Business Office - Student Card Services

  • • Brown Bookstore Charge Accounts
  • • Reactivate replacement Brown IDs for Brown Bookstore Charge Accounts
  •   -Replacement Brown IDs need to be reactivated before Brown Bookstore charges can be made.

  •   -For problems with a Delining Balance account, go to the Brown Card Office.
  •       -Brown Card Office is in J. Walter Wilson, 69 Brown Street, 5th floor, Room 511.
  •   -For putting money on a Delining Balance account or paying Brown University bills, go to the
  •     Cashier's Office.
  •   -CVC machines only accept cash to put money on Declining Balance accounts.
  •       -There is a CVC machine in the ATM lobby behind the College Hill Café in the bookstore.
  •       -CVC machines accept cash only, up to $20.00 bills, maximum amount of $50.00.

Brown Bookstore Charge Accounts

  • • All full-time students are set up with a Brown Bookstore charge account.
  • • Charge accounts are set up with a $2,000 non-revolving limit per year.
  •       -Year starts June 1st and ends May 31st.
  • • Bookstore charges will be added to your Brown University account and billed as per standard Brown University policies and procedures.
  • • Bookstore charges are included in the monthly electronic billing statement managed by the Bursar's Office.
  • • Bookstore charges are posted in summary on the monthly bill; Detailed line item purchase information is only on the original receipt given to the student at time of purchase.
  •       -Save your receipts for detailed line item purchase information.
  • • If a student's account is delinquent by $1,000 or more with any of their Brown University bills, the student's Brown ID will be put on hold by the Bursar's Office and no charges can be made.
  •       NOTE: Only the Bursar's Office can take a hold off a student's Brown ID.

Bursar's Office - Student Card Services

  • Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm during academic year
  • Location: Brown Office Building, 164 Thayer Street, 2nd floor
  •       -Go to back lobby in bookstore (Campus Shop side), use elevators or stairs
  • Phone: 401-863-2484
  • • Account on hold - If a student's account is on hold, the hold can only be taken off by the Bursar's Office.

Cashier's Office - Student Card Services

  • Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm during academic year
  • Location: Brown Office Building, 164 Thayer Street, 2nd floor
  •       -Go to back lobby in bookstore (Campus Shop side), use elevators or stairs
  • Phone: 401-863-2151
  • • Declining Balance account
  •       -Set up Bear Bucks Account (declining balance account)
  •       -Add money to Declining Balance account
  •         -Can also add money to Declining Balance at CVC machines (accepts cash only).
  • • Pay Brown University bills for Brown Bookstore Charge account and Declining Balance account.