A registered Ph.D. or Ed.D. student at UCI, who is also a citizen of a foreign country, must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for the reduced non-resident tuition option:
- Classification as a non-resident student for tuition purposes.
- Registration in a Ph.D. or Ed.D. program that specifically has an advancement to candidacy requirement (e.g., excludes the M.D. program).
- University approval to be advanced to doctoral candidacy as of the first day of the academic quarter (as determined by the campus) for which the reduced tuition is assessed. Therefore, in order to meet this requirement, the student must have advanced the quarter prior to receiving any tuition reduction. Please refer to the Advancement to Candidacy form and relevant deadlines for more information.
- Eligibility for the reduced non-resident tuition program is measured in calendar years and terminates three calendar years from the first day of eligibility.
- If a student fails to register for any regular academic quarter during the three year period, the non-resident tuition reduction will normally not be extended beyond the three consecutive year limitation.
- Eligibility for the reduced tuition is for only one doctoral degree at one UC campus; a student who received the non-resident tuition reduction while earning a Ph.D. at one UC campus will not be eligible for the tuition reduction while earning an additional Ph.D. degree at the same or another UC campus. However, a student who has earned a Ph.D. at a non-UC institution, subsequently enrolls in a Ph.D. program at the University of California, and meets the established criteria, is eligible for the tuition reduction program.
- A student who receives funding from an outside agency to cover the cost of non-resident tuition is still eligible for the reduction in non-resident tuition. The source of a student's funding is not relevant to the assessment.
- A part-time student who is an eligible Ph.D. candidate will also be eligible for the non-resident tuition reduction.
