Refund Policy

If you withdraw from UCSD or drop a course, you may be eligible for a partial or full refund of prepaid fees, depending on the:
  • Effective date of your petition as indicated by your college. (Visiting students contact Summer Session.)
  • Absence of other University debts
  • Schedule of refunds

Schedule of Refunds

Refunds of 100% of the per unit course fee are given up to the end of the first week of Session I (July 6) & Session II (August 7). Calendar

For Special Session courses, refer to the Special Session calendar for details.

Your date of withdrawal/drop will be the date that you drop your course or the date on which you file your withdrawal form with the Registrar's Office.  If you claim an earlier date of withdrawal/drop, you must submit a petition with written evidence of your reasons for claiming an earlier date.  This petition must be submitted to your college, or in the case of visiting students, Summer Session.

This policy refers to refundable fees which include:
Course Fees
Campus Based Fees

*Global Seminars and Travel Study Program Fees have their own refund policy.  Consult those programs directly if you are requesting a refund of those fees.

Schedule of Refunds
Session Late Date For Refund
Session I and Special Session July 6
Session II August 7

Once fees have been reversed on a student account, that student may request a return those fees. To request a return of paid fees, students must contact Student Business Services. This process take 2-4 weeks. A check will be mailed to the mailing address recorded in the student's record.

Effective Fall 2008, University Guidelines allow students only one quarter to file a petition requesting a change to their academic record. The deadline for summer is the last day of fall quarter.  After fall quarter has passed, no request for a change to the academic record, including adding or dropping a course or change of grading option, will be considered.  Students are encouraged to check their record prior to the end of the session.