FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS 2012-13
Tuition and Fees
| Academic Year | Per Term | |
|---|---|---|
| Full tuition | $37,576 | $18,788 |
| Reduced tuition | 9,770 | 4,885 |
| Facilities fee | 2,486 | 1,243 |
| Active file fee | 300 | 150 |
| One-course rate | 4,697 | |
| Two-course rate | 9,394 | |
| Three-course rate | 14,091 | |
|
Harvard University Student Health Program |
930 | 465 |
|
Harvard University Student Health Plan |
2,168 | 1,084 |
| Graduate Student Council fee | 25* |
* This fee funds graduate student clubs and organizations, pays for graduate students to attend conferences and conduct summer research, and helps the Graduate Student Council advocate on behalf of students for concerns such as mentoring, teaching, health care, and housing. It can be waived only by written request to the Graduate Student Council (Dudley House, M4) by September 15. Waiving the fee exempts one from all GSC services and facilities and makes one ineligible for GSC research and conference grants. Fee waiver requests are valid only for the academic year in which they are requested. Students on leave of absence and traveling scholars will not be assessed the fee. Students returning mid-year from leave or traveling scholar status will be assessed a fee of $12.50 for the spring term. These students may request waiver by writing to the Graduate Student Council (address above) by February 10.
TUITION REQUIREMENTS FOR GSAS DEGREE CANDIDATES
All PhD candidates must pay two years of full tuition and two years of reduced tuition as a requirement for the receipt of the degree, unless the time from their initial registration to completion of the degree is less than four years.
Master’s degree candidates are charged at the full tuition rate, for a minimum of one year, until receipt of the degree.
Ordinarily, full-time PhD students are charged full tuition for the first four terms and reduced tuition for the next four terms. Part-time students are charged at the appropriate per-course rate until two years of full tuition have been paid. Thereafter they register and are charged reduced tuition as full-time students. They must have paid a minimum total of two years of full tuition and two years of reduced tuition prior to receipt of the PhD, unless the degree was completed in fewer than four years from initial registration. If a student who has been part-time completes the PhD in fewer than four years, the student will be charged what a full-time student would have paid over the same period of time.
Students applying for non-resident status may request a deferral of the scheduled tuition charges, and instead pay the active file fee or the facilities fee. Ordinarily, the total delay should not exceed two years prior to the completion of tuition requirements. Students deferring payment of tuition should be aware that the required tuition, at the rates current at the time of payment, must be paid prior to receipt of the degree.
Final charge for the PhD: All PhD candidates must minimally pay the facilities fee in their last term of registration. All PhD candidates must be in an active status to receive the degree. Resident students automatically will have paid at least the facilities fee for the term. Non-resident students who initially paid the active file fee for the term will be charged the facilities fee without the Harvard University Student Health Program cost added (and given credit for the active file fee already charged).
If two copies of the approved dissertation are submitted to the registrar prior to the registration day for a term, a student need not register for that term. If a student registers for a term and then submits the copies of the dissertation to the registrar by the last day to cancel registration for the term without payment of tuition, registration will be canceled and any tuition paid for that term will be refunded (however, see section on Student Health Insurance).
Candidates for master’s degrees are charged full tuition for a minimum of one year and until receipt of the degree while they are resident students. A master’s degree candidate who transfers to a PhD program receives credit for the tuition paid while in the master’s program. The student’s year of graduate study is calculated from the first date of registration in GSAS and will include those terms for which the student is in the master’s program. That student will begin the PhD program as a G2 or G3, depending on the length of the master’s program. A candidate for the PhD who wishes to obtain an AM may apply one of the two years of full tuition required for the PhD degree to meet the minimum financial requirement for the AM. Master’s degree candidates who need fewer than four half-courses to complete the degree requirements may apply for part-time study so as to be charged at a per-course rate (see Chapter IV).
No tuition credit will be granted for tuition paid to other universities or to other Harvard schools. Former Special Students, or students who have taken FAS courses under the Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP) and who are admitted to degree programs may be eligible to apply for academic and financial credit for Special Student or TAP coursework after completion of one term in GSAS (see Chapter V). Students who have successfully completed the Harvard AB-AM or AB-SM program should see Chapter II.
STUDENTS WITHDRAWING MID-TERM
The Academic Calendar (Chapter I) indicates the last dates by which students may cancel registration for fall and spring terms without being liable for tuition.
Withdrawing from the University will impact student health insurance coverage. The date on which the status change is officially approved will determine health insurance status for that term. See Chapter XIII: Withdrawal for more information.
Registered students who formally withdraw from the Graduate School after those dates are charged tuition according to the following schedule. (The active file fee is not prorated.)
| Fall: on or before | October 1: one-fourth tuition for the term |
| November 8: one-half | |
| December 16: three-fourths | |
| after December 16: full tuition | |
| Spring: on or before | February 23: one-fourth tuition for the term |
| March 25: one-half | |
| April 25: three-fourths | |
| after April 25: full tuition |
Payment of less than a full term of tuition cannot be counted toward the minimum financial requirements for a degree.
When a student’s connection with the University is severed, all outstanding charges must be paid at once.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDENT HEALTH PROGRAM (HUSHP)
Please refer to Chapter XIII for complete information on health insurance.
PAYMENT OF UNIVERSITY OBLIGATIONS
GSAS students are expected to review the student bill each month and pay any amount due by the due date. An e-mail notification with a link to the student bill is sent out every month except January. The fall semester bill is issued each year in mid-July and the spring bill in mid-December. The billing schedule and other billing information for 2012-13 will be available at the Student Receivables Office website in June 2012.
The University requires that the student bill be paid in full prior to registering each term unless the student enrolls in the monthly payment plan. The monthly payment plan costs $35.00 per term and allows the student to register by paying the current tuition and required fees in four monthly installments. Students who are negligent in making the monthly payments may not be permitted to use the plan in subsequent terms. To get more information or to enroll in the monthly payment plan, students can contact the Student Receivables office at 617-495-2739. Students with an outstanding amount due on the student bill will not be permitted to register until payment has been received, or in exceptional cases, until an arrangement for payment has been approved by GSAS Financial Aid office.
Candidates for degrees are required to pay any outstanding amount due on the student bill. Diplomas will be withheld and degrees may not be conferred until all indebtedness to the University is paid in full. Payments are due on November 1, 2012, for November degree candidates; on February 28, 2013, for March degree candidates; and on May 20, 2013, for Commencement. The degrees of candidates who have an outstanding financial obligation to the University may not be awarded and will not appear on transcripts until payment has been received in full. Students who pay after the deadline for the degree period may also be subject to a reinstatement process. Candidates who need to have degrees voted on by the Governing Board should contact the Student Receivables office at 617-495-2739 regarding the reinstatement process and schedule.
DISHONORED CHECKS AND E-PAYMENTS
There is a $50 charge assessed for the first dishonored check or e-payment and a $75 charge for the second and subsequent dishonored check or e-payment. After the initial dishonored check or e-payment, the University may also, at its discretion, require that all payments be made in cash or by certified check or money order. A check or e-payment is regarded as dishonored when it has been returned because of insufficient funds, lack of a bank account, or because payment has been inappropriately stopped.