Registrar's Office

Graduate Student Summer Tuition Subsidy

This subsidy plan has been developed to reduce the cost of a graduate student to a research grant and improve the quality of faculty life. It is not intended to enable growth in the size of graduate programs or lengthen the time to a degree.

Graduate students who are enrolled in a research degree program and who are not taking courses will have their summer tuition subsidized (that is, paid from other Institute sources). Candidates for professional degrees will be charged tuition if registered for the summer.

The following rules apply:

• New graduate students or continuing graduate students in normal resident status during the preceding spring term who register only for thesis or pre-thesis research credit in the summer term will be eligible for a tuition subsidy from Institute general funds. Each department may create and use a special pre-thesis research subject that will be recognized by the Registrar as eligible for the subsidy. In Physics, for example, the existing subjects 8.391 or 8.392 ("Special Problems in Physics") might be extended into the summer.
  During the phase-in of the policy over the Summer 1999, the tuition subsidy from the Institute will equal two-thirds of the total summer tuition. Effective with Summer 2000, the subsidy will support the total summer tuition charge.
• Graduate students who register for any summer subject other than those recognized by the Registrar as thesis or pre-thesis research subjects will be charged tuition on a per unit basis up to the maximum tuition. Tuition for such subjects may not be charged to research grants.
  For Summer 1999 only, full tuition will be charged for all graduate students registered for such subjects.
• Graduate students registered in M.Eng. (except those in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), M.B.A., or other professional programs (* see note at end of document for complete list of currently recognized professional programs) will pay tuition at the rate established for their particular programs.

The following policies will affect the calculation of graduate tuition. Charges accruing as a result of any of these circumstances may not be charged to research grants.

• Students registered full-time for thesis in the preceding spring who subsequently register for and complete the thesis at any time during the summer will only be charged the prospective fall term one-week minimum fee for the Master's or Engineer's degree or the two-week minimum for the Doctoral degree, whichever applies.
• Students not registered in any capacity during the preceding spring term who register in the summer to complete the thesis will be subject to a payment of 1.5 times the prospective fall term tuition for the Doctoral degree, or the full fall term tuition for the Master's or Engineer's degree.
• Students registered as "Non-Resident" during the preceding spring term who register in the summer to complete the thesis will be charged a minimum of one-half the prospective fall term tuition.

The 1999 summer tuition rates are included on the "Schedule of Fees, 1999- 2000" issued by the Office of the Registrar.  

These changes to the summer tuition policy for students enrolled in a research degree program will be phased in during Summer 1999 and become fully implemented for Summer 2000. The attached matrix defines the amounts that will be assessed and appropriate sources of support.

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* The Graduate Education Office will maintain a list of professional programs. The following programs are currently included: MBA, LFM, SDM, MEng (except EE/CS), Chemical Engineering Practice, CRE, CAES, SM12 Geosystems.