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.
- 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.
- Graduate students registered in M.Eng. (except those in Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science), M.B.A., or other professional programs will pay tuition
at the rate established for their particular programs. Those programs, as
established by the Graduate Students Office, are: MBA, LFM, SDM, M. Eng. (except
EE/CS), Chemical Engineering Practice, CRE, CAES, SM12 Geosystems.
The following policies will affect the calculation of graduate tuition:
- 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. This tuition will not be subsidized.
- 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.
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Questions and comments should be directed to Elizabeth Bradley, associate registrar,
ebradley@mit.edu