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Refund Schedules & Withdrawal Policies

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Refund Schedules & Withdrawal Policies

All programs that last 8 weeks or more:

Prior to 1st day of program (published start-date in brochure): Full refund of tuition, student service fee, and medical insurance.
1st day of program through end of the first week of classes (3:00pm Friday): 50% of tuition only minus a $500 withdrawal fee
Week 2 of program classes and later: No refunds

2-week and 4-week English language programs:

Prior to 1st day of program (published start-date in brochure): Full refund of tuition, student service fee, and medical insurance.
Day one of program: 50% refund of tuition only minus a $500 withdrawal fee
Day two of program and later: No refunds

Live Online Conversation or Live Online Conversation and Fluency:

Up to 2 days after the program start-date by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time: receive a full tuition refund.
3 days after the program start-date and later: no refunds

Summer University Program Session I:

June 22, 2020 and before: Full refund of tuition, minus a $500 cancellation fee
June 23-July 6 at 3 p.m.: 50% refund of tuition, minus a $500 cancellation fee
July 6 after 3 p.m.: No refunds

Download the full SUP-I Cancellation, Program Change, and Class Change schedule.

Summer University Program Session II:

July 27, 2020 and before: Full refund of tuition, minus a $500 cancellation fee
July 28-August 8 at 3:00 p.m.: 50% refund of tuition, minus a $500 cancellation fee
August 8 after 3:00 p.m.: No refunds

Download the full SUP-II Cancellation, Program Change, and Class Change schedule.

Youth Programs: Academic Connections International (ACI) and American University Experience (AUE)

90 or more calendar days before the program start date: 50% of the tuition, all of the student service fee, and all of the medical insurance fee.
Fewer than 90 days before the program start date: no tuition refund, refund of all of the student service fee, and refund of all of the medical insurance fee.
Day 1 (published start-date) of the program or later: no tuition refund, no refund for the student service fee, and no refund for the medical insurance fee.

All refund requests must be made in writing to ipfinancials@ucsd.edu. You will receive a confirmation of your request. Approved refunds will take approximately 4-6 weeks to be processed. Refunds are issued in the same method of payment (check or charge) of payment, except in the case of bank wire payments. Refunds on payments made by bank wire are issued by check and sent by mail to the person or company that made the original payment. Tuition is not refunded to students who arrive late for the program, who leave because of homesickness, or who are dismissed from the program.