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 and Academic Connections International:

• 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

Summer University Program Session I:

• June 24, 2019, and before:  Full refund of tuition, minus a $500 withdrawal fee
• ​June 25-July 5:  50% refund of tuition minus a $500 withdrawal fee
• Beginning July 6:  No refunds

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

Summer University Program Session II:

• July 29, 2019, and before:  Full refund of tuition, minus a $500 withdrawal fee
• July 30-August 8 at 3:00 pm:  50% refund of tuition, minus a $500 withdrawal fee
• August 8 after 3:00 pm:  No refunds

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

American University Experience:

• 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, all of the student service fee, and all of the medical insurance fee.
• On the start date of the program or later:  no refund for any part of the tuition, 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.