PhD Student Handbook

Registration, Billing and Fee Payments

Students who owe tuition for a previous semester's work will not be permitted to register for the next semester unless special arrangements for payment have been made with the Bursar's Office or the School of Social Policy and Practice. Students who owe tuition or any other university related fees (such as library fees) will be excluded from graduation lists. The only exception will be students who are waiting for loan approvals and who are granted a deferment through the Graduate Loan Office.

Registration of “dissertation status” students is assumed by the Graduate Group and the University, unless the student has taken action toward withdrawal from the Program or the Graduate Group Chair has moved to terminate the student. In most circumstances, therefore, billing by the Bursar's Office will be automatic and continuous. Billing may include penalties for late payments. Students who wish to withdraw from the Program must take immediate and formal responsibility for doing so if they wish to avoid the unpleasantness of debts owed to the University.