Definitions
- Annual tuition
- the course fee fixed by the Corporation of the University for a given academic year.
- Tuition Unit
- one-eighth of the annual tuition.
- Annual Enrollment Fee
- 6.25% of full tuition, charged to students who have fulfilled the tuition requirement but remain enrolled to complete academic requirements.
- Full-time enrollment
- registration for 3, 4, or 5 courses, or as defined by the dean of the Graduate School.
- Part-time enrollment
- registration for fewer than three courses, or as defined by the dean of the Graduate School.
Graduate School
1. Tuition Requirements for the Master's Degree -- The minimum total tuition that must be paid for a master’s degree is an amount equal to one annual tuition payment (eight tuition units). Some multi-year master’s programs have a higher total tuition requirement. If the Graduate Council approves a standard program leading to a master’s degree that requires fewer than three courses per semester, but more than one year of the equivalent of full-time enrollment, or in the event that the normal enrollment pattern is not consistent with the normal academic year (e.g., the MAT and MFA programs), students officially enrolled in such programs will be charged at the rate of one tuition unit per course for the length of the program.
2. Tuition Requirements for the Ph.D. -- Ph.D. students must pay tuition for the equivalent of three years of full-time study. Students who have fulfilled the tuition requirement, but not the academic requirements for their degree, must pay an enrollment fee until their academic work has been completed. The annual enrollment fee is 6.25% of full tuition. After the residency requirement has been met, Ph.D. students may continue to enroll in additional course work and receive academic credit. In these cases, only the enrollment fee is charged.
3. When fewer than eight tuition units are in a given year needed to satisfy the minimum remaining tuition requirements for a degree, charges and credits will be prorated accordingly. The determination of enrollment status (full- or part-time) of students obligated to pay less than the full annual tuition, shall be made by the Dean of the Graduate School.
If, at the beginning of any academic-year, four or fewer tuition units are required to meet the minimum total tuition requirement, the tuition units will be charged in Semester I and the enrollment fee will be charged in succeeding semesters.
In all cases in which, because of the previous satisfaction of a part of the tuition requirement, less than the full annual charge is made, candidates for the master's degree will be eligible to register for one course for each tuition unit charged; candidates for the Ph.D. will not be limited with respect to the number of courses for which they may register provided such courses are part of the normal program for the degree.
The tuition requirement must be satisfied prior to the awarding of a degree and no portion thereof will be waived. However, Ph.D. candidates who have completed all academic requirements for the degree but have spent without interruption less than the equivalent of three full years in residence, may appeal to the Graduate Council for a reduction in tuition requirements.
Subject to conditions established by the Graduate School, candidates for the Ph.D. degree may earn up to two master's degrees with no further payment of tuition beyond the minimum of twenty-four units required for a doctorate. One of the master's degrees must be in the field of the Ph.D. and the other in a related or complementary field. The second master's degree must be approved both by the department of the Ph.D. and the department of the second master's. See also Advanced Degree Programs.
4. The total tuition required for a degree will be reduced by one tuition unit for each semester course of transfer credit (to a maximum of one tuition unit for a master's degree--two in Integrated Programs or in 14-course programs--and eight tuition units for a doctorate).
5. If a Ph.D. candidate applies to be awarded a degree prior to the normal accumulation of credit for the required minimum number of annual tuition payments, the unpaid balance of the minimum tuition requirement for the degree will be charged at the rate in effect during the year in which the requirements for the degree are completed.
6. In addition to those master's candidates in approved programs provided for in 1 above, the following students will be charged tuition at the rate of one tuition unit per course:
a) Part-time degree candidates enrolled for courses.
b) Master's degree candidates who choose or are required to enroll for courses beyond the period covered by the minimum tuition requirement for the degree.
c) Special students.
7. Until the tuition requirement for a degree has been satisfied, candidates for the doctorate who are not in residence but who are writing dissertations or preparing for examinations in fulfillment of degree requirements must pay a minimum of one tuition unit per semester.
8. For students enrolled in combined degree programs which include the M.D. degree, the tuition requirement for the M.D. degree covers the minimum total tuition requirement for the other advanced degree as follows:
- for the master of medical science -- all
- for the master of science -- all
- for the doctor of philosophy --1/3
9. No student may take examinations, use any of the facilities of the University, including the services of a dissertation or thesis advisor, submit a thesis or dissertation, or be a candidate for an advanced degree unless properly enrolled.
Students, both in residence and not in residence, who have fulfilled the total tuition requirement as stated in these regulations, are required to pay an Enrollment Fee equal to 6.25% of half the annual tuition for every semester in which they are enrolled to complete degree requirements.
The status--full-time or part-time--of a student paying the enrollment fee only, will be determined by procedures established by the Dean of the Graduate School and the Registrar. In general, full-time enrollment will be understood to mean that at least 30 hours per week are being actively devoted to completion of degree requirements, half-time enrollment being understood to mean that fewer than 30 but more than 15 hours per week are being so spent.
10. In general, enrollment privileges, other than registration for courses, will be extended beyond the end of one academic year to the beginning of the next academic year (that is, over the summer months) without additional tuition charge. Official certification of a specific enrollment status (full-time or part-time) during all or part of this period, however, will be subject to conditions established by the Dean of the Graduate School and the Registrar in cooperation with the appropriate academic departments.
11. Readmission: Students who reenroll after an approved leave of absence or a withdrawal with the advance permission of the Dean of the Graduate School, including for the sole purpose of filing a thesis or dissertation, will be charged a readmission equal to 6.25% of half the annual tuition. Students who are withdrawn on the University's initiative for failure to register or some other cause will, if subsequently readmitted, be charged both the readmission fee and a re-enrollment equal to 6.25% of half the annual tuition . Students who reenroll after an approved leave of absence or a withdrawal with the advance permission of the Dean of the Graduate School for care of a newborn or newly adopted young child, or for other extraordinary circumstances, will not be charged a readmission fee.
12. Traveling Scholars: Students who receive permission from the Dean of the Graduate School to register for a semester or an academic year as a Traveling Scholar in order to conduct full-time research or fieldwork in a location removed from Brown are required to pay a Traveling Scholar fee equal to to 6.25% of half the annual tuition.
13. Bills for the annual charge for are mailed during the summer. Students who have questions about their tuition charges are advised to discuss them with the Registrar.