Good money-saving news for some international PhD students

From the Bruin: UCLA’s new tuition accommodation for nonresident doctoral students will address international students’ financial concerns, some graduate students said.

UCLA announced early November it would allow nonresident doctoral students to waive the Non-Resident Supplemental Tuition fee – an annual $15,102 fee charged to students who are not California residents – for the spring 2020, fall 2020 and winter 2021 quarters if they advanced to the candidacy stage of their degree before fall 2020 and exceeded their three-year waiver period.

Previously, nonresident doctoral students could only waive the fee within three years after they reached candidacy. Students usually become doctoral candidates between their second to fourth year, once they complete written, oral and language requirements for their doctoral programs, according to a UCLA Graduate Education website.

UCLA extended the waiver because some COVID-19 policies have negatively impacted some graduate students’ degree progress, said UCLA spokesperson Bill Kisliuk in an emailed statement...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2020/11/25/ucla-announces-tuition-accommodation-for-nonresident-doctoral-students