Student fees consist of mandatory UC Systemwide fees established by The Regents of the University of California and miscellaneous campus-based fees.
Mandatory UC Systemwide Fees include:
The Education Fee paid by all registered students provides general support all functions of the university, including student financial aid.
The University Registration Fee is a fee charged to all registered students to support student services not a part of instruction, research and public service. These services include activities such as student health services, social, cultural and recreational programs, and infrastructure improvements providing extracurricular benefits to students.
Nonresident Tuition is a required fee charged to all students who do not qualify as California Residents and is assessed in addition to Education and University Registration Fees. For specific information regarding residency and financial independency requirements, refer to the UCI General Catalogue
(http://www.editor.uci.edu) . The Regents approve separate fee levels for undergraduate students, graduate academics and professional degree students. Beginning in 2006-07, nonresident graduate academics who have advanced to candidacy may have their Nonresident Tuition fee waived up to three years.
Professional School Fees are approved by The Regents, vary for each professional degree program, and are paid in addition to Education and University Registration Fees, and Nonresident Tuition Fees if applicable. The fee is charged to students in UCI's MD and MBA programs. Future Professional School Fees will be instituted as Schools/programs are established. Under The Regents approved Fee Policy for Selected Professional School Students, at least one-third of the income generated from Professional School Fees must be used for financial aid. MD students also pay a Special Fee for Medicine, which was established in the 1990 State Budget Act to offset State budget cuts to UC.
Miscellaneous Campus-Based Fees
Miscellaneous campus-based fees support a variety of campus-specific, student-related expenditures and programs such as student government, and construction, renovation, and maintenance of student activities and recreational facilities, which are not funded by Mandatory UC Systemwide fees. Campus-based fees include both mandatory (fees established or increased by student referendum) which are approved by The Regents, and voluntary fees for which approval authority has been delegated by The Regents and the President to the Chancellors.
Mandatory UCI campus-based fees assessed to all registered students include: Associated Students Fee, UCI Student Center Fee, Bren Events Center Fee, Recreation Center Fee, and Student Health Insurance Fee. Undergraduate students are also assessed a Campus Spirit Fee and Measure S (campus shuttle) Fee. Medical Students pay an additional Medical Student Disability Insurance Fee.
Students may also be assessed a Course Materials Fee which vary from course to course. Please refer to the Schedule of Classes for specific course fees.
Self-Supporting Programs
In addition to regular degree programs supported by State funds, fees are charged for various self-supporting programs including University Extension and Self-Supporting Graduate and Professional Degree Programs such as the FEMBA, EMBA, and HCEMBA programs in the Paul Merage School of Business, MAS-CLS program in the School of Social Ecology, the CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. program in the Department of Education, and the MS-ICS program in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. The fee for each specific self-supporting program cohort is determined by each School and is approved by the Office of the President.
