2018-2019 General Information

Fees and Financial Support

Fees and Expenses

Annual UCLA student fees shown for 2018-19 are current as of publication. See the Registrar's Office fees web page for fees breakdown by term.

Students who are not legal residents of California (out-of-state and international students) pay nonresident supplemental tuition. See the UCLA General Catalog appendix or the Registrar's website residence section for information on how to determine residence for tuition purposes. Further inquiries may be directed to the Residence Deputy, 1113 Murphy Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1429.

In addition to the fees listed, students should be prepared to pay living expenses for the academic period.

2018-19 ANNUAL UCLA UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT FEES

Fees are subject to revision without notice.

Undergraduate Students

Academic Master’s Students

Academic Doctoral Students

Resident

Nonresident

Resident

Nonresident

Resident

Nonresident

Tuition

$ 11,442.00

$ 11,442.00

$ 11,442.00

$ 11,442.00

$ 11,442.00

$ 11,442.00

Student Services Fee

1,128.00

1,128.00

1,128.00

1,128.00

1,128.00

1,128.00

Nonresident Supplemental Tuition (NRST)*

28,992.00

15,102.00

15,102.00

Ackerman Student Union Fee

66.00

66.00

66.00

66.00

66.00

66.00

Ackerman/Kerckhoff Seismic Fee

113.00

113.00

113.00

113.00

113.00

113.00

Arts Restoring Community Fee

4.98

4.98

Bruin Bash Fee

4.32

4.32

Course Materials and Services Fee

varies, see course listings

Graduate Students Association Fee

38.25

38.25

38.25

38.25

Graduate Writing Center Fee

17.62

17.62

17.62

17.62

Green Initiative Fee

14.40

14.40

Instructional Enhancement Initiative (IEI) Fee

324.00

324.00

PLEDGE Fee

54.79

54.79

Student Health Insurance Plan (UCSHIP)

2,225.70

2,225.70

3,901.94

3,901.94

3,901.94

3,901.94

Student Programs, Activities, and Resources Complex (SPARC) Fee

107.00

107.00

107.00

107.00

107.00

107.00

Undergraduate Students Association Fee

257.23

257.23

Wooden Center Fee

34.00

34.00

34.00

34.00

34.00

34.00

Continuing student total mandatory fees

$ 15,775.42

$ 44,767.42

$ 16,847.81

$ 31,949.81

$ 16,847.81

$ 31,949.81

Document Fee

165.00

165.00

80.00

80.00

100.00

100.00

New student total mandatory fees

$ 15,940.42

$ 44,932.42

$ 16,927.81

$ 32,029.81

$ 16,947.81

$ 32,049.81

*Beginning with the first academic term following advancement to doctoral candidacy, nonresident supplemental tuition for graduate students is reduced by 100% for a maximum of three years including nonregistered time periods.

Living Accommodations

UCLA Housing Services
360 De Neve Drive, Box 951383
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1383
310-206-7011

Housing in Los Angeles, both on and off campus, is in great demand. Students should make arrangements early. Newly admitted students should access the UCLA Housing website for information about costs, locations, and eligibility for both private and UCLA-sponsored housing.

Information about campus residence halls and suites is available from UCLA Housing Services.

Financial Aid

Financial Aid and Scholarships
A129J Murphy Hall
310-206-0400

Undergraduate Students

Financial aid at UCLA includes scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study programs. Applications for each academic year are available in January. The priority application deadline for financial aid for the 2019-20 academic year is March 2, 2019. With the exception of certain scholarships, awards are based on need as determined by national financial aid criteria. California residents must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). International students in their first year are ineligible for aid. Continuing undergraduate international students are asked to submit a separate Financial Aid Application for International Students.

Scholarships

All UCLA undergraduate scholarship awards are made on a competitive basis, with con-sideration given to academic excellence, achievement, scholastic promise, and financial need. Scholarships are awarded to entering and continuing undergraduates. The term and amount of the award vary; students are expected to maintain academic excellence in their coursework.

Regents Scholarships are awarded to students with an outstanding academic record and a high degree of promise. Regents Scholars receive a yearly honorarium if they have no financial need. If financial need is established, other scholarships and/or grants are awarded to cover that need.

UCLA Samueli Scholarships are awarded to entering and continuing undergraduate students based on criteria including financial need, academic excellence, community service, extracurricular activities, and research achievement. The school works with alumni, industry, and individual donors to establish scholarships to benefit engineering students. In 2017-18, the school awarded 159 undergraduate scholarship awards totaling more than $723,000. The majority of these scholarships are publicized in the fall, with additional scholarships promoted throughout the academic year as applicable. For more information on all available scholarships, see the undergraduate scholarships web page.

Grants

Cal Grants A and B are awarded by the California Student Aid Commission to entering and continuing undergraduate students who are U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens and California residents. Based on financial need and academic achievement, these awards are applied toward tuition and fees.

Federal Pell Grants are federal aid awards designed to provide financial assistance to U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizen undergraduates in exceptional need of funds to attend post-high school educational institutions. Students who file a FAFSA are automatically considered for a Pell Grant.

Detailed information on other grants for students with demonstrated need is available from Financial Aid and Scholarships.

Federal Family Education Loan Program

Student Loan Services and Collections
A227 Murphy Hall
310-825-9864

Federal loans are available to undergraduate or graduate students who are U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens and who carry at least a half-time academic workload. Information on loan programs is available from the Financial Aid Office.

All loan recipients must complete an exit interview with Student Loan Services and Collections before leaving UCLA for any reason. This interview helps students understand their loan agreement and plan for loan repayment. Failure to complete an exit interview results in a hold being placed on all university services and records. In addition, if the campus-based loans become delinquent following separation from UCLA, all university services and records will be withheld. For more information concerning loan repayment, contact Student Loan Services and Collections.

Work-Study Programs

Under Federal Work-Study, the federal government pays a portion of the student's wage and the employer pays the balance. When possible, work is related to student educational objectives. Hourly pay rates comply with minimum wage laws and vary with the nature of the work, experience, and capabilities. Employment may be on or off campus. To be eligible, undergraduate and graduate students must demonstrate financial need and be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen. Submission of the FAFSA is required.

Students must be enrolled at least half-time (6 units for undergraduates, 4 for graduate students) and not be appointed at more than 50 percent time while employed at UCLA. Students not meeting these requirements are subject to Social Security and Medicare taxation.

Community Service is a component of the Federal Work-Study program. Students who secure a community service position are eligible to petition for an increase in work-study funds up to a total of $5,000 while at the same time reducing their Perkins and/or Stafford loan by the amount of the increase. Most community service positions are located off campus.

Graduate Students

A high percentage of UCLA Samueli graduate students receive departmental financial support.

Merit-Based Support

Three major types of merit-based support are available in the school:

  1. Fellowships from University, private, or corporate funds
  2. Employment as a teaching assistant
  3. Employment as a graduate student researcher

Fellowships usually supply stipends competitive with those of other major universities, plus tuition and nonresident supple-mental tuition (where applicable). These stipends may be supplemented by a teaching assistantship or graduate student researcher appointment. The awards are generally reserved for new students.

Teaching assistantships are awarded to students on the basis of scholarship and promise as teachers. Appointees serve under the supervision of regular faculty members.

Graduate student researcher (GSR) appointments are awarded to students on the basis of scholastic achievement and promise as creative scholars. Appointees perform research under the supervision of a faculty member in research work. Full-time employment in summer and interterm breaks is possible, depending on the availability of research funds from contracts or grants.

Since a graduate student researcher appointment constitutes employment in the service of a particular faculty member who has a grant, students must take the initiative in obtaining desired positions.

GSR appointments are generally awarded after one year of study at UCLA.

Applicants for departmental financial support must be accepted for admission to UCLA Samueli in order to be considered in the 2018-19 competition. Applicants should check the deadline for submitting the UCLA Application for Graduate Admission and the Fellowship Application for Entering Graduate Students with their preferred department.

Need-Based Aid

Unlike the awards above, which are based solely on merit and administered by the school, the University also offers work-study and low-interest loans based on financial need exclusively.

Need-based awards are administered by Financial Aid and Scholarships, A129J Murphy Hall. Financial aid applicants must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Continuing graduate students should contact Financial Aid and Scholarships in December 2018 for information on 2019-20 application procedures.

International graduate students are not eligible for need-based University financial aid or for long-term student loans.

School of Engineering Fellowships

Fellowship packages offered by the school may include fellowship contributions from the following sources:

Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) Fellowship. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department; supports study in chemical engineering

Balu and Mohini Balakrishnan Endowed Fellowship. Supports doctoral study in any engineering department

William and Mary Beedle Fellowship. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department; supports study in chemical engineering

John H. Bent Merit Scholarship. Bioengineering Department; supports graduate students with preference given to candidates interested in development or application of powered surgical instruments

Boeing Fellowship. Supports graduate study in mechanical and aerospace engineering

John J. and Clara C. Boelter Fellowship. Supports study in engineering

Broadcom Fellowship. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; supports doctoral students who have passed the preliminary examination and are doing research that explores new possibilities in state-of-the-art 22-nm CMOS technology

Broadcom Foundation First Year Fellowship. Supports first-year doctoral students in electrical engineering

Leon and Alyne Camp Fellowship. Supports graduate study in electrical and/or mech-anical engineering, must be U.S. citizen

Deutsch Company Fellowship. Supports engineering research on problems that aid small business in Southern California

Electrical Engineering Graduate Fellowship. Supports master's or doctoral study in electrical engineering

Venky Harinarayan Fellowship. Supports doctoral study in computer science

IBM Doctoral Fellowship. Supports doctoral study in computer science

Intel Fellowship. Computer Science Department; supports doctoral study in selected areas of computer science

The Kalosworks.org Fellowship. Supports graduate students in electrical engineering who have a GPA of at least 3.0 and have demonstrated financial need

Les Knesel Scholarship Fund. Materials Science and Engineering Department; supports master's or doctoral study in ceramic engineering

Guru Krupa Foundation Fellowships in Electrical Engineering. Multiple fellowships to support graduate study with preference for those conducting research in integrated circuits and embedded systems or signals and systems, and who have an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) or the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

T.H. Lin Graduate Fellowship. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department; supports study by an international student in structural mechanics

Living Rocks Electrical Engineering Fellowship. Supports graduate study with preference for students conducting research in the areas of integrated circuits and embedded systems or signals and systems, and who have an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, National Tsing Hua University, or National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan

Living Spring Fellowship. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; supports graduate students with preference for those conducting research in integrated circuits and embedded systems or signals and systems, and who have an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering degrees from National Taiwan University, National Tsing Hua University, or National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan

Microsoft Fellowship. Supports doctoral study in computer science

National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) Fellowships. Support study in engineering and science to highly qualified individuals from communities where human capital is virtually untapped

Northrop Grumman Fellowship. Supports graduate study in mechanical and aerospace engineering

H.J. Orchard Memorial Fellowship. Supports graduate study in electrical engineering

Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship. Supports doctoral students across a broad range of technical research areas based on Qualcomm core values of innovation, execution, and teamwork

Raytheon Fellowship. Supports graduate study in electrical engineering with preference for U.S. citizens

Martin Rubin Scholarship. Supports two undergraduate and/or graduate students pursuing degrees in civil engineering with an interest in transportation engineering

Henry Samueli Fellowship. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; supports master's and doctoral students

Henry Samueli Fellowship. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department; supports master's and doctoral students

Texaco Scholarship. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department; supports re-search in environmental engineering

Dr. Robert K. Williamson Graduate Fellowship. Supports graduate study in mechanical and aerospace engineering

Many other companies in the area also make arrangements for their employees to work part-time and to study at UCLA for advanced degrees in engineering or computer science. In addition, the Graduate Division offers other fellowship packages including the Dissertation Year, Eugene V. Cota-Robles, and Graduate Opportunity Fellowships.