Waiving SHIP

The Spring 2024 Waiver Period is Now Open

The deadline to waive SHIP without a late fee is January 1, 2024.

Waiver Period

The Spring 2024 waiver period is December 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024. Waivers must be received by January 1, 2024 to avoid a late fee of $75. 

All waivers received between January 2, 2024 and January 15, 2024 are subject to a late fee of $75. Absolutely no waiver applications are accepted after the final January 15, 2024 deadline.


Waiver Exclusion

Students in the Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) program are not eligible for SHIP, except for 5th year MIDS students who may keep or waive enrollment during the fall or spring waiver period.

Criteria and Forms

Summer Special Programs include:

1. Master of Financial Engineering - incoming March class only
2. Master of Laws (Executive Track LLM)
3. Incoming students in the following programs: 
   -Master of Public Affairs
   -Master of Arts in Teaching
          ~Principle Leadership Institue
          ~Berkeley Teacher Education Program
          ~Leaders for Equity and Democracy
   -Master of Real Estate Development + Design
   -Master of Urban Design
   -11-month Master of Public Health

Resources

Fall 2023

Waiver Period is Closed

The Fall 2023 waiver period was May 1, 2023 to July 17, 2023. Waivers must be received by July 172023 to avoid a late fee of $75

All waivers received between July 182023 and August 15, 2023 are subject to a late fee of $75.

No waiver applications are accepted after the August 15, 2023 deadline.

Note: A new waiver application must be submitted for each Fall semester; approved waivers from previous semesters do not roll over