Waiving SHIP

Waiving SHIP

All registered undergraduate and graduate UC Berkeley students, including international students, are automatically enrolled in the Berkeley Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) to meet the University of California’s health insurance mandate set by the UC Regents. If you have comparable health insurance that meets the SHIP waiver criteria and do not wish to have dual coverage, you can submit an online waiver application to waive enrollment in SHIP. The waiver must be filled out annually during the waiver period (July deadline for the entire upcoming academic year or January deadline for the spring semester).

Waiver Period 

  • The Spring 2025 waiver period is from December 1, 2024 to January 1, 2025. Waivers must be received by January 1, 2025 to avoid a late fee of $75.
  • All waivers received between January 2, 2025 and January 15, 2025 are subject to a late fee of $75.
  • No waiver applications will be accepted after the final January 15, 2025 deadline.

Who is eligible to apply for a Spring 2025 waiver?

  • Newly admitted and readmitted students for Spring 2025
  • Continuing students who did not waive or have a denied waiver for Fall 2024. 
  • Continuing students with a denied Fall 2024 waiver due to a failed audit. 

Note: Students, who waived successfully for the Fall 2024 semester, are automatically waived for the Spring 2025 semester and do NOT need to apply for a spring waiver.

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 (BTEP & PLI)
   -Master of Real Estate Development + Design
   -Master of Urban Design
   -11-month Master of Public Health
   -Master of Biotechnology
   -Master of Computational Social Science 

Waiver Criteria & Forms

Fall 2024

Waiver Period is Closed

  • The Fall 2024 waiver period was from May 1, 2024 to July 15, 2024. Waivers must be received by July 15, 2024 to avoid a late fee of $75.
  • All waivers received between July 16, 2024 and August 15, 2024 are subject to a late fee of $75.
  • No waiver applications are accepted after the final August 15, 2024 deadline.
  • Note: A new waiver application must be submitted before the start of each Fall semester during the waiver period; approved Spring semester waivers do not roll over.

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