Enrollment Categories
Select from the following enrollment categories for initial steps needed to apply for summer financial aid:
Newly Admitted or Transfer Undergraduates
Newly admitted freshman and transfer students for fall 2024 must follow these initial steps to apply for summer financial aid:
- Submit your Statement of Intent to Register.
- Submit a Statement of Legal Residence.
- Nonresident students are eligible for limited summer financial aid.
- File a 2023-24 FAFSA or a 2023-24 CADAA by June 21, 2024.
- The Department of Education will close the applications on June 30, 2024.
- Complete all 2023-24 verification requirements.
- Requirements can be viewed in your MyAwards.
- Submit an online Summer Session Application (available in March) to the Office of Undergraduate Education.
- Students must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 units to be considered for financial aid.
- Once registered for summer courses, submit a paper Summer Financial Aid Application.
- You’ll submit the application through our Contact An Expert tool
Once these initial steps are completed, visit Important Summer Information.
Continuing Undergraduate Students
Continuing UC Davis Students for fall 2024 must follow these initial steps to apply for summer financial aid:
- File a 2023-24 FAFSA or a 2023-24 CADAA by June 21, 2024.
- The Department of Education will close the applications on June 30, 2024.
- Complete all 2023-24 verification requirements.
- Requirements can be viewed in your MyAwards.
- Ensure your residency has been established by the Office of the University Registrar as either Resident or Nonresident.
- Nonresident students have limited financial aid eligibility.
- Meet campus basic requirements such as SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) standards, and not be in Default or Overpayment.
- Have not graduated or declared to graduate in spring 2024 or earlier
- You must also meet one of the following criteria:
- Established as an active degree-seeking student for spring 2024 quarter
- On an approved PELP for spring 2024 quarter
- Enroll in Schedule Builder during your Pass Time in May. More information can be found on Apply and Register.
- Students must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 units to be considered for financial aid.
Once these initial steps are completed, visit Important Summer Information.
Graduate Students
Please note, while graduate students can enroll in undergraduate summer courses, graduate students are not eligible for summer financial aid. For enrollment information, visit Summer Sessions - Apply and Register.
International Students
Please note, while both undergraduate and graduate international students can enroll in undergraduate summer courses, international students are not eligible for summer financial aid. For enrollment information, visit Summer Sessions - Apply and Register.
Other UC Students Attending UC Davis
Please note that home campuses provide summer financial aid to students attending other UCs.
For example, if you are a UC Berkeley student who will attend UC Davis during summer sessions, your aid will be offered through the UC Berkeley Financial Aid Office.
- If you receive financial aid from your home campus, the funds will not be transferred to UC Davis to pay your fees. Therefore, students are responsible for paying fees and any charges directly to UC Davis by the fee deadline.
- Review the Important Summer Dates for further information.
- If financial aid from your home campus is not available before fees are due at UC Davis, then students must still pay charges due by the fee deadline.
- Any questions regarding your UC Davis bill please contact Student Accounting.
- Submit your online summer application through Apply and Register (available in March)