Yes! This is not only required by the department, but by the Graduate Council. They require that all doctoral students be evaluated every Spring. A satisfactory evaluation on file with the Graduate Division is necessary for future support to be approved. The following are exempt from Spring evaluations:
- A student advancing to candidacy during Winter or Spring of the current academic year. These students may still elect to be evaluated.
- A student on an approved leave of absence during Spring of the current academic year. In this instance, an evaluation must be submitted by the end of the first quarter of return to continue support.
Students are advised to work with their advisor and graduate coordinator for the timely submission of their evaluation so that student support for the future is not jeopardized.
The student signature is required on every evaluation. Student signature does not indicate agreement with the evaluation. It is expected that an evaluation will include a face-to-face meeting between the faculty member(s) and the student, and also that the student will feel free to make comments on the evaluation.
UC San Diego waives NRST for advanced nonresident students, including international
students, for nine (9) quarters after they have advanced to candidacy. Students who are
enrolled, or who re-enroll, after receiving the waiver for nine (9) quarters will be charged the full
NRST rate that is in effect at that time.
Typically, 9 academic quarters after advancement is sufficient time to complete the dissertation;
recall that summers do not count towards this limit.
Students past this 9 quarter limit who receive a GSR position at 25% or greater at UC San
Diego, based on current practice, will have their tuition and fees covered via the GSR blended
or “pooled” rate that combines resident and non-resident tuition and fee costs into one overall
rate. This ensures that there’s no disincentive to PIs to hire an international student as a GSR.