Full-time Students
Withdrawals from the University are processed by the Registrar’s Office. (Unregistered students, students on leave for the current semester, and probationary students can also initiate a leave of absence through the Office of Academic Services.)
Formal withdrawals from the University prior to submission by faculty of any final course grades will result in no grades recorded on the student’s transcript for the academic period for which the withdrawal is declared.
Formal withdrawal must be completed during the first four weeks of the semester in order to obtain cancellation of tuition and fees according to the following schedule:
Before Courses Begin 100% Cancellation
1st Week 80% Cancellation
2nd Week 60% Cancellation
3rd Week 40% cancellation
4th Week 20% cancellation
After 4th Week 0% Cancellation
A student who withdrawals from the university is still accountable for contractual agreements with the Office of Residential Life and Dining Services. Thus, all residential students should contact the Residential Life Office before withdrawing, and all Meal Plan students should contact the Dining Services Office.
Because of the serious ramifications of formal withdrawal from the university, students contemplating this action should discuss the matte with their advisor or a counselor as soon as problems are perceived. All students who subsequently decide to withdraw must initiate a formal withdrawal as described above.
If a student wishes to return the university after withdrawn and at least one semester has elapsed, the students must reapply to the university through the Undergraduate Admissions Office.
Part-time Students
Tuition and fees are refunded in full when the class for which enrollment was submitted is full, the class is cancelled by the university, or the university rejects the enrollment application.
A formal refund request must be initiated in writing at the time that a course is dropped. A student may drop a course through the self service registration system or by completion of a drop card submitted to the Registrar’s Office.
Tuition is refunded according to the following scale:
Before Courses Begin 100% Cancellation
1st Week 80% Cancellation
2nd Week 60% Cancellation
3rd Week 40% cancellation
4th Week 20% cancellation
After 4th Week 0% Cancellation
Students desiring to formally withdraw from a course may do so by the last date to drop a course as published in the Academic Calendar. Formal withdrawal removes the student’s name from the course roster and removes the course enrollment from the student’s transcript. Formal withdrawal from a course may be initiated through a course drop via the self-service registration system or by completion of a drop card submitted to the Registrar’s Office no later than the published last date to drop. Students who elect to stop attending a course after the last date to drop will remain on the course roster, and the course enrollment will remain on the student’s transcript. To avoid the possibility of receiving a failing grade, it is the responsibility of the student to request a “W” (Withdrawal) or “INC” (Incomplete) directly from the instructor.
Graduate Students
To be eligible for a refund of tuition, students must notify the Graduate Records Office in writing of their intention to withdraw.
Withdrawal notification may be submitted to the Graduate Registrar by mail or in person. The date of the postmark on the mailed written notice, or the date of submission for those brought in person, will determine the amount of refund, if any, due the student. If a refund is due, students must indicate whether the refund should be issued directly; credited to their MasterCard, AMEX, or VISA account; or credited to their UNH account.
The refund policy for graduate students who withdraw from any course or from any program is as follows:
Before Courses Begin 100% Cancellation
1st Week 80% Cancellation
2nd Week 60% Cancellation
3rd Week 40% cancellation
4th Week 20% cancellation
After 4th Week 0% Cancellation
No refunds will be made for courses taken and subsequently waived. Refunds may require several weeks to process.
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