Filing Fee (https: //grad.ucla.edu/academics/graduate-study/filing-fee-application/)is intended for students who are in good academic standing and who have completed all degree requirements except for filing their thesis or submitting their capstone project. 

Starting Winter 2026, paying the Filing Fee alone will no longer maintain F-1 or J-1 student status. F-1 and J-1 students completing their degree must register full-time to meet the final quarter registration requirement. F-1 and J-1 students needing a reduced course load in their final term must submit the Reduced Course Load for Final Quarter/Semester form to the Dashew Center.

To use the Filing Fee Application (in lieu of registration and paying tuition), students must meet the following criteria:

o  You were registered and enrolled at UCLA during the preceding quarter.  (Students who were registered in Spring are eligible for the filing fee in Summer or Fall)

o You have completed all degree requirements for the degree:  

- Language Petition (https: //grad.ucla.edu/academics/graduate-study/language-petition/) was submitted to the Graduate Division and approved

- Advancement to Candidacy (https: //grad.ucla.edu/academics/masters-studies/masters-advancement-to-candidacy-petition/) petition was submitted to the Graduate Division, and students must have advanced to candidacy at least one quarter prior to the term of filing fee usage

- If submitting a thesis, your thesis committee nomination form (https: //grad.ucla.edu/academics/masters-studies/nomination-of-masters-thesis-committee/) was submitted to the Graduate Division and approved

o You do not use more than 12 hours of university resources (including faculty time) since last being registered and the first day of class for the new term

If you meet the above requirements, you can submit filing fee request (https: //grad.ucla.edu/academics/graduate-study/filing-fee-application/) by the deadline. (https: //grad.ucla.edu/ucla/gasaa/filingfeedeadlines.pdf)

Note: If you do not complete your degree in the quarter that you filed your Filing Fee request, the university views you as out-of-status (not a student). You will need to re-apply to the program and be re-admitted in order to complete your degree and graduate.

Departmental scholars are not eligible for a filing fee quarter.

Published: Thursday, December 2, 2021