Financial Aid & Scholarships Office
Connect with a Financial Aid Counselor virtually by Zoom.
Zoom Meeting RoomProspective Students
As a first-year applicant, you must earn a high school diploma (or equivalent) and satisfy these requirements.
Current Students
Learn about the important dates that you'll encounter throughout the application process.
Special Cases
Our goal is to identify and admit students who are fully prepared to excel in our challenging academic environment.
The First Step
The first step to apply for financial aid is to submit the appropriate application, ideally by the priority deadline.
Video Resources
Videos focus on applying for financial aid and offer tips on other methods of financing your education.
Calendar
Summer 2025
July 2: Summer Session 2 Billing Statement available on TritonLink
July 4: Office Closed: Independence Day
July 7: Summer Session 1 Financial Aid Unit Freeze
July 20: Summer Session 1 only earned 100% Federal Financial Aid
July 26: Summer Session 2 Financial Aid begins disbursing to student billing accounts
July 28: Summer Session 2 Registration Fee Deadline
August 2: Summer Session 1 Instruction ends
August 4: Summer Session 2 first day of classes and refunds begin from Student Financial Solutions
August 8: Summer Session 2 only, and Combined enrollment in Summer Session 1 and 2 Financial Aid Unit Freeze
August 10: Combined enrollment in Summer Session 1 and 2 earned 100% Federal Financial Aid
August 24: Summer Session 2 only earned 100% Federal Financial Aid
September 6: Summer Session 2 Instruction ends
News
Summer Session 2025 Financial Aid: For information on all this Summer financial aid related visit Summer Session.
Cal Grant eligible but no Cal Grant on Tritonlink? Log into Webgrants 4 Students to confirm or change your school of attendance to UC San Diego (school code 001317). Be sure to complete any verifications or forms that are outstanding to ensure timely disbursement of your grant.
2025-26 FAFSA and CADAA applications. While April 2, 2025 was the 2025-26 priority filing deadline for eligible students for state and institutional financial aid consideration, we still encourage eligible students to file for 2025-26 federal aid.
Monitor your ucsd email for important updates.
UC San Diego is committed to using the Principles & Standards of the College Cost Transparency Initiative in its student financial aid offer.