GENERAL INFORMATION

Residency for Tuition Purposes

All students who are not residents of California must pay non-resident tuition. For residency criteria, visit www.registrar.ucla.edu/faq/res.htm, or contact the Residence Deputy, UCLA Registrar’s Office, 1113 Murphy Hall, Box 951429, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1429, (310) 825-3447. Written inquiries also can be directed to the Legal Analyst–Residence Matters, 300 Lakeshore Drive, 7th Floor, Oakland, CA 94162-3565. These are the only university personnel authorized to supply information relative to residence requirements.

Housing

Housing in Los Angeles, both off and on campus, is in great demand and students should make arrangements early. Most graduate students rent off-campus apartments in Westwood, West Los Angeles, Culver City, Mar Vista, Palms, Santa Monica, or Venice. For information about privately owned off-campus housing, contact the UCLA Community Housing Office at 350 DeNeve Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1495, (310) 825-4491, or visit the Housing website at www.cho.ucla.edu/housing/cho.htm.

University housing is available for married students and single-parent families at University Apartments South, about five miles south of campus. There is a waiting list for some apartments. For more information, contact University Apartments South, 3200 Sawtelle Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90066-1602, (310) 398-4692, or visit the UAS website at www.housing.ucla.edu/housing/uasouth.htm.

Parking

Because most UCLA students have cars, parking is a chronic problem. On-campus parking is by paid permit only. A limited number of permits are available each quarter, which are assigned through a needs-based point system that considers a student’s class standing, commuting distance, and employment or professional school obligations.

For fall quarter, the first day to apply for a permit has generally been June 1; the deadline for submitting applications is around Aug. 1. Students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Parking permits are currently $129 per quarter for commuting students, and $162 per quarter for on-campus students. Motorcycles and scooters park free. For more information, contact UCLA Parking and Commuter Services, 555 Westwood Plaza, Box 951360, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1354, (310) 794-RIDE, or visit the Transportation website at www.transportation.ucla.edu.

Student Health Services

The University requires that all graduate students, including international students on non-immigrant visas, have adequate medical insurance while enrolled at UCLA. The University offers a low-cost, comprehensive health plan, the student Medical Insurance Plan (MIP). The MIP fee is included as part of graduate student registration fees. This is the only method by which MIP may be purchased. Additional coverage is available for eligible dependents: spouse, domestic partner and children.

Registration fees cover basic outpatient health care at the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, which includes a Women’s Health Clinic for treatment of gynecological problems, referrals to specialty clinics, basic lab work, and routine x-rays. There are modest charges for routine physical examinations, routine immunizations, prescriptions, and contraceptive medications and supplies. The center provides a network of community dentists who services to students at discounted prices.

Students who are insured under adequate private medical insurance may waive MIP coverage by completing the Medical Insurance Waiver Request included with the billing statement each quarter. For more information, call the Ashe Center Insurance Office at (310) 825-4073, or visit the Ashe Center website at www.saonet.ucla.edu/health.htm.

Services for Students with Disabilities

The Office for Students with Disabilities, A255 Murphy Hall, Box 951426, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1426, (310) 825-1501 or TTY (310) 206-6083 (www.saonet.ucla.edu/osd) provides a wide range of support services and programmatic access to students with permanent or temporary disabilities, including readers, note takers, sign language interpreters, real-time captioning, special parking, on-campus transportation, housing assistance, adaptive equipment, proctoring, and alternative testing. The office also provides referrals to the Disabilities and Computing Program (310-206-7133), which offers reading machines, voice-recognition programs, large screen displays and more.

Veterans and Social Security Services

Enrollment and Degree Services, 1113 Murphy Hall, provides information for veterans and eligible dependents about VA educational benefits, tutorial assistance, and work study programs; issues fee waivers to qualifying dependents of California veterans who are deceased or disabled because of service-connected injuries; and certifies student status for recipients of Social Security benefits. For more information, call (310) 825-1091.

International Student Services

The Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) and the Dashew International Student Center (www.saonet.ucla.edu/intl), (310) 825-1681, are located in the new Tom Bradley International Hall, 417 Charles E. Young Drive West, near the intersection of Gayley and Strathmore avenues on the west side of campus.

Established 40 years ago to serve the international students of UCLA—now numbering about 1,800—OISS offers a variety of services, including counseling on visa and immigration issues, financial and tax matters, academic adjustment, insurance, and release of funds from other countries, and assistance in understanding the culture and systems of UCLA. OISS acts as an advocate for international students within the university and with government agencies.

The Dashew Center offers an extensive orientation program for new international students in conjunction with OISS as well as housing referrals, English conversation classes, language exchange programs, intercultural discussion groups, an international women’s club and speakers’ club, and campus-wide social activities.

Child Care Services

There are three nationally accredited child care programs for University-affiliated families operated by UCLA Child Care Services—two on campus and one off campus. These facilities operate year-round, Monday through Friday, closing only for University administrative holidays and the days between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Parents contract for an annual tuition that can be paid in 12 monthly installments. For low-income student families, a limited number of spots with tuition assistance are offered. Currently there are waiting lists for certain age groups in some centers. For more information, call (310) 825-5086 or visit the Child Care website at www.childcare.ucla.edu.

Students seeking private child care alternatives off campus should contact the UCLA Child Care Services Outreach Program. The outreach program conducts a "Choosing Child Care" Forum the first Monday of every month at noon in the Women’s Resource Center, Dodd Hall, Room 2 (in the basement) and at 4:30 p.m. in the University Village Child Care Complex. For more information, call the program at (310) 825-8474 (family daycare providers) or (310) 206-3078 (center-based care).