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2010-11 registration fees for the UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program may be viewed on the UC Berkeley Office of the Registrar's fee schedule.*

Please note that as indicated on the fee schedule, JMP students are assessed a Professional Degree Fee (an annual amount charged equally to all UC medical students) in the second and third year in the Berkeley Program, and in the remaining two years at UCSF.*

Estimating Student Budgets
The Financial Aid Office for the Berkeley campus offers an estimated student budget to account for changes in the cost of living, fees, and tuition. The figures are revised every spring, and show the average costs for a Joint Medical Program graduate/medical student during the 9-month academic year.

Note that the JMP is a 12-month program in the first year, as our students enroll full-time in the eight-week Summer Session, take Anatomy with a Radiology correlate, and enroll in the Master's Research Seminar. Thus first-year budgets should factor in an additional 2-3 months of living expenses as well as summer session fees.

*All fees and nonresident tuition are set by the UC Regents and are subject to change without notice.

Legal Residency and Fees
Every entering student is classified as a resident or nonresident of California for tuition purposes. Detailed information on establishing residency and documenting financial independence is available from the Office of the Registrar's Legal Residency Unit.

Program Grants

  • Technology Grant: All JMP students must have their own access to the Internet. After starting classes at the JMP, the department will reimburse up to a total of $2000 per student, available over the course of your time here, for approved technology purchases.
  • Research Grant: Up to a total of $2000 per student, available over the course of your time here. An application process takes place each fall and spring. Expenses typically approved include travel costs necessary to carry out thesis research work, costs of developing and producing research materials and of collecting data, and costs associated with analyzing data. As a matter of policy, some sorts of expenses are not covered, e.g. hiring research assistants. Others are covered contingently, e.g. after a requisite amount of data has been collected.

    • Financial Planning Guide for Graduate Students
    A variety of merit-based awards is available for graduate students. JMP students may apply for a Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) (administered by the Graduate Division - click for informational PDF, a Schoeneman Scholarship, UCSF Dean's Summer Fellowship if working with a UCSF PI, and a host of other competitive funding opportunities. Most JMP students have summer support for the second and third summers, as well. Some entering JMP students qualify to be nominated by the JMP for Graduate Opportunity Program Master's Degree grants funded by the campus.

    Each year, some JMP students choose to serve as Graduate Student Instructors in undergraduate courses, or as Graduate Student Researchers. Students apply for these opportunities as they are available. GSI-ships and GSR-ships provide remissions of certain fees and stipends [income].

    Most JMP students fund their medical education through a variety of need-based loans: Federal Direct Loan**, Unsubsidized Federal Direct Loan**, Work Study, Perkins Loan and the Graduate Opportunity Program. Others seek loan-forgiveness opportunities from federal and state governments and agencies in return for agreeing to practice in certain under-served areas.

    The AAMC [American Association of Medical Colleges] has a useful site called Financing Your Medical Education, well worth exploring.

    Other numerous programs - fellowships and grants-in-aid, loans, research assistantships (GSRs), teaching appointments (GSIs), and subsidized housing and child care - provide ways you can cut the cost of graduate/medical school. Some of the programs are merit-based and administered through the Graduate Division Fellowship Office; others are need-based and administered through the Graduate Financial Aid Office.

    All federal regulations subject to change.

    Applicants invited to interview with the JMP need to submit the FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FAFSA) designating UC Berkeley by March 2 each year. UCB's institution code is 001312.

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