Summer Quarter

The Summer Aid Application will be available online starting April 1st, 2023. This is a separate application from the financial aid application (FASFA). In order to access the summer application, you will need to have first completed the 2023-2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) or Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA).

The 2023-2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA) must be completed listing the UW school code 003798 (this is the school code for all UW campuses) before we can determine your eligibility for summer quarter aid. We recommend filing your FAFSA or WASFA by the priority deadline of January 15th and filing the summer aid application by May 15th for priority processing. Normal processing time for summer quarter aid can take up to eight weeks, depending upon when you submitted your FAFSA or WASFA and if additional information is needed to evaluate your eligibility.  Awards for summer aid are typically awarded in early/mid June. You will receive a notification in your MyUW account once your award is ready to review. 

Pay your tuition by the due date even if your financial aid will not be ready in time. Tuition for summer quarter is due on Friday of the third week of the quarter.

Summer quarter is the first quarter of the University of Washington's academic year (i.e. Summer Quarter is the first quarter of the 2023-2024 school year. 

Minimum enrollment requirement

The full-time and part-time enrollment requirements for summer quarter are the same as for any quarter in the academic year.  To review enrollment requirements, please refer to Disbursements. Correspondence courses do not count toward the minimum enrollment requirement and visiting students (summer only attendees) and other non-matriculated students are not eligible for financial aid during summer quarter. 
 

Summer quarter aid programs

Most, but not all, financial aid programs are available during the summer quarter.  Our office will determine if you are eligible to receive additional financial aid funds to pay towards your summer quarter or if we need to spread your financial aid funds over four quarters instead of the regular three-quarters of attendance.
 

Summer satisfactory academic progress requirement

If you are a current student continuing into the summer quarter, you must meet satisfactory academic progress requirements for the prior year to receive aid.  For example, if you do not complete the required number of credits for the 2020-21 academic year by the end of spring quarter 2021 then your eligibility for financial aid will be suspended, we will stop processing your aid and your summer quarter 2021 aid will not be disbursed for you.
 

Summer refund and repayment policy

If you receive financial aid for summer quarter and withdraw from all of your classes during the federal refund period (the first 60% of your enrollment period), financial aid will be returned to the aid programs you received funds from.  The amount of your financial aid that must be returned is based on the proportion of the quarter that was not completed.  For example, if you withdraw with 80% of the quarter remaining then 80% of your financial aid funds must be returned to the programs from which they were disbursed.  In addition, you may owe immediate repayment of financial aid that you received (except federal direct loans that are payable according to the terms of the promissory note).  The amount of financial aid that you must immediately repay depends on the amount of university fees as well as the types and amounts of financial aid available to you.  For additional information, please see Withdrawal and refund.