How to Receive a Summer Aid Offer

Apply & Enroll

To receive Summer quarter 2026 aid, you must: 

Processing

Summer quarter is the first quarter of the University of Washington's academic year.

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. 

 

Summer Policies

Summer terms & minimum enrollment requirement

The full-time and part-time enrollment requirements for summer quarter are the same as any quarter in the academic year.  Summer Quarter is typically split into A, B or C (full) terms. As long as your enrollment in summer quarter totals12+ credits for undergraduate or 10+ credits for graduate students, you will be eligible for full-time aid. If you plan to attend less than full-time, please email our office to notify us, so we may review and adjust your aid for the number of credits you are enrolled in. 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. Your aid will disburse based on your quarterly enrollment. You must let us know if you plan to enroll in less than 12 credits in a specific quarter.

 

Summer Work Study

During summer quarter, students may participate in the summer work study program. For eligibility, requirements, and more information, visit UW Summer Work Study.
 

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 or meet the minimum cumulative GPA for the 2025-26 academic year by the end of spring quarter 2026, then your eligibility for financial aid will be suspended and we will stop processing your aid, therefore summer quarter 2026 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.

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