You may be absent from UCSB for one or more quarters at the conclusion of any quarter without petition, provided you have not paid fees for the following quarter.
Continuous registration is required of all graduate students.
Leave is normally granted for one quarter at a time, up to a maximum of three quarters of leave during a student's graduate career. Research Leave and a Filing Fee Quarter of Leave are counted separately from the first three categories of leave enumerated above. All leave requests require appropriate documentation such as a doctor's note or a letter from the student's research advisor verifying the student's declaration with regard to research travel or degree completion plans. Off-campus employment, lack of funds, or taking time off from school for personal reasons are not considered extraordinary circumstances. Students who lapse status must later seek reinstatement if they wish to return to graduate standing.