Post-Baccalaureate and Diploma Students must register before the end of registration period each semester. A full-time student who devotes the entire time during the course of the academic year to a program of graduate work is a resident student. Masters students have either a one or two year residency requirement based on the program's course of study. Resident students must register each semester. A part-time student is one who devotes less than the entire time to a program of graduate work at Brandeis University.
Tuition is pro-rated and charged based on the registration status.
Post-resident students must register before the end of registration period each semester. A student in this category is full-time and is eligible for University health insurance, borrowing privileges in the library, a computer account, voice mail, use of gym facilities, purchase of a parking sticker, and may apply for loans and loan deferments. All Continuation Students are required to register before the end of registration period each semester. Pending Graduate students who have completed all degree requirements including final defense of the dissertation with only minor revisions remaining are eligible for degree pending status. Students in this category are not eligible to use any academic services or University facilities, nor are they eligible for student loan deferments.