Career Development
Attention international graduate students! Do you know about the International Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship (IDRF)? Since its inception in 2015, the IDRF has been automatically awarded to international PhD students at the start of their fourth quarter, and covers out-of-state tuition costs. Read on for more information!
Since its inception in 2015, the UCSB International Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship (IDRF) has been automatically awarded to international PhD students at the start of their fourth quarter, and covers out-of-state tuition costs.
The IDRF pays non-resident supplemental tuition (NRST) in full, commencing in the student's fourth quarter of enrollment - typically the start of their second year - and continues until the student has advanced to candidacy, provided that the student stays within their program's official time-to-advancement standards approved by the Graduate Council and remains in good academic standing. Once advanced to candidacy, international students receive a waiver of non-resident supplemental tuition (NRST) for up to three calendar years while completing their degree.
More information can be found here.