Enrollment FAQs
What are the Full Time Enrollment requirements?
A graduate student (domestic or international) is considered full-time if they are registered for a minimum of:- 9 semester credit hours during a fall or spring semester
- 6 semester credit hours during a summer semester
Colleges and departments may impose additional semester credit hour requirements for a student holding an assistantship or fellowship which exceeds the minimum stated above. Special considerations relate to “full time status” for an international student. Please refer to the information on this subject in the Academic Expectation and Program Requirements section of the Graduate and Professional Catalog. A student who has financial assistance should consult the Tuition, Fees and Other Financial Information section of the Graduate and Professional Catalog, call (979) 845-3236 or visit the Financial Aid Website, for enrollment requirements.
What are the Half-Time Enrollment requirements?
In order for domestic graduate students to be eligible for financial aid, they must be registered at least half-time. Half-time registration means:
- Fall/Spring Semester – 5 hours
- 10-Week Summer Semester – 3 hours
- 5-Week Summer Semester – 2 hours
What is Certification of Full-Time Enrollment?
Graduate students may be certified as full-time with registration of less than the number of hours required for full-time enrollment for two reasons:
- Students participating in student teaching, internships, and cooperative education programs who are enrolled in less than nine semester hours during a fall or spring semester or six hours during a summer semester may be eligible to be certified as a full-time student with the approval of the Associate Dean of the Graduate and Professional School, upon request from the Dean of the College or their designee.
- During their last semester prior to graduation, graduate students enrolled at Texas A&M in all remaining hours needed to complete their degree who have applied for graduation and do not hold a graduate assistantship may be certified as full-time for that final semester even though they are enrolled in less than nine semester hours during a fall or spring semester or six hours in a summer semester.
Please note: A grade of Q or W does not count toward the certification of enrollment status.
What is Continuous Enrollment?
Students in graduate degree programs requiring a thesis, dissertation, internship, or record of study who have completed all coursework on a degree plan, other than 684 (Internship), 691/791 (Research), or 692 (Professional Study), are required to maintain continuous registration until the completion of all requirements for a degree. Registration for zero-credit courses does not satisfy the continuous registration requirement. The continuous registration requirement may be satisfied by registering either In Absentia or In Residence. Please refer to the graduate catalog for more information. Please refer to the graduate catalog for more information.