2025-2026 Graduate College Handbook
The Graduate College Handbook is available as a pdf.
You can bookmark it or refer to it using this link: https://go.grad.illinois.edu/handbook.
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- Program Tuition Waiver Designation charts are included in the handbook and posted online.
- Cost Recovery and Self-Supporting Program Designations are posted on this webpage.
- About tuition & fee waivers, including types, the Tuition Waiver Guide, and an explanation of the "91(41)-day rule."
- See the handbook archives for previous academic years.
- For your convenience, we provide some tips for navigating the content in web browsers and Adobe acrobat.