Full-Time and Part-Time Standing

Certification of full, half or less than half-time status is based on the hours of enrollment in the term (Fall, Spring or Summer)

Undergraduate Students

• 12 or more credits is considered full-time enrollment
• 6-11 credits is considered half-time enrollment
• 1-5 credits is considered less than half-time enrollment

> Undergraduate students receiving veterans' benefits have the additional certification levels of one-quarter time or three-quarter time and will be certified based on the actual days of instruction.

>Full time enrollment is often required in order for students to be covered for health/medical insurance. For example, a dependent student may be covered under their parent's medical insurance plan as long as that student remains enrolled as a full time student. If that student were to drop below full time status, they may not be covered. This should be considered when dropping from full time to half/part time status.

Graduate & Professional Students

• 8 or more credits is considered full-time enrollment
• 4-7 credits is considered half-time enrollment
• 1-3 credits is considered less than half-time enrollment

> For certain graduate students, typically doing dissertation work, the number of credits to be considered full-time may be lower.

IUPUI will consider courses taken through the IU Independent Study Program as part of full or half-time enrollment in one term only and only for purposes of certification or loan deferment. NOTE: The Office of Student Financial Aid Services will not consider enrollment through IU Independent Study towards any financial aid enrollment requirements until after the coursework has been completed. Please contact the Office of Student Financial Aid Services for more information.

In such situations, we will match the start of the correspondence enrollment to the appropriate term (for example, if a student registers for correspondence work in September, we would count it in the Fall; if the student registers for correspondence work in December, we would count it in the Spring).

Please note that it is the student's responsibility to inform the Office of the Registrar that she or he is enrolled in the IU Independent Study Program as it will not automatically appear in our campus-based review.