Semester 1: End September to Mid December
Semester 2: Beginning January to End March
Semester 3: End March to Mid June

*Note: Students may apply to start their exchange term in the Fall and Winter Quarter only. They may apply for 2 quarters of exchange in either the Winter Quarter (ie to start their exchange in the Winter Quarter and remain at UC for the Spring Quarter) subject to the approval of their faculties/schools.

The full-time, four-year undergraduate program comprises the majority of enrollments and has an arts & sciences focus with high graduate co-existence. UCSB is organized into five colleges offering 87 undergraduate degrees and 55 graduate degrees.

English.

	College of Creative Studies College of Engineering College of Letters & Science Bren School of Environmental Science & Management Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

Information Management, Journalism and Law courses in all UC campuses are not available to exchange students.

In general, limited engineering, business/management, legal studies and architecture courses are available.

Some majors (fields of study) are not open to Exchange students or have restrictions on enrolment.

Please refer to the Other Links section for relevant links to course information.  

Please check with SEP Administrator in the Dean’s Office for actual dates.

On-campus:

Exchange students are guaranteed a contract for University housing, as long as they adhere to all procedures and deadlines. UCSB offers approximately 4700 residence hall spaces to single students and Undergraduate Apartments provide approximately 290 furnished apartments for single (unmarried) full-time UCSB students. All apartments have shared bedrooms and are rented on an academic year basis (9-months).

Off-campus:

Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-Ops: The Living environment of the Co-op emphasises community, cooperation, and contribution to the care of their surroundings through monthly work hours and weekly participation in meal preparation and house chores. Visit http://www.sbcoop.org/ for more information.

Community Housing Office: The Off-Campus Rental Listing Service is free to currently enrolled UCSB students. Students can search and/submit listings for off-campus housing at
http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/hchoices/cho-general-info.htm.

Please refer to the Other Links Section for the relevant links to Visa Information

All registered UC students are required to have major medical health insurance while attending school. Student Health Directors and University administrators determined that the best way to ensure that all students have health insurance was to implement a process through which all students would be covered by campus-sponsored plans unless they could demonstrate comparable private health insurance. Waiver request forms must be submitted to Student Health each year prior to the posted deadlines. Once a waiver has been accepted, it is good for the rest of the year (through the following September.)

All students are required to have insurance that is comparable to the SHIP program. This means that the student must be able to obtain primary care services within 25 miles of Student Health and that the services include physician/primary care visits, specialty visits, outpatient diagnostic testing (MRI, ultrasound, etc.), emergency care, and non-parity mental health benefits. Please note that the nearest Kaiser facility is more than 25 miles away and students with Kaiser plans will not be allowed to waive out of SHIP. High deductible plans, even those associated with health or medical savings accounts are not allowed.

For more information regarding SHIP, please refer to http://studenthealth.sa.ucsb.edu/

Please refer to the Other Links Section for the relevant links to the university’s insurance policies.  

Breakdown of Costs	USD $
Accommodation	940
Food	250
Transport	110
Insurance	90
Others (Entertainment, clothes)	170
Monthly Estimate	1,560

Please refer to the Other Links Section for the relevant links to the estimated costs of living.

1 quarter = US$5,000
2 quarters = US$10,000
Academic year (9 months) = US$14,500

Undergraduates
http://eap.ucop.edu/reciprocal_exchanges/undergraduate/UCCostofLiving.pdf

These are the minimum amounts needed for the host UC campus to issue a certificate of eligibility (DS-2019) for visa application. It is important to remember that these amounts are estimates. Actual expenses may vary depending on the student’s lifestyle and extra activities. The cost of travel is not included in these estimates.

Students should document the highest amount for their campus choices. If possible, we also recommend that students document funds allowing for a ten to fifteen percent increase in the figures provided since amounts are subject to reevaluation and may change prior to issue of the certificate of eligibility.

Universal Currency Converter:

	http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Accommodation:

	http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/index.asp

Cost of Living:

	http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=990&profileId=2

Course Information:

	http://www.ucsb.edu/academics/index.shtml

Visa Information:

	http://eap.ucop.edu/reciprocal_exchanges/visa_resources.shtm