Requests to Suspend Admission: How-To

If your program is interested in requesting approval to suspend recruitment/admission for your graduate program, you may submit a request to Graduate Council to do so for up to 1 year.

Important: Requests for temporary suspension of admission for a given year (cohort size of 0) must be submitted to the Graduate Council for their review and approval no later than their May submission deadline (as listed annually on the Graduate Council website), prior to the opening of the application for the subsequent Fall term.

Step 1: Write a formal request, addressed to Graduate Council, detailing any extenuating circumstances and/or program goals that support your request to suspend admission for your program. This letter should be signed by your program’s chair and saved as a PDF.

Step 2: Email Erica Lennard (erica@ucsd.edu) and cc Mary Hogan (mhogan@ucsd.edu) no later than Graduate Council’s May submission deadline. Be sure to attach your formal request in PDF format to this email.

Step 3: GEPA will submit your request to Graduate Council for their consideration.

Step 4: Your program chair will receive a response directly from Graduate Council sharing their decision on your request.

Step 5: If your request to suspend admission to your graduate program is approved, please communicate this update directly with your GEPA Admissions liaison. Please also update your program website to reflect this update for any prospective applicants who may be interested in your program.

*If you have any questions around the process outlined above, please email Erica Lennard (erica@ucsd.edu) and Mary Hogan (mhogan@ucsd.edu).