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Financial Support Letter Guidance

Financial Support Letter Guidance

This information is provided to departments to assist in sending letters of financial support to newly admitted applicants.

The information below should be used for the 2025-26 Admissions Cycle.

We are grateful for your patience and partnership as we worked to create a unified financial support template for admitted UC San Diego PhD, DMA, and MFA students for the current 26-27 admissions cycle.  The financial support template is now available - details were emailed to you on 11/12/25.

Program-Specific Financial Support Letters

All programs that send financial support letters to admitted Doctoral and MFA applicants are required to use the template shared via email when creating their program-specific financial support letters. The template includes standardized non-modifiable language as well as modifiable sections for department use. If you are unable to locate the email (sent on 11/12/25) containing this template, please reach out to your GEPA admissions liaison or email gradadmissions@ucsd.edu with your request.

Please review the following information in full:

  • Financial support letters may only be sent after the applicant has been officially admitted by GEPA (i.e., after the GEPA offer of admission has been sent).

  • Financial support letters may only be sent through Slate. For information on how to send a letter through Slate, see https://ucsdcollab.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GDCP/pages/54135083.

Timeline of Communications to Newly Admitted Applicants

  1. Programs may opt-in to have a nomination message sent out via Slate. You have received this google form via email. Please email your GEPA Admissions liaison if you are unable to locate this information in your email. Programs may not send their own, unique nomination notices to applicants.

  2. Offer of Admission from the GEPA Dean is sent through Slate by GEPA.

  3. Program-Specific Financial Support Letter is sent through Slate by program. This letter may only be sent once the applicant has been formally admitted by GEPA. It can no longer be sent prior to an applicant receiving their formal offer of admission via Slate. For information on how to send a letter through Slate, see https://ucsdcollab.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GDCP/pages/54135083.

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