{"id":32662,"date":"2013-10-09T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=32662"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:43:06","slug":"additional-registrar-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/academics\/registration\/additional-registrar-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Registrar Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Registrar&#8217;s office in Graduate Medical Sciences provides ongoing academic support services to students, faculty and staff within the Master&#8217;s and PhD programs. Please note that that MD program has a separate registrar.<\/p>\n<h4>Email Communications<\/h4>\n<p>All important GMS communications are emailed to the student\u2019s BU email account. For those students who wish to have their email forwarded from their BU account to a different account, please be sure the email\u00a0forwarding is functioning correctly.<\/p>\n<h4>Address Changes\/Forwarding Address<\/h4>\n<p>Students may change their address in MyBU student<\/p>\n<h4>Withdrawing or Taking a Leave of Absence from Graduate Medical Sciences<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A student\u00a0<i>Withdraws <\/i>from a program when they officially drop ALL courses taken during the current semester and leave their program of study prior to completion of their degree.<\/li>\n<li>A student requests a\u00a0<i>Leave of Absence<\/i> (LOA) to take a period of time off prior to resuming and completing their program. For more details please see Section 11.2 of GMS Academic Policies and Procedures.<\/li>\n<li>Students should discuss their situation with their advisor\/program director and submit the Withdrawal\/Leave of Absence Form to the GMS Registrar&#8217;s Office.\u00a0 Students must return within one year of requesting a LOA to be reinstated without reapplying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Health Insurance Massachusetts Law<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Massachusetts Law stipulates that college students registered must be covered by health insurance. Students registered at Boston University\u00a0 are automatically charged for the BASIC student health insurance plan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/insurance\/\">Health insurance details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If a student is charged for health insurance but is already covered under a\u00a0 comparable health insurance plan based in the United States, they may waive the charge on the MyBu student.\u00a0 Waivers should be completed before the payment due date.\u00a0 Students who have health insurance charge(s) on their bills cannot ignore the\u00a0 charge. The charge(s) must be paid, waived, or removed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentaccountingservices\/home\/\">Student Accounting Services<\/a> by the due dates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP)<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduating mid-year and have Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) coverage must take one of the following two options before December 31:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 1:<\/strong> Request Fall-Only Coverage (Default for January Graduates)<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to terminate your insurance at the end of the semester, you must complete the Student Health Insurance Coverage <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentfinancials\/premium-adjustment-request-form\/\">Premium Adjustment Form<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial Impact: Submitting this form allows Student Financials to prorate your health insurance charge to reflect only the fall semester. \u00a0Scholarship will be adjusted to cover this fall-only charge.<\/li>\n<li>Coverage End Date: Your SHIP coverage will officially end on December 31.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Option 2:<\/strong> Maintain Full-Year Coverage<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to maintain your SHIP coverage through the spring semester, you may choose to do so, but your funding structure will change.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GMS PhD SHIP scholarship will be adjusted to cover only the fall semester, and they will be responsible for the spring semester portion of the insurance premium directly to student account.<\/li>\n<li>The Student Health Insurance Coverage Premium Adjustment Form must be submitted before <strong>December 31<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For additional information, please refer to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentfinancials\/resources\/student-health-insurance-plan\/fall-only-coverage\/\">Fall Only Health\u00a0Insurance Coverage | Student Financials<\/a>. <\/strong>\u00a0Their office can be reached at <strong><a href=\"mailto:studenta@bu.edu\">insmed@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>MASTERS STUDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Master\u2019s students who are graduating in January and have Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) coverage may request <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentaccountingservices\/resources\/student-health-insurance-at-boston-university\/fall-only-coverage\/\">fall only coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to end your Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) coverage at the conclusion of the fall semester, you must complete the Student Health Insurance Coverage <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentfinancials\/premium-adjustment-request-form\/\">Premium Adjustment Form<\/a> <\/strong>before December 31. If you have been charged the annual premium, your premium will be adjusted accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentaccountingservices\/resources\/student-health-insurance-at-boston-university\/\">Student Financials<\/a> website.\u00a0 Their office can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:studenta@bu.edu\">insmed@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>Degree Program Enrollment<\/h4>\n<p>Boston University does not permit a student to enroll simultaneously in more than one graduate program either within Boston\u00a0 University or at another institution, unless those programs have been\u00a0 previously approved by the Trustees of Boston University as a combined\u00a0 degree program.<\/p>\n<h4>International Students<\/h4>\n<p>Visit the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> ISSO<\/a> site for specific requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Registrar&#8217;s office in Graduate Medical Sciences provides ongoing academic support services to students, faculty and staff within the Master&#8217;s and PhD programs. 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