Extending Coverage After Graduation
New UC SHIP policy on postgraduation voluntary coverage
Beginning with the 2025–2026 academic year, UC SHIP will no longer offer postgraduation voluntary UC SHIP coverage. Students who are graduating in the spring or summer of 2025 and who were enrolled in UC SHIP in their final term can voluntarily continue their coverage for one additional term after graduation. To learn more, review the content below.
After graduating, your coverage continues until the day before the next academic term begins. If you graduate during the spring term, your coverage continues through the summer until the day before the start of the next fall term.
Students graduating in the spring or summer of 2025 can purchase UC SHIP continuation coverage for one additional term after graduation.
To purchase additional coverage, email the enrollment form to Academic HealthPlans (AHP) or call (855) 427-3167 before the next term (additional coverage period) begins.
As of the 2025–2026 academic year (beginning in the fall of 2025), UC SHIP will not offer graduates the option to extend UC SHIP coverage.