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Health Insurance

Health Insurance Requirement

Every full-time Florida State University student must show proof of comparable health insurance prior to registration once each year.

Health Insurance Subsidy for Graduate Assistants and Fellows

Effective fall 2009 select graduate assistants and fellows will be provided a health insurance subsidy towards the purchase of the university sponsored health insurance plan. The subsidy will be disbursed by semester (fall; spring/summer). Click here for more information on the health subsidy and a summary of the health insurance plans (pdf 44.28 kB).

Initial Eligibility

  • Qualifying Graduate Assistants (Teaching, Research)
  • Qualifying Fellows (McKnight, Gubernatorial, all College Teaching, Interdepartmental and Auzenne Fellows)
  • Must be enrolled for a minimum of 9 graduate credit hours.

University Sponsored Health Insurance

For information on cost, coverage, how and when to enroll for the university sponsored health insurance visit the Thagard Student Health Center's insurance website.

Contact Information

For information about health insurance coverage contact the Thagard Insurance Office at 644-4250. For information about the health insurance subsidy for graduate assistants and fellowship holders contact The Graduate School, 644-3501, gradschool@fsu.edu.