Engineering Co-Ops and Financial Aid
If you are an engineering student who is registered for a co-op, you are considered a full-time student by the University.
- You can choose whether to receive federal grants and federal or private loans for the semesters you’re on co-op.
- You may not use state financial aid or UToledo merit scholarships during a co-op semester.
Fall/Spring Co-op: To use federal loans/grants or private loans
- You must be registered for the co-op.
- Complete an Enrollment Certification Form in myUT by the 15th day of the semester (usually the add/drop deadline).
Go to myUT → Student tab → My Financial Aid → Financial Aid Enrollment Certification Form
We will email you when the form is available and when we’ve added the requirement to complete the form. To find requirements:
Go to myUT → Student tab → My Financial Aid → Check Eligibility Status
Enrollment Certification forms are generally available:
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- Fall semester: From the end of July through the end of add/drop period for fall
- Spring semester: From the first week in December through the end of add/drop period
for spring
Find add/drop deadlines here.
Follow the same procedure for scholarships you have been awarded specifically to pay the co-op fee.
Summer Co-op: To use federal loans/grants or private loans
- You must be registered for the co-op.
- Complete the Summer Aid Application in myUT. This form is available from March through
July.
Go to myUT → Student tab → My Financial Aid → Summer Aid Application
Follow the same procedure for scholarships you have been awarded specifically to pay the co-op fee.
If you receive merit scholarships
These funds cannot be used during your co-op semester. To make sure we shift those funds from your co-op semester to semesters when you’ll be on campus:
- Send an email to financialaidscholarship@utoledo.edu from your Rocket email account.
- Let us know that you’ll be on co-op for the semester and want your scholarships and grants shifted to a future semester.
- If you wish to use your scholarships for summer enrollment, complete a summer aid
application. Apps are available in myUT from March through July.
Go to myUT → Student tab → My Financial Aid → Summer Aid Application
Timeline
- Allow three working days for your request to be processed.
- The last day to request to use financial aid during a co-op semester is the 15th day of the term (usually at the end of the add/drop period).
- Financial aid will not pay to your student account until the first day of the semester.
Satisfactory academic progress
Co-op classes receive grades just like any other class. You must show satisfactory academic progress to receive your financial aid.
If a co-op class is not graded during the regular grading period, you will be cited for a lack of satisfactory academic progress. Further payments of financial aid will not be made until the class is graded and you have met all other satisfactory academic progress criteria.