Financial Aid Application Process for Non-U.S. Residents Entering Medical School
Financial Aid Process
All financial assistance offered by the School of Medicine is based on financial need and availability of funds. The Office of Student Financial Aid administers federal, institutional and state funded programs. Non-US resident students are not eligible for federal or state funds. Therefore, funding will be provided through institutional sources.
As a student at a professional school, you are considered independent and must submit financial information about yourself and your spouse. For scholarship and grant funds, you are required to submit parental information. This policy is necessary to allocate our limited resources equitably to families with different financial situations. This requirement of requesting parental information applies to all applicants, regardless of age or marital status.
Financial Obligation
As a non-US resident, the Admissions Office has advised you of the obligation to satisfy the School of Medicine’s international medical student financial requirement, which is based upon the Johns Hopkins University SOM annual medical student budget.
As a result of change in policy, the process has been revised to require students to satisfy the financial obligation on an annual basis, as opposed to satisfying the obligation, upfront, for four years. Students will continue to be required to validate that they have the financial resources required to meet the annual medical student budget. Please see the cost of attendance corresponding to your year in school to determine the annual requirement. Students who apply and receive an offer of financial aid assistance will only be required to provide resources to cover the difference. Financial aid is calculated in the example below:
Budget or Cost of Attendance - Financial Aid Offered = Balance (Amount owed by student to meet financial obligation)
To satisfy the annual financial requirement, you will need to provide a letter of guarantee signed by an authorized government authority (embassy official or other qualified individual), an irrevocable letter of credit, or cash deposited into a University account. This process will need to be repeated and completed by July 1st during each year that the student is pursuing their medical studies. Please note that the amount of the annual requirement is subject to change based upon tuition and fee increases.
For more information on satisfying the annual financial obligation contact [email protected].
Memorandum of Understanding
All matriculating students will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to ensure their understanding of the terms of the annual financial obligation. The memorandum will also outline the change in enrollment status if the obligation is not satisfied and the annual requirement for financial aid reevaluation.
Getting Started
To apply for financial aid assistance, students are required to complete the CSS Profile application in the first year to determine eligibility for institutional funding.
Notification
New Students
New and prospective students should click on the new user access to create an guest account and authenticate themselves into the system.
After creating a new account, new and prospective students must login and enter their guest login credentials. A permanent ID will be given to all matriculating students beginning in June of the entering school year.
Existing Students
You can access the student portal with your JHED login ID. A JHED login (or "LID") is a unique alpha-numeric identifier for your information in the JHU Enterprise Directory. All students are automatically assigned a LID upon enrollment. You can use your LID to gain remote access to a number of JHU services, such as financial aid, billing and registration. It should not be confused with any numbers on your various ID cards. Login.
For more detailed information about the Student Self-Service portal, visit the SIS information on the Financial Aid site .
Calculation of Award
The information that you provided on your CSS Profile application determines the parental and student contributions that were used in the calculation of your financial aid award. Total aid awards are based solely on “demonstrated need” after factoring in family income, assets, household size, siblings/dependents/spouse attending college, and marital status.
Scholarship
Scholarship awards are based on demonstrated financial “need” and the availability of allocated funds for the award year.
Through the commitment of Johns Hopkins Medicine International, scholarship funding is made available to help non-US resident international students with meeting some of their educational costs without the added burden of loan.
As part of the scholarship process, students are asked to write a one-page “thank you” letter to the donor of the scholarship acknowledging their support in helping the student. Our donors would like to know about the recipient of the scholarships and the impact of such an award can make toward achieving their goals.
The financial aid office will notify students when and to whom these letters are to be submitted.
Note: Scholarship funds will not be disbursed until a “thank you” letter is received.
For a description of the scholarship, students may select the scholarship name on the aid screen of their Student Self-Service account.
Outside Awards
All students are required to report receipt of any external scholarship or loans to be used for the current award year to the Financial Aid Office. External scholarship and external loans are awards offered to you that are not from The Johns Hopkins University and/or the School of Medicine.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
As part of the financial aid process, students are required to show academic progress in their program of study. The Financial Aid Office will monitor student’s progress on a yearly basis to determine continued financial aid funding eligibility. You may view the financial aid website for complete requirements.