New York University requires students in degree-granting programs and international students with F-1/J-1 visas to have health insurance. GSAS students are enrolled automatically in an NYU Health Insurance Plan. GSAS domestic students will be automatically enrolled in the Basic Student Health Insurance Plan; international students with F-1 and J-1 visas will be automatically enrolled in the Comprehensive Student Health Insurance Plan.
Students automatically enrolled in the Basic Plan or the Comprehensive Plan may change the selection of their plan or waive coverage entirely if they have acceptable alternative coverage that meets the University's criteria. Changes in enrollment can be made through the online enrollment/waiver process available on the Student Health Insurance website by the appropriate semester deadlines shown below. Please note: whether you are automatically enrolled or you select a plan for the fall, you will not be able to change the plan that you are enrolled in for the spring/summer. You must maintain your enrollment in the same plan. The only exception is if you are going to apply to waive the insurance for spring/summer because you have new alternative coverage.
Both the Basic and Comprehensive Plans provide worldwide coverage for medically necessary medical and mental health treatment including hospitalization, laboratory tests, prescriptions, radiology services, physician visits, and medical evacuation and repatriation. Students seeking services in Manhattan must first seek treatment at the Student Health Center.
More details about the differences between the Basic and Comprehensive Plans, the University criteria for waiving the plans, and the online enrollment/waiver process can be found in the Student Health Insurance Brochure. Be sure to carefully review the information, before you choose your enrollment or waiver option. Be sure to check back once the brochure for 2020-2021 has been released.
Fully-Funded Fellows
If you are a specifically designated fully-funded graduate student for whom the University has agreed to pay your student health insurance fee (this would have been stated in your admission letter), you will be automatically enrolled in the Comprehensive Plan. An insurance fee may initially appear on your Bursar's Statement of Account, but will be canceled upon notification of your eligibility to Student Health Insurance Services by GSAS.
For more information about the NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Program, you may contact the Student Health Insurance Services Office at (212) 443-1020, via email at health.insurance@nyu.edu, or visit the Student Health Center website.