Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Mandatory Health Insurance


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SMU is committed to the health and well-being of all students. The Student Health Center is here to serve and provide students with medical care while attending the University. To ensure that students have proper healthcare coverage, a mandatory health insurance requirement was passed by the President’s Executive Council in February 2008. This mandatory health insurance policy requires domestic students, both undergraduate and graduate, enrolled in nine or more credit hours to keep insurance coverage as a condition of enrollment. All international students enrolled in one or more credit hours must enroll in the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP), unless they receive a special waiver personally granted by the SMU Insurance Department. Optional Dental Insurance enrollment will be available via online enrollment through Academic Health Plans website at http://smu.myahpcare.com.

SMU STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN RATES
FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR
 

  Fall Spring/Summer Summer (only)
Dates Covered 08/01/2025 – 12/31/2025 01/01/2026 – 07/31/2026 05/01/2026 – 07/31/2026
Medical      
- Student $2,115 $2,115 $1,073
Open Enrollment & Waiver Deadline Dates:      
Fall, Spring/Summer and Summer Terms - Add/Drop date

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