Summer I 2026 Residency Determination Deadline

Event Locator: 2025-AAWJGJ

In compliance with state law, the University of North Carolina System requires students to request a residency classification from the Residency Determination Service (RDS). To be classified as an in-state student, you must submit an RDS application on the Residency Determination Service (RDS) website. You will be classified as an out-of-state until your application has been approved by RDS.

The deadline to submit an application along with all supporting documentation for an initial residency determination or reclassification is 45 calendar days from the start of the term for which the student is seeking a residency determination or reclassification.  All conditions necessary for achieving in-state status must be satisfied prior to this deadline.  Actions completed after the deadline will not be applicable to the in-progress term.

It is the student's responsibility to provide the documentation necessary to support his or her claims for in-state residency for tuition purposes by the deadline.

Please visit our Residency for the Purpose of Determining Tuition webpage for more information.