Tuition Remission Policy

To qualify for a tuition waiver, a grad student must have a 33% FTE or higher RA/TA/PA/LSA appointment entered into Workday by the 6^th Friday after classes start each semester.

• Student eligibility will be based on appointment as it is entered in Workday.
• 33% FTE means 33.0% FTE, not 33.33%. Appointments must be greater than or equal to 33.0% FTE to be eligible for a tuition waiver.
• Cutoff date will be the 6^th Friday after the first day of classes for each semester. This translates to October 10 for Fall 2025 semester (FY26).
• 33% FTE will be defined as a 33% appointment that has been entered into Workday by the cutoff date. Please note, we are NOT requiring a qualifying appointment to work a 33% FTE equivalent for the entirety of a semester. We’re going to pull a list of all grad students on the cutoff date that have a 33% FTE or higher RA/TA/PA/LSA appointment in Workday – that will be our population of grad students that have qualified for a tuition waiver for that semester.
  • No appointments entered after the cutoff date will be considered for tuition remission eligibility:
    • A 33% FTE appointment entered the day before the cutoff date will qualify for a waiver.
    • A 50% FTE appointment entered the day after the cutoff date will not qualify for a waiver.
  • The start date of a qualifying appointment must be on or before the cutoff date.

Summer

Summer tuition remission rules will not change from current state.

• There will be no surcharge associated with summer. We only charge for fall and spring semesters.
• Grad student tuition waivers will roll forward from spring semester to cover summer if the grad student worked a qualifying appointment in the spring, unless the department cancels the remission for summer.
• If a grad student doesn’t work a qualifying appointment in the spring, they must work a 33% FTE appointment for 8 weeks in the summer to qualify for a summer tuition waiver.
• For Summer term, the cutoff date is the second Friday in July.

Stacked appointments will not be allowed. Only individual appointments at or above 33% FTE will be eligible for tuition remission (TR).

• No appointments below 33% FTE will ever get hit with TR surcharge.
• If a grad student has multiple qualifying appointments (33% FTE or higher), surcharge will be split by FTE/funding split on both appointments.
• If one appointment above and one below 33% – all surcharge will hit the higher FTE appointment.
• If a grad student has multiple appointments below 33%, they will not be eligible for a tuition waiver and no surcharge will be assessed for that student. A grad student will not get a tuition waiver no matter what the total FTE % is if all appointments are below 33% FT