Faculty/Staff Tuition Exemption

Limitations	Examples of Tuition Charges
Tuition Charges	Required Quarterly Paperwork

The faculty/staff tuition exemption program is a benefit offered to University employees who hold at least a half-time, non-temporary appointment, who have supervisor approval, and meet the other requirements listed on the tuition exemption website. This program has a number of limitations, some additional costs, as well as the Tuition Exemption Request Form that must be filled out two weeks in advance of each quarter that the student registers.

Limitations

• A faculty/Staff tuition exempt student may not register for any credits before the 3rd day of the quarter at 6 a.m. or he/she will be charged full tuition. (4th day for Washington State Employees.)
• See Registration Deadlines in the Academic Calendar for exact dates.
• Students using the tuition exemption register on a space-available basis. Students may not always be able to take the courses they want and should have a backup plan.
  • Important: Several Epidemiology and SPH courses usually fill prior to the 3rd day of the quarter due to increased enrollment in the School.
  • These courses include, but are not limited to the following: EPI 512/513 (Autumn/Winter), BIOST 511/512 (Autumn/Winter), EPI 510 (Winter), EPI 514 (Spring), EPI 515 (Spring), EPI 528 (Spring), EPI 536-7 (Autumn/Winter), EPI 573(Autumn), EPI 588 (Spring), ENVH 511 (Winter), HSERV 510 (Spring), HSERV 511 (Autumn).
  • Epidemiology degree students who are required to take courses that are controlled by add codes should request codes as soon as the Time Schedule for the following quarter is availible.
• The tuition exemption can only be used for courses below the 600-level. This means that any credits of Independent Study (EPI 600), Master's Thesis (EPI 700) or Doctoral Dissertation (EPI 800) will be charged at the full tuition rate with the exception explained below.
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Tuition Charges

• Students using the Faculty/Staff Tuition Exemption will be charged about $75 in fees for up to 6 course credits (below 600) each quarter.
• If the student is enrolled in more than 6 course credits (for a total of 7 to 18 credits) or is enrolled in any 600- to 800-level credits, then the tuition will be about $800 per quarter (This is an estimate of tuition costs for 2011-12. Tuition is subject to change each year.)
• A student who starts in Autumn but has not taken BIOST 511/517 or the equivalent, and wishes to take EPI 512, will have to take both courses in Autumn and pay the extra tuition.
• When a student registers for 600, 700 or 800 level courses, s/he will have to pay full tuition for 2 credits (minimum charged by UW) unless s/he registers for at least 6 credits that are covered by the tuition exemption during the same quarter. In other words, it is much more expensive to take only 600, 700, or 800 credits in a quarter than to take them plus 6 or more course credits.

Examples Of Tuition Charges

• 2011-12 Tuition Charges: http://www.washington.edu/admin/pb/home/opb-tuition-quarterly_2011-12.htm


• It is not possible to calculate the exact amount it will cost each quarter because it depends upon the courses taken and when. See below.


• The MPH has a higher tuition rate than the MS and PhD (Tier III). You can figure out the MS/PhD tuition using the same method.


• MPH tuition if taking at least 6 credits numbered under 600, plus additional credits of any kind up to 18 in quarter.
  
  

  MPH
  MPH Fulltime Resident Tuition	$4947
  Minus Tuition for 6 Credits Numbered under 600	$4220
  Subtotal	$ 707
  Plus Tuition Exemption Registration Fee	$ 30
  Total	$ 737



• You will owe any additional fees. For example, EPI 510 and 513 have course fees; you may decide to purchase a student rather than a faculty/staff UPass (bus pass). Other items could include a donation to WASHPIRG, etc, as selected when you register. Additional fees are not covered by the exemption.


• MPH tuition if taking less than 6 course credits (under 600-level) and taking independent study, thesis or dissertation in a same quarter will cost you more.
  
  The tuition for the number of course credits you take up to 6 will be subtracted from fulltime tuition. Thus the fewer the course credits (below 6), the more you will owe if you also take research credits. An example is listed below. Take Epi 600, 700, 800 credits at the same time as you take 6 course credits.
  
  

  MPH
  MPH Fulltime Resident Tuition	$4947
  Minus Tuition for 2 Credits Numbered under 600	$1414
  Subtotal	$3533
  Plus Tuition Exemption Registration Fee	$ 30
  Total	$3763



• The required coursework for the MS or MPH does not add to the required 60/63 credits, respectively. You must earn 9 to 18 Epi 700 Thesis credits toward the total credits. You may also earn Epi 600 Independent study credits, as well as additional course credits, if desired, to reach the required total.

Required QuarterlyPaperwork

• A student who wishes to use the tuition exemption must first apply for admission and be accepted into a University degree program or apply as a nonmatriculated student.
  • A GNM student using the tuition exemption needs to apply only once to the University as long as he/she maintains continuous enrollment in the same status (summer quarter excepted).
  • A GNM student who does not register for any quarter will lose his/her GNM status and have to re-apply to continue as GNM.
• A Faculty/staff tuition-exempt student each quarter must submit the required Tuition Exemption Request form, signed by his/her employing department chair two weeks before the quarter in which he/she wishes to use the exemption, to the Registration Office, Box 355850, 225 Schmitz Hall.
  
• It is critical that new appointments and appointment extensions are in UW payroll before the applicable quarter starts. Contact your payroll coordinator to make sure this happens because the payroll deadline is later.

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Updated September 21, 2011