Tuition Remission/Tuition Reimbursement

Amended date: 12/01/2018

The University provides a market-competitive array of benefits, including paid tuition opportunities for all employees who meet benefit eligibility.  These policies are outlined below and reference additional information on the Access Tufts website.

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As an institute of higher learning, Tufts University encourages employees to take advantage of the available opportunities to increase their knowledge through education. Tuition Remission and Tuition Reimbursement assist eligible Tufts employees with management of educational expenses.

The Tuition Remission program allows eligible employees to take classes in a number of Tufts’ graduate and undergraduate programs. Regular employees who work at least seventeen and one-half (17.5) hours per week and who have been employed by the University for no less than three (3) months prior to the first day of the semester may participate in the program. Full-time employees may take up to two (2) classes per semester, and part-time employees may take one (1) course per semester. This benefit is also available to eligible dependents which include spouses, qualified same-sex domestic partners, and dependent children. Under federal and state law, some or all portions of this benefit may be subject to ***taxes.

Tuition Reimbursement is available for full-time staff. The goal of the program is to support these employees in their efforts to improve skills necessary to perform their jobs. This program allows employees to take job-related courses outside of the University. Eligible employees must complete one (1) year of full-time service before the course begins.

Application forms and complete plan descriptions for these programs are available on the Tufts website. For more information, please visit the Tufts Human Resources Website.

Definitions:  

Staff: any benefits-eligible employee who has standard hours of 17.5 hours/week or more and is not otherwise covered by a collective bargaining agreement.  Postdoctoral scholars’ hiring practices are outlined in the postdoc handbook. Faculty should refer to the by-laws of their primary school affiliation for guidance.

Related Links and Resources:

Postdoctoral Scholars Handbook

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This Tuition Remission/Tuition Reimbursement Statement is part of the HR Employee Policies and Procedures that can be found here.

Disclaimer: Changes to this policy and the handbook in which it is maintained may be made at any time, at the sole discretion of the University and is not a contract.  Employment by the University is at will and either the employee or the University may end the employment relationship at any time.