Credit Classes

There is no tuition remission for special fees or materials that may be associated with the course(s) taken.

The Employee, spouse/same-sex domestic partner or dependent children must be academically qualified and must go through regular admission and registration procedures. A Tuition Remission Form for credit courses must be completed and submitted to the Department of Human Resource Services for each course taken or for each semester the student is enrolled.

1. Coverage for Staff

Employees may enroll in class immediately upon employment unless employment begins in the middle of a semester or Summer School session. In this instance, benefits will be available at the beginning of the next full semester or session.

All work will be on the Employee's own time. If University time must be used, then the Employee must secure written supervisory approval and work an equal amount of make-up time during the same week. The written approval will be maintained in the Employee's personnel record in the Department of Human Resource Services.

Should an Employee terminate his/her employment prior to halfway of a session in which any tuition remission was received, he/she will be responsible for full payment, which was waived.

2. Coverage for Spouses/Same-Sex Domestic Partner

Remission of tuition and fees for a spouse/same-sex domestic partner of an Employee shall be made only to the extent that the person does not already have some form of grant or scholarship to cover his/her educational costs.

3. Coverage for Dependent Children

Classes may be taken by an Employee's dependent children on the following basis: Tuition and college fees in any undergraduate division, for courses taken for academic credit, will be waived only to the extent that the student does not already have some form of scholarship or grant to cover his/her educational costs.

The dependent child of an Employee shall be defined as the following natural issue of the eligible Employee, a stepchild, a child legally adopted by the Employee, or a foster child, provided that the foster child shall have been living in the home of the qualified Employee and shall have been supported primarily by the Employee for at least two (2) years prior to matriculation in a college or university. Children of retired Employees are eligible for this benefit in accordance with the provision above. The child must meet the definition as a legal dependent of the Employee as stipulated by the United States Internal Revenue Code. If the Employee's child is older than age 23, the parent Employee must be able to claim the child as a dependent on his/her last annual tax return. In this instance, a copy of the tax return must accompany the request for tuition waiver.

Most children of full-time Employees are eligible for the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (VTAGP). It is the responsibility of the student and his/her parents to make application for this grant through the University's Financial Aid Department. Failure to do this will result in the student or parents having to pay tuition equaling the amount, which they would have received had they applied for the VTAGP as specified.

4. Tuition Remission Chart for Credit and Non-Credit Classes.

     Click here to see a chart showing eligibilty of staff, spouses and children.

Non-Credit Classes

A separate Tuition Remission Form for non-credit courses taken by an Employee, spouse/same-sex domestic partner or dependent children must be completed and submitted with the Course Registration Form to the School of Continuing Studies two (2) weeks prior to the start of the class.

Non-credit courses are considered an independent part of the University's educational benefit. These courses do not count against the number of credit courses that are allowed. All work will be on the Employee's own time. The waiver of the non-credit tuition shall not count as part of the revenue produced by the course(s).

Executive Education Classes

Only regularly scheduled part-time and regularly scheduled full-time Employees are eligible. The employing department has the right to approve the number and type of course(s) the Employee may take. The employing department agrees to pay the administrative charges and provide the release time needed for attendance. A Course Registration Form may be obtained on-line from The Executive Education section of oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/business/.

In order to maintain the integrity of the Executive Education programs, a limited number of University of Richmond employees will be enrolled in each course.  Much of the programs value comes from the richness of the discussions and conversations held within the classroom, and the diversity of businesses and industries represented in the courses is a vital part of the value of those conversations. We want University of Richmond employees to have the opportunity to enjoy the same valuable experience as all other participants.

Coverage for Fully Disabled or Retired Employees and Eligible Family Members, or the Spouse/Same-Sex Domestic Partner and Children of Deceased Employees

Full-time Employees who are totally disabled or retired and who at the time disability began or at the time of retirement had been continuously employed by the University for three (3) years shall receive the tuition remission benefits for themselves and eligible family members which would have been theirs had the Employee not become disabled or retired.

The surviving spouse/same-sex domestic partner who does not remarry and the eligible children of a deceased full-time Employee, who at the time of death had been continuously employed by the University for at least three (3) years, shall receive the tuition remission benefits which would have been theirs had the Employee not died.

The words "tuition remission benefits which would have been theirs" means the tuition benefits available at the time application for such benefits is made, not the tuition remission benefits in effect at the time of death, disability or retirement.