Tuition Reduction Benefit

Colorado School of Mines employees may apply to take one Mines 3.0 credit hour class per semester, up to a total of 6.0 credits per academic year, and have tuition and fees waived for those courses other than the technology fee associated with course registration. Mines courses may be taken for credit (letter grade) or no-credit (no letter grade – audited). To take classes, the employee may apply as a Non-Degree Seeking student and note the class he or she wishes to register for on the application or as a degree seeking student by submitting a graduate degree admissions application.  For more information about this policy, refer to Section 5.3 of the faculty handbook.

Once the employee’s Non-Degree Application has been submitted and he or she has been registered for classes, he or she will receive a confirmation via e-mail.

The employee must complete the appropriate Employee Tuition Waiver form based on credit or no-credit. (See Academic Affairs. Forms are located under Faculty Resources > Forms.) The Tuition Waiver must have all of the appropriate signatures and be submitted to the Registrar’s Office for processing.

The spouse of an employee may also take one Mines 3.0 credit hour class per semester, up to a total of 6.0 credits per academic year, and have tuition and fees waived for those courses other than the technology fee associated with course registration. Mines courses taken by the spouse of a Mines employee must be taken on a not-for-credit (audit) basis. The spouse of an employee must follow the same procedure to apply as a Non-Degree student and complete an Employee Tuition Waiver.

Dependents of eligible employees may attend Mines at a reduced tuition rate. For additional information, refer to the Tuition Reduction Policy.  The dependent tuition application can be foud here.  More information about Benefit Amounts, Calculations, and Limitations can be found here.

All employees, spouses, and dependents using any of the benefits described above must pay the technology fee associated with course registration.