Tuition Remission
Tuition remission is available to graduate students on appointment in job codes 1502-1506. These eligible graduate students will have some or all of their tuition and fees waived during the semester of their employment with the ñ.
Tuition Remission Training is offered three times a year prior to the beginning of the fall, spring, and summer terms.View a copy of the presentation(most recently presented in July 2025) and a recording of the.
Important Dates, Fall 2025
July 1 to Aug. 13
Waivers applied during these dates appear on the Aug. 15 bill, the first bill of fall term.
Aug. 31
Units will need to submit hires/waivers to the HRSC by this date to avoid late/finance charges* and other complications for the student for the September 5th payment deadline.
Oct. 5
Due date for grad students with appointments to pay their portion of tuition and fees not being covered by remission or other sources. Students are responsible for paying their portion of the bill even if the funding or waiver is not posted by this due date. Late and finance charges will be assessed for late tuition and fee payment.
* Departments will need to fill out the Late & Finance Charge Adjustment Petition if late application of the waiver caused the student to receive penalty charges on the tuition/fee portion of the bill that was the unit’s responsibility.
Waiver Information
How to request a waiver
- Option 1: If the unit uses the HRSC for HCM transactions, the waiver will be entered based on the information sent on the .
- Option 2: If the unit enters their own HCM transactions, email the waiver request to hrsc@colorado.edu using the .
Waivers will be entered on a weekly basis.
How to check waiver after entry
Access to Campus Solutions is required to view the waiver information in CU-SIS. Please follow the instructions on for access.
Customer Accounts page:
- To view the dollar amount of the waiver that was applied to the student’s tuition bill.
- Navigate to Campus Solutions from MyCUInfo.
- Enter “Customer” in the search bar in the top middle of the screen and click on “View Customer Accounts” option.
- Enter the CUBLD in Business Unit and student ID or last and first name in the name fields, then click Search.
- Choose the student if more the one option displays.
- Select the “Account Details” link for the term (Fall 2025) Tuition and Fee line.
- Click the “View All” link to expand view
More detailed instructions are available on the Tuition Remission web page.
Tuition Remission Eligibility
Requirements for eligibility
- Must be full time, regularly enrolled, degree seeking Boulder graduate students.
- Must demonstrate adequate academic progress every semester.
- Do not need to be enrolled in the summer to hold an appointment.
- Must work a minimum of 12 weeks (5 weeks for summer)
- Must be in an eligible job code:
- 1502 Graduate Assistant (GA)
- 1503 Graduate Part-Time Instructor (GPTI)
- 1505 Research Assistant (RA)
- 1506 Teaching Assistant (TA)
- Must be on an appointment 15% or higher (based on contract rate).
- The amount of credits covered depends on the contract rate.
- Courses taken through Continuing Education, Extended Studies or Outreach programs do not qualify for tuition remission.
- Courses taken for no credit are not eligible for tuition remission.
Eligibility matrix
| Appointment Percentage | Eligible Tuition Remission |
|---|---|
| 15% | 1-3 credit hours |
| 20% | 4 credit hours |
| 25% | 5 credit hours |
| 30% | 6 credit hours |
| 35% | 7 credit hours |
| 40% | 8 credit hours |
| 45-50% | 9+ credit hours |
Tuition Remission FAQ
All students employed as Graduate Assistants, Teaching Assistants, Research Assistantsor Graduate Part-Time Instructors, who work at least 12 weeks during a semester at 20% time or greater.
All mandatory student fees that are paid by all traditional degree-seeking graduate students according to their enrollment and student status. See the full list on theBursar's Officewebsite.
The one-time new student fee, the immigration compliance fee, the Law Graduate Fee, Law Student SVCS/Activity Fee, and any voluntary fees are not covered.
The university will cover the mandatory fees that are charged according to the student status.Therefore, if a student is being charged reduced fees and decides to voluntarily add on full fees, the university will cover the original fees and the student will be responsible for the difference.
The campus will be covering the cost of fees for all general-funded positions. Starting with Fall 2022 any positions funded by gift or auxiliary funds will be expected to cover fees from those sources. For all RAs supported by fund 30 or fund 12s the campus will cover the cost of fees until Fall 2023 term and then will be covered by the funding source.
Fee remission will be triggered by the tuition waiver being entered into Campus Solutions.
Withdrawal from a course after the census date will result in loss of tuition coverage for that course. (Reduction of waiver to cover only enrolled classes). The student is personally responsible for covering the amount of the withdrawn course.
Central campus will cover the amount of the tuition differential (difference between the out of state and in-state rate) for all out of state students. Domestic non-resident students who have not obtained in-state classification by their third semester will result in the differential being removed from the waived amount. The student will be responsible for personally covering the differential. The resident tuition amount will still be waived. This rule does not apply to international students as they will always have the differential covered.
Eligibility is reviewed monthly. If there is a discrepancy or issue, we will notify the School/College Dean’s Office of a student's ineligibility. If the waiver was in error, please notify the tuition remission team.
Tuition is encumbered based on the CU-SIS Waiver and Actual payroll expenses posted to departmental speedtypes/accounts, not percent time in HCM. Encumbrances are reversed and actuals are charged at the end of each semester.
All journals posted at month end after payroll runs. See below chart for more information.
| Semester | Month | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | Feb. | Initial encumbrances |
| Spring | March | Chances to encumbrances |
| Spring | April | Changes to encumbrances |
| Spring | May | Encumbrances reversal - back dated to 05/15 Final actual allocation - back dated to 05/15 |
| Summer | July | Initial encumbrances |
| Summer | Aug. | Encumbrances reversal - backdated to 08/15 Final actual allocation - backdated to 08/15 |
| Fall | Sept. | Initial encumbrances |
| Fall | Oct. | Changes to encumbrances |
| Fall | Nov. | Changes to encumbrances |
| Fall | Dec. | Encumbrance reversal Final actual allocation |
The tuition remission team does not process any speedtype changes after the semester actuals have posted.
Each unit is responsible for moving the expenses via a journal entry. Your unit may process an actuals journal entry to move expenses on account codes 422413, 422414, and 422426.
Occasionally the Bursar will update the student’s waiver after the semester has ended. The Tuition Remission team will allocate the resident portion of tuition and fee expense (if applicable) to the speedtype that paid student’s salary during the semester, unless that speedtype is inactivated. If the speedtype has been inactivated, we will contact the unit for an alternative speedtype. Please refer to the journal line reference to see which semester the retroactive tuition was charged for.
During the semester, the Tuition Remission Team will notify the School/College Dean’s Office of any payroll in a suspense speedtype. Tuition and fee remission will not be encumbered to the suspense speedtype. If the payroll is still allocated to a suspense speedtype at the end of the semester, we will charge the actual expense to the suspense speedtype. After the expenses are charged, the unit is responsible for moving these expenses.
Early tuition can be posted if your student is paid by a sponsored project or cost-share that is ending during an academic year term, and the final financial deliverable is due by the sponsor before the end of the academic year term. Please complete the early tuition posting form to
request tuition remission be posted early. If requesting during the summer semester, please email tuition.remission@colorado.edu as the form does not apply for summer.