Staff Tuition Benefit

Faculty and staff (not including temporary employees, graduate assistants, and other student employees) employed half-time or more on the first day of classes may register for a maximum of 12 hours of credit per term at the staff rate of 30% of resident undergraduate tuition. Part-time employees with less than .5 FTE are not eligible for staff rates.


Required Forms

Transfer to Family Member

This form is for employees transferring their benefit to a family member. Please select the appropriate form based on your employment group.

Employee Taking Courses

This form is for employees enrolling in classes.


Deadlines

  • Employee tuition forms are due two days prior to the beginning of each term.
  • Family transfer forms are due two weeks prior to the beginning of each term.
  • Forms are only accepted for the upcoming academic term, not for terms beyond.
  • If the form is received after the submission date and you or your family member are enrolled for coursework at another Oregon public university (OSU, EOU, OIT, PSU, SOU, or WOU), the final approval is determined by that university.
  • Link to Five-Year Academic calendar.
  • Forms are accepted only for the next academic term once the current term has begun.
    Early submissions (sent during the first two weeks of the current term or earlier) will be deleted.

UO Term

employee deadline

Family Transfer Deadline

Fall 2026

September 24, 2026

September 14, 2026

Winter 2027

December 31, 2026

December 21, 2026

Spring 2027

March 25, 2027

March 15, 2027

Summer 2027

June 17, 2027

June 7, 2027

 

Excluded Programs

Certain programs are excluded from the staff tuition benefit. Please confirm with the program you're enrolling in that the program is included in this benefit. 

The UO Budget and Resource Planning office maintains a list of UO's excluded programs. Other Oregon universities also exclude programs from this benefit; it is the employee's responsibility to confirm whether their academic program is included.

Tutorials


More Information

For more information on staff tuition rates, contact the HR Service Center at hrinfo@uoregon.edu.