Tuition Benefits

Colorado School of Mines benefit eligible employees may apply to take up to a total of 6.0 credits per fiscal 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).  For additional information, refer to the Tuition Benefit Policy.

To take classes, the employee may apply as a Non-Degree Seeking student and note the class they wish 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.

The employee must complete the appropriate Employee Tuition Waiver form based on credit or no-credit please find the appropriate form at Academic Affairs Forms. The Tuition Waiver must have all of the appropriate signatures and be submitted to the Registrar’s Office for processing.

The spouse or partner of an employee may take up to a total of 6.0 credits per fiscal 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 or partner of a Mines benefit employee must be taken on a not-for-credit (audit) basis. The spouse or partner of an employee must follow the same procedure to apply as a Non-Degree student note the class they wish to register for on the application and complete an Employee Tuition Waiver No Credit found at at Academic Affairs Forms.

Dependents of benefit eligible employees may attend Mines at a reduced tuition rate.  The dependent tuition application can be found here.  More information about Benefit Amounts, Calculations, and Limitations can be found here.

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