Temple University offers tuition remission benefits for certain regular full-time employees, including faculty, their spouses and eligible dependents subject to the course taken and being in academic good standing and in compliance with all academic standards and policies.
To find out more about Tuition Remission and obtain Tuition Remission forms, please visit the Temple University Bursar's web site. Click here for tuition remission procedures.
Eligibility Guidelines
The following persons are eligible to participate in Temple University’s tuition remission program for courses taken at Temple University:
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Full-time faculty, subject to the collective bargaining agreement between TAUP and Temple University;
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Research and teaching assistants;
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Regular full-time administrative and non-administrative staff;
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Spouses of tenured, tenure-track faculty, and faculty “grandfathered” as Special Appointment Faculty;
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Spouses of regular full-time administrative staff (T-26 and above); and
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Legally dependent children of full-time faculty and regular full-time staff, including natural, adopted, or non-adopted stepchildren of the employee who are less than 24 years of age when initially enrolled in a Temple University undergraduate degree program. If the dependent child leaves the University and re-enrolls within a five-year (5) period, then he or she will be eligible to use tuition remission for any remaining semesters.
Tuition benefits begin the first day of the semester after hire date or date upon which the faculty member or staff member becomes a full-time employee. Employees who terminate employment with Temple University prior to the beginning of the semester for any reason other than official retirement are not entitled to any further tuition remission benefits.
Employees who terminate their employment with Temple University after the start of the semester for any reason other than official retirement will continue to receive the tuition remission benefit through that semester only. Employees and their eligible dependents receiving tuition remission must remain in academic good standing.
Full-time faculty and administrative staff who retire from Temple University are eligible for the same tuition remission benefits for which they were eligible the day of retirement.
No tuition remission is given for courses taken in Temple University’s Schools of Law, Medicine, Dentistry, or Podiatric Medicine, with the exception of specially designated graduate courses as determined by the Dean’s office of the specific professional school. In the School of Pharmacy, tuition remission is limited to undergraduate programs.
Graduate tuition benefits may be considered a taxable benefit. The value of graduate tuition benefits will be included in the employee’s taxable wages, and all applicable taxes will be withheld during the year the tuition benefits are received.
The benefit entitlement for eligible employees and eligible dependents is as follows:
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Employee – 100 percent tuition remission for eligible Temple University courses, up to eight (8) credits for undergraduate and/or graduate courses per semester.
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An Employee’s Spouse – 50 percent tuition remission for eligible Temple University courses.
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An Employee’s Dependent Children
Fall/Spring Semesters – 100% tuition remission for up to 10 semesters to complete their degree in a Temple University undergraduate program. Dependent children may be full-time matriculated students, or they may be part-time matriculated or non-matriculated students.
Summer Sessions – An eligible dependent child who is a full-time matriculated student at any University, including Temple, may receive tuition remission for Temple University courses taken over the summer sessions. For purposes of this policy, either one or both consecutive summer sessions are counted as a single semester, and therefore, will be counted as one of the 10 semesters for which a dependent child is eligible under Temple University’s tuition remission program.
Temple Abroad – An eligible dependent child who is a full-time matriculated student at any University including Temple, may receive tuition remission for Temple University courses taken as part of Temple Abroad provided that he/she applies for and is accepted into the program through Temple University’s standard admission process.
If faculty members or employees having at least 10 years of service become deceased prior to retirement while still in full-time employment status, their children are eligible for the tuition benefits for up to 10 semesters, including any semesters already completed at the time of the parent’s death.
Employees may register for any class that does not interfere with the employee’s regular work schedule. Upon request, a Vice President or Dean may approve a flexible work schedule for an employee to allow the employee to take a course during normal work hours. Under such an arrangement, the flexible schedule must not negatively impact the functioning of the office. In addition, the employee’s regular work schedule must be adjusted to account for the time spent at class.
In any given semester, the value of tuition remission benefits on a per-credit-hour basis shall equal the per-credit-hour rate of the least costly program at Temple University offering the degree. For instance, the calculated rate of tuition remission per-credit-hour for the Executive MBA (EMBA) program will not exceed the standard per-credit-hour rate for the traditional MBA program.