Dependent Reduced Tuition Benefits

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  • Undergraduate Courses taken by the spouse and dependent children at Northwestern University
  • Benefit based on billed tuition minus forms of financial aid; mandatory fees are NOT eligible expenses
  • Benefits are provided to a dependent child up to 12 quarters; limited to undergraduate study toward a degree or teaching certificate
  • Terms for which this benefit is received will coordinate with the Portable Tuition benefits such that benefits are received for no more than eight full-time academic semesters or twelve full-time academic quarters.
  • Benefits are limited to 4 classes per term
  • Study Abroad programs sponsored and billed by Northwestern University are eligible for the benefit
  • Dependent child eligible up to age 25
  • Requires an application each calendar year. 

Undergraduate Day School

5 years - Full-time Service

40% Benefit

12 years*

90% Benefit

School of Continuing Studies

6 months - Full-time Service

85% Benefit

* Eligibility requires date of hire prior to January 1, 2000.

Contributed Service Medical School Faculty Member

Submit the Reduced Tuition Claim form above, along with documentation from your Department Chairman that you participate in the equivalent of 78 hours per year in scheduled teaching to:

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