Academic employees (excluding those in the Graduate Student Assistant category) are eligible for a tuition and service fee waiver if they hold an appointment of 25 percent or more of full-time service for not less than three-fourths of a term. Also eligible for tuition and fee waivers are retired academic employees and staff members of allied agencies who are considered equivalent to academic staff members of the University.
Universities Offering Tuition Waivers
Academic employees or retirees can receive a tuition waiver and fee exemption from any of the University of Illinois Universities (UIC, UIS, or UIUC).
Credit Hours Limits
While there is no set limit on the number of units of credit that may be taken by academic employees registered in the Graduate College, it is recommended that the employee-student discuss and determine the appropriate level of hours with both their employing unit and their graduate department.
Limitations
Professors, associate professors, and assistant professors in a department or division of the University may not be admitted to candidacy for an advanced degree in that department or division. Persons engaged in graduate study may not be appointed assistant professor or higher in the department or division where they are engaged in graduate study. Upon special approval of the executive officer of the department or unit involved and the executive committee of the Graduate College, assistant professors and higher ranks may continue to be admitted to advanced degree candidacy in a department or unit other than the one in which they hold an appointment.