Use Your UD Fee Waiver Benefit
Whether you’re interested in finishing a degree, building new skills or pursuing a personal interest, the ACCESS Center can help you make the most of your UD employee educational benefits.
How the ACCESS Center can help
- Explore degree options
- Develop an educational plan
- Get help selecting courses
- Receive registration guidance
- Learn how to use your employee fee waiver
Schedule an appointment with an ACCESS advisor: ☎ 302-831-8843 ✉ access-advise@udel.edu
About your educational benefit
Benefits-eligible employees may use course fee waivers for undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Delaware. Courses may support degree completion, career advancement or personal enrichment.
Learn more about taking courses
Credit courses and degree completion
- Credit courses are available during the day, in the evening and online.
- You may take credit courses for a standard letter grade or pass/fail, or take courses as a listener (audit) if you would like to attend a course for personal or professional development without completing the assigned work or getting a grade.
- Courses taken for credit (standard letter grade or, in some instances, pass/fail) may be used toward completion of a degree. There are many undergraduate and graduate degree options depending on your goals and prior educational experience. (Consult with an ACCESS advisor for rules regarding using pass/fail toward a degree.)
- For some employees, the Associate in Arts Online degree is a great option! It allows the flexibility of viewing course lectures and material online without attending on-campus classes. If you are interested in completing a bachelor’s degree, it starts you on your way—you will earn credits toward a bachelor’s degree while completing the Associate in Arts Online degree.
- Contact the ACCESS Center for advisement, course selection and registration assistance.
Steps to use your fee waiver benefit
- Identify the course(s) you would like to register for.
- Once you have registered for the course(s), complete the BEN Educational Benefits Form found in UD Webforms.
- Complete a financial clearance with Student Financial Services. This is done by clicking on “My Finances” under the Finances tab in your student UDSIS account. Once you click the “My Finances” link, you will be on your financial page. You should see the balance owed for the courses (please allow a few days for the tuition and fees to be posted). Clicking on the pencil under “Additional Credits” will take you to a page with a drop-down menu. Choose “Employee Tuition Benefit” and follow the steps. In the “amount covered” box, enter the entire tuition except for the $30 registration fee, which users of fee waivers are responsible for paying.
Noncredit courses
For most UD Professional and Continuing Studies noncredit programs, a UD employee discount is applicable. For details, email us at continuing-registration@udel.edu.
Hear from a UD employee
“Returning to school was nerve-wracking, but my advisor helped me navigate where to start and what steps to take next. We started with one class, and it totally hooked me.”
Ashley Parker
Senior Dispatcher, UD Department of Public Safety
