North Dakota State University

Educational benefits are available to faculty, staff and their spouse and dependents. Please refer to the NDSU Policy Manual regarding tuition waiver & discount exclusions.  Forms may be obtained from the NDSU Forms page.

Faculty/Staff Tuition Waivers

Each employee is eligible for a tuition waiver for three classes per calendar year.  The Faculty/Staff Tuition Waiver Request must be submitted and approved prior to the beginning of the class for which the waiver is requested.  A separate Waiver Request form is required for each class you are requesting to have waived.

Spouse/Dependent Tuition Discounts

Spouses and dependents of the employee are eligible for a 50 percent discount on tuition.  A Spouse/Dependent Tuition Discount Application needs to be submitted to Human Resources/Payroll by the Monday two weeks prior to the start of classes each semester for which the discount is requested.  To ensure that your discount gets processed and routed to the appropriate entities, please have all requests submitted as soon as possible.

NDSU Policy 133 - Educational Policy (Tuition Waivers)
NDSU Policy 133.1 - Tuition Discount - Spouse and Dependents

For questions please contact the Human Resources/Payroll office at 701-231-6293 or at ndsu.tuition.waivers@ndsu.edu.

Employees of other institutions wishing to submit employee tuition waivers may submit them via email at ndsu.tuition.waivers@ndsu.edu or via fax at 701-231-9686.