CU Denver/Anschutz

Degree applications

Denver Campus: Complete the degree application. Contact Admissions for application details and deadlines.

 Anschutz Medical Campus: Contact your school or college for complete application details and deadlines.

Non-degree applications

 Denver Campus: Complete the non-degree application by May 1, 2025.

 Anschutz Medical Campus: Complete the appropriate non-degree applications for the for the College of Nursing by May 12, 2025, the School of Public Health by May 1, 2025 or the Graduate School by May 16, 2025.

  Employees/Dependents must apply as a student on the campus of the course.

Dependents and Employees Register: On designated registration day

• Please do not contact instructors before the first day of class to ask about waitlists or holding spaces in their courses. This may jeopardize your space in the course.
• Anschutz Campus: Check your program-specific academic calendar for the start date of the specific course(s) you are requesting.
  • Eligible CU Anschutz programs/courses
    • College of Nursing
      • Only courses held at Anschutz Medical Campus are eligible.
    • Colorado School of Public Health
    • Graduate School Programs/Courses
    • Pharmacy Programs (PharmD is ineligible)
      • Pharmaceutical Sciences
      • Toxicology
      • Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research
    • Ineligible CU Anschutz programs/courses
      • School of Medicine programs
      • School of Dental Medicine programs
      • Physical Therapy program
      • Skaggs School of Pharmacy PharmD program (traditional & non-traditional)
      • School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program (CHA/PA) program
      • Anesthesiology program
      • Additional ineligible CU Anschutz courses:
        • Courses offered through extended studies
        • All other programs not specifically listed in the above eligible section.
  • The student is responsible for submitting the Student Insurance Waiver if they're covered by other insurance.
• Note: If you add, swap, withdraw, or drop a course after your tuition waiver is applied, please contact your campus Bursar's Office at facstaff.waiver@ucdenver.edu. 

Dependent Deadline: June 20, 2025

 Employee Deadline: June 20, 2025

• You must pay any additional fees and/or non-waived tuition by the tuition due date.
• For more information, visit the CU Denver/CU Anschutz Bursar's Office website.

 Application Deadline: July 30, 2025

Authorization Deadline: Aug. 2, 2025

• If you or your dependent are an undergraduate student taking undergraduate courses and are a Colorado resident, apply for the College Opportunity Fund (COF).
• Please note: If these funds are available to you or your dependent and you do not use them, you will be responsible for the tuition amount that would been covered by COF.

You must be:

• In a regular, non-temporary benefits eligible job code,
• In a 20 hours per week or more appointment (a 50% or greater appointment),
• Eligible for benefits by the tuition assistance application deadline at the campus you will attend. 
  • Note: If your hire date is the first of the month, your eligibility begins that day. If your job began on any other day of the month, your eligibility begins on the first of the following month.
  • Employees who receive a tuition waiver and are not eligible on the application deadline will have their tuition waiver reversed.

 Application opens: May 1, 2025

 Application deadlines: 

CU Denver - June 17, 2025
CU Anschutz - June 9, 2025

Use the Tuition Assistance Benefit Application for employee and dependent submissions for all campuses. Employees must submit the application on their dependent's behalf.

Access the application:

1. Log into the employee portal.
2. Open the CU Resources dropdown menu (at the top left of the page) and select Forms.
3. Click the Benefits tile, then click the Tuition Assistance Application tile.

Note: If your dependent is not listed on your CU health, dental or life insurance, you must submit a Dependent Eligibility Verification Form. When you fill out the Tuition Assistance Benefit Application, attach and submit it with your application.

You will receive an email confirmation from tuitionbenefit@cu.edu that we have received your application within 24 hours. Once Employee Services determines your eligibility, you'll receive another email confirmation.

• Employee Services verifies Tuition Assistance employee and dependent eligibility.
• The Registrar’s Office at your campus of registration will verify your course's eligibility, within 2-3 business days.
• You’ll receive an email confirmation when your benefit is applied to your student account by the Bursar’s Office.

If any courses are ineligible:

• You will have five business days from the receipt of your email notification to drop these courses.
• If you do not drop these courses, you will be responsible for paying out-of-pocket for these courses.

For any questions regarding course eligibility or to tuition waiver being applied to your bill, you can contact Facstaff.waiver@ucdenver.edu. 

Deadlines: 

CU Denver - June 17, 2025
CU Anschutz - June 9, 2025

If the courses you originally requested were full, resubmit the Tuition Assistance Benefit application to Employee Services with a list of new courses.

We cannot accept course corrections after the Tuition Assistance Benefit application deadline.

Degree applications

Denver Campus: Complete the degree application. Contact Admissions for application details and deadlines.

 Anschutz Medical Campus: Contact your school or college for complete application details and deadlines.

Non-degree applications

 Denver Campus: Complete the non-degree application by Jan. 2, 2025

 Anschutz Medical Campus: Complete the appropriate non-degree applications for the for the College of Nursing by Dec. 31, 2025, the School of Public Health by Jan. 7, 2025 or the Graduate School by Dec. 20, 2024.

  Employees/Dependents must apply as a student on the campus of the course.

Dependents and Employees Register: On designated registration day

• Please do not contact instructors before the first day of class to ask about waitlists or holding spaces in their courses. This may jeopardize your space in the course.
• Anschutz Campus: Check your program-specific academic calendar for the start date of the specific course(s) you are requesting.
  • Eligible CU Anschutz programs/courses
    • College of Nursing
      • Only courses held at Anschutz Medical Campus are eligible.
    • Colorado School of Public Health
    • Graduate School Programs/Courses
    • Pharmacy Programs (PharmD is ineligible)
      • Pharmaceutical Sciences
      • Toxicology
      • Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research
    • Ineligible CU Anschutz programs/courses
      • School of Medicine programs
      • School of Dental Medicine programs
      • Physical Therapy program
      • Skaggs School of Pharmacy PharmD program (traditional & non-traditional)
      • School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program (CHA/PA) program
      • Anesthesiology program
      • Additional ineligible CU Anschutz courses:
        • Courses offered through extended studies
        • All other programs not specifically listed in the above eligible section.
  • The student is responsible for submitting the Student Insurance Waiver if they're covered by other insurance.
• Note: If you add, swap, withdraw, or drop a course after your tuition waiver is applied, please contact your campus Bursar's Office at facstaff.waiver@ucdenver.edu. 

Dependent Deadline: Feb. 7, 2025

 Employee Deadline: Feb. 7, 2025

• You must pay any additional fees and/or non-waived tuition by the tuition due date.
• For more information, visit the CU Denver/CU Anschutz Bursar's Office website.

 Application Deadline: May 10, 2025

Authorization Deadline: May 17, 2025

• If you or your dependent are an undergraduate student taking undergraduate courses and are a Colorado resident, apply for the College Opportunity Fund (COF).
• Please note: If these funds are available to you or your dependent and you do not use them, you will be responsible for the tuition amount that would been covered by COF.

You must be:

• In a regular, non-temporary benefits eligible job code,
• In a 20 hours per week or more appointment (a 50% or greater appointment),
• Eligible for benefits by the tuition assistance application deadline at the campus you will attend. 

Note: If your hire date is the first of the month, your eligibility begins that day. If your job began on any other day of the month, your eligibility begins on the first of the following month.

 Application opens: Dec. 2, 2024

 Application deadline: 5 p.m. Feb. 5, 2025

Use the Tuition Assistance Benefit Application for employee and dependent submissions for all campuses. Employees must submit the application on their dependent's behalf.

Access the application:

1. Log into the employee portal.
2. Open the CU Resources dropdown menu (at the top left of the page) and select Forms.
3. Click the Benefits tile, then click the Tuition Assistance Application tile.

Note: If your dependent is not listed on your CU health, dental or life insurance, you must submit a Dependent Eligibility Verification Form. When you fill out the Tuition Assistance Benefit Application, attach and submit it with your application.

You will receive an email confirmation from tuitionbenefit@cu.edu that we have received your application within 24 hours. Once Employee Services determines your eligibility, you'll receive another email confirmation.

• Employee Services verifies Tuition Assistance employee and dependent eligibility.
• The Registrar’s Office at your campus of registration will verify your course's eligibility, within 2-3 business days.
• You’ll receive an email confirmation when your benefit is applied to your student account by the Bursar’s Office.

If any courses are ineligible:

• You will have five business days from the receipt of your email notification to drop these courses.
• If you do not drop these courses, you will be responsible for paying out-of-pocket for these courses.

For any questions regarding course eligibility or to tuition waiver being applied to your bill, you can contact Facstaff.waiver@ucdenver.edu. 

 Spring semester deadline: 5 p.m. Feb. 5, 2025

If the courses you originally requested were full, resubmit the Tuition Assistance Benefit application to Employee Services with a list of new courses.

We cannot accept course corrections after the Tuition Assistance Benefit application deadline.

Degree applications

Denver Campus: Complete the degree application. Contact Admissions for application details and deadlines.

 Anschutz Medical Campus: Contact your school or college for complete application details and deadlines.

Non-degree applications

 Denver Campus: Complete the non-degree application by Aug. 19, 2024

 Anschutz Medical Campus: Complete the appropriate non-degree applications for the School of Public Health by Aug. 15, 2024, College of Nursing by Aug. 11, 2024, or the Graduate School by Aug. 5, 2024.

  Employees/Dependents must apply as a student on the campus of the course.

Employees and Dependents Register: On designated registration day

• Employees no longer have to wait until 7 days prior to the start of the semester to enroll.
• Please do not contact instructors before the first day of class to ask about waitlists or holding spaces in their courses. This may jeopardize your space in the course.
• Anschutz Campus: Check your program-specific academic calendar for the start date of the specific course(s) you are requesting.
  • The student is responsible for submitting the Student Insurance Waiver if they're covered by other insurance.
• Only courses listed on your Tuition Assistance Benefit application will be covered by the Tuition Assistance Benefit. If you need to add another course(s), please resubmit a new TAB application with the new course(s) and all other courses that you want covered listed in the previous application by the TAB application deadline. 
• Note: If you add, swap, withdraw, or drop a course after your tuition waiver is applied, please contact your campus Bursar's Office at facstaff.waiver@ucdenver.edu. 

Add/Drop Deadline

Denver Campus: Sept. 4, 2024

Anschutz Medical Campus: Sept. 6, 2024

Dependent Deadline: Sept. 6, 2024

 Employee Deadline: Sept. 6, 2024

• You must pay any additional fees and/or non-waived tuition by the tuition due date.
• Employees with outstanding applications will have until Sept. 30, 2023 to pay their account.
• For more information, visit the CU Denver/CU Anschutz Bursar's Office website.

 Application Deadline: Dec. 7, 2024

Authorization Deadline: Dec. 14, 2024

• If you or your dependent are an undergraduate student taking undergraduate courses and are a Colorado resident, apply for the College Opportunity Fund (COF).
• Please note: If these funds are available to you or your dependent and you do not use them, you will be responsible for the tuition amount that would been covered by COF.

You must be:

• In a regular, non-temporary benefits eligible job code,
• In a 20 hours per week or more appointment (a 50% or greater appointment),
• Eligible for benefits by the tuition assistance application deadline at the campus you will attend. 

Note: If your hire date is the first of the month, your eligibility begins that day. If your job began on any other day of the month, your eligibility begins on the first of the following month.

 Application opens: Aug. 1, 2024

 Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. Sept. 4, 2024

Use the Tuition Assistance Benefit Application for employee and dependent submissions for all campuses. Employees must submit the application on their dependent's behalf.

Access the application:

1. Log into the employee portal.
2. Open the CU Resources dropdown menu (at the top left of the page) and select Forms.
3. Click the Benefits tile, then click the Tuition Assistance Application tile.

Note: If your dependent is not listed on your CU health, dental or life insurance, you must submit a Dependent Eligibility Verification Form. When you fill out the Tuition Assistance Benefit Application, attach and submit it with your application.

You will receive an email confirmation from tuitionbenefit@cu.edu that we have received your application within 24 hours. Once Employee Services determines your eligibility, you'll receive another email confirmation.

• Employee Services verifies Tuition Assistance employee and dependent eligibility.
• The Registrar’s Office at your campus of registration will verify your course/s eligibility, within 2-3 business days.
• You’ll receive an email confirmation when your benefit is applied to your student account by the Bursar’s Office.

If any courses are ineligible:

• You will have five business days from the receipt of your email notification to drop these courses.
• If you do not drop these courses, you will be responsible for paying out-of-pocket for these courses.

For any questions regarding course eligibility or to tuition waiver being applied to your bill, you can contact Facstaff.waiver@ucdenver.edu. 

 Fall semester deadline: 11:59 p.m. Sept. 4, 2024

If the courses you originally requested were full, resubmit the Tuition Assistance Benefit application to Employee Services with a list of new courses.

We cannot accept course corrections after the Tuition Assistance Benefit application deadline.