UNM Tuition Remission for UNM Faculty/Staff/Retirees:

Use UNM’s tuition remission for ALL UNM Continuing Education noncredit classes. This includes Business & Technology, Growth & Enrichment, Online Courses, Story of New Mexico courses and Osher classes. Summer tuition remission benefit for all eligible employees is the equivalent of 4 credit hours. A separate allotment of one credit hour ($252) per calendar year may be applied to approved personal enrichment courses and an additional two credit hours ($504) may be applied to approved health & fitness courses.

Please Note:
IRS Regulations require that Tuition Remission benefits used to register for any Health and Fitness courses, which are listed under the Growth Enrichment section of the UNM Continuing Education catalog, be included as taxable income and subject to withholding. Please refer to the UNM Business Policy 3700 at http://www.unm.edu/~ubppm/ubppmanual/3700.htm for complete Tuition Remission policy information. It is the employee’s responsibility to monitor their use of Tuition Remission.

Update 6/12:
Effective Aug. 1, active employees and retirees will be eligible to apply the equivalent of undergraduate resident tuition for up to one credit hour per calendar year to approved Personal Enrichment courses offered by the Division of Continuing Education, UNM Center for Life and other University departments. In addition, active employees and retirees will remain eligible for the equivalent of undergraduate resident tuition for up to two credit hours per calendar year of approved health and fitness courses, and retirees will remain eligible for unlimited academic and Professional Development courses, subject to the provisions of University Policy 3700. Employees and retirees are reminded that personal enrichment and health and fitness courses provided through the University are taxable benefits, included in the taxable income of participating employees and retirees. Spouses, domestic partners and dependent children are not eligible for Tuition Remission on Personal Enrichment or Health and Fitness Courses.

Contact

For questions regarding the UNM tuition remission benefit, call the benefits office at 505-277-MyHR.