Employee Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

Who is this for?

Staff and faculty interested in taking FAS courses through TAP

Application deadline: Submit the Spring 2026 TAP application in the Sentinel Group Tuition Portal by February 12, 2026.

For Fall 2026 registration, TAP enrollment forms may be submitted starting during the add/drop period that begins August 24, 2026.

Full Refund Drop Deadline: Please note that the deadline for TAP students to drop a full-term FAS course and receive a full refund of the TAP fee is one week after the first day of classes (February 2 for the Spring 2026 term). TAP students who choose to be enrolled into their course after this date will only be eligible for a 50% refund through the drop deadline (March 9 for the Spring 2026 term). Please refer to the TAP Academic Calendar.

Step 1: Complete the TAP application using the instructions listed on the Sentinel Group Tuition Portal.

Step 2: Request instructor permission to enroll. Please advise the course instructor that they will need to sign and print their name on the PDF file of your TAP form. Sentinel Group will send this PDF file to you after you complete your TAP application.

Step 3: Once the course instructor provides this sign off, please email the signed PDF file of your TAP form to enrollment@fas.harvard.edu.

Step 4: After we receive confirmation of instructor permission, you will be enrolled in the course within 3-5 business days, beginning November 5, 2025. Check my.harvard for your course enrollment.

Step 5: Instructor permission received after the registration deadline of November 19, 2025, will result in the course enrollment being processed during the add/drop period starting on January 12, 2026. The deadline for TAP students to submit instructor permission to our office and be enrolled in their course is February 23, 2026.

If you wish to drop a course, you can do so via my.harvard.

Learn how to drop a course

For information on important dates and refunds, please see the refunds section below.

The current TAP fee is 10% of the course cost. The course cost for a one-semester, 4-credits course for the 2026-2027 academic year is $7,381.00. Therefore, the TAP fee you would be responsible for paying is $738.10, and you will be billed after enrollment. An intensive, 8-credit course taken in one term is charged as two TAP courses for a total TAP fee of $1,476.20 unless covered by the long-term service benefit.

Click link for instructions to make a payment in my.harvard.

Important: You must complete a new TAP form and pay the TAP fee for each term.

Staff may not register for FAS courses on a Pass/Fail or SAT/UNS grading basis if a Letter Graded option is available. In addition, staff may not enroll on an Audit/No Credit basis. 

Incomplete courses will remain on your record with a grade of ABS, INC or E; ABS if you do not take the final exam scheduled by the Registrar’s Office; INC or E in courses with no proctored final.

• Your full tuition will be refunded if you are excluded from a course and do not wish to enroll in another. A letter stating that you were excluded, signed by the Course Head, must be filed with the Registrar's Office to receive the refund.
    
• One-half of your TAP fee will be refunded if you drop a course before the drop deadline. The course will not appear on your record.
  • Courses dropped after the add/drop deadline but before the first day of Reading Period will remain on your record with a grade of WD (Withdrawn).

TAP Calendar

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