Employee Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

What's on this page?

Who is this for?

Staff and faculty interested in taking FAS courses through TAP

How to Apply

Application deadline: Submit the Fall 2024 TAP application in the Voya Tuition Portal by mid-September 2024 (final deadline TBD).

Step 1: Complete the TAP application using the instructions listed on the Voya 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. Voya 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 April 3, 2024. Check my.harvard for your course enrollment.

Step 5: Instructor permission received after the registration deadline of April 17, 2024, will result in the course enrollment being processed during the add/drop period starting on August 19, 2024

Drop a Course

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.

Fees

The current TAP fee is 10% of the course cost. The fee for a one-semester, 4-credits course is $695.70. You will be billed after enrollment. An intensive, 8-credit course taken in one term is charged as two TAP courses for a total tuition rate of $1,391.40 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.


Grading 

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.


Refunds

  • 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.

Related Forms

All TAP forms

Need Assistance?

Harvard Benefits Support

Email: Harvard Benefits
Call: 617-496-4001

  • for questions regarding this benefit