Summer Session Tuition Benefit Program

Frequently Asked Questions: Summer Tuition Benefit

• Who is Eligible?

  The Benefits Office will confirm that staff and faculty are eligible for the tuition benefit by the start of the summer.

  • Applicants must be a dependent of a University of Chicago full-time benefits-eligible faculty, other academic appointee, or staff member at time of application.

  • Applicants must submit the Summer Session Benefit request form, including evidence of dependent status as specified in the form.

  For more information about the Summer Session Benefit, or for help determining if you are eligible for this benefit, please consult the University of Chicago Educational Assistance Plan, available here. For additional information about the program or questions about how to apply, please contact Summer Session at summersession@uchicago.edu.

• Requesting the Summer Session Benefit

  The Summer Session Benefit cannot be combined with other Summer Session-funded need-based financial aid for visiting undergraduates or pre-college students. For pre-college residential programs, the benefit is not applied to housing, dining, or other fees.

  To apply for the Summer Session Benefit, go to the Request Form. You must upload two PDFs of information from the Parent/Guardian’s Workday profile: 1) Proof of dependent status and 2) Job details.

  1. Dependents Page

  1. Go to Workday: , then click on the “Benefits” widget from your home page.

  2. Under the “Change” menu, select “Dependents”

  If you have any dependents, they will be listed on the Dependents page. To save the Dependents page, click on the printer icon on the far right corner of the blue bar at the top of the screen. This will trigger a popup box that says “Click to download.” When you click there, it will create a PDF in your downloads, which you can save to your computer, then upload to the Request Form.

  2. Job Details Page

  1. Print a confirmation of your job: click on the Cloud widget at the top right of the main Workday screen:

  2. Click on your View Profile at the top of the menu that drops down from the Cloud.

  3. Click on “Job” from the menu in the blue bar on the left side of the screen.

  4. Once on the Job Details page, Print to PDF and save.

  Alternate method: To print Job Details to PDF, you may also click the printer icon in the top right-hand corner of the blue box, just above where your name appears. Then in the Print box, click Clear All, then just select Job Detail

  Please do not send any confidential information on your compensation, salary, or other details.

• Dependent Child Definition and Alternate Documentation

  The definition of Dependent Children in our Educational Assistance Plan document, available here, is as follows: “Dependent Children includes unmarried natural, step- or adopted children, children of your Domestic Partner, and children for whom you are legal guardian." The children are covered to age 25. The children are covered if you are eligible to claim them as dependents on your income taxes.

  If your Dependent Child is not listed as a Dependent in Workday, alternate options for Proof of Relationship may be uploaded in place of this page:

  • Birth certificate

  • Documentation of adoption, or other appropriate legal documents

  • Page one of your most recent federal or state tax return, which must show the child(ren) claimed as a dependent (please redact/cross out wage and social security number information).