
Qualified Unemployment Workers Tuition Waiver
Current Rutgers Students
PART 1: REQUIREMENTS
The following steps are for degree seeking student or non-matriculating student. If you aren't a current student, you must follow the Visiting Student procedure.
Step 1:
- Contact your School’s Advising Office to receive an advisement sheet with an extensive list of courses that qualify towards your degree.
Step 2:
- A list of course options must be presented to your local One-Stop Career Center.
- Obtain an Unemployed Person Job Training Form (Tuition Waiver Program) and Employability Development Plan (EDP) from your local One-Stop Career Center. Visit The Department of Labor and Workforce Development to find out how.

PART 2: CERTIFICATION
Step 1:
Returning Students
- Log in to the application portal.
- Locate the Unemployed Tuition Waiver (UTW) Certification Form in the Available Applications.
- Click Apply.
- Fill in your information and you must upload your Unemployed Person job Training form and Employability Form and the Employability Development Plan with your application.
- Click Continue.
- Review the application, Terms & Conditions, electronically sign the application, and click Submit.
New Users
- Go to the application portal.
- Click Get Started.
- Complete and submit the Sign-Up form.
- Complete steps 1-5 above.
Step 2:
- You may only certify during the certification period.
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Only certified students will be allowed to register for winter session courses (no exceptions).

PART 3: REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
Step 1:
Registration
- Registration must be processed by a Registrar representative, and will takes place on the first day of the session, no exceptions.
- A Registrar representative will contact applicants to schedule a time to process their winter registration. Students will be contacted in the order that their documents were received.
Step 2:
Term Bill
- All students must pay any applicable course fees or health insurance charges that appear on their term bill. To view your bill and make payment visit Accessing your Term Bill.



