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Registrar's Office

TAP/Affiliate Registration

Harvard faculty and staff, employees of Harvard affiliated hospitals, alumni and certain other Boston-area public health professionals may register for up to 10.0 credits per semester as non-degree affiliates. Tuition Assistance is available for Harvard staff members and teaching faculty.

Step One

In order to allow you quick access to course websites when classes start, you will need to fill out an Intent to Register Form and submit it to the HSPH Registrar’s Office by the “Deadline to submit Intent to Register Form for TAP and Affiliates” listed on the Academic Calendar.

Step Two

Follow the instructions below for the category that applies to you and submit paperwork in person to the HSPH Registrar’s Office no later than the “Add/Drop/Change Deadline for TAP and Affiliates” listed on the Academic Calendar.

 

Harvard Affiliate

To be eligible to take a course as a Harvard Affiliate, you need be a full-time employee at one of the following institutions: Beth Israel Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Deaconess Hospital, Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, Mass General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, The Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Community Health Plan, Mass Mental Health.

Harvard Affiliates will need to submit:

  • Affiliate/Alumnus Registration form with signature(s) of approval from the instructor of the course(s)
  • A copy of your transcript or diploma documenting conferral of at least a Bachelor's degree
  • Certification of full-time employment by the Harvard affiliated institution’s Human Resource office (one per semester) stating length of employment and position
  • Payment in full (checks are payable to the Harvard School of Public Health)
  • A completed FERPA form

Boston Area Public Health Professional

To be eligible to take a course as a Boston Area Public Health Professional, you need to be a full time public health professional in the Boston area.

To take classes as a Boston Area Public Health Professional, you will need to submit:

  • Affiliate/Alumnus Registration form with signature(s) of approval from the instructor of the course(s).
  • A copy of your transcript or diploma documenting conferral of at least a Bachelor's degree.
  • Certification of full-time employment by the Harvard affiliated institution’s Human Resource office (one per semester) stating length of employment and position
  • Payment in full (checks are payable to the Harvard School of Public Health).
  • A written statement indicating reason for proposed enrollment.
  • A completed FERPA form.

HSPH Alumnus

To be eligible to take a course as a Harvard School of Public Health alumnus, you need to submit:

Tuition Assistance Plan

To participate in the TAP, you need to be either a Harvard staff member or teaching faculty working at least 17.5 hours per week.

To take a course, you will need to submit:

  • A completed TAP Form (available in area Personnel Offices).
  • An HSPH TAP Registration Form including signature(s) of approval from the instructor(s) of the course(s).
  • Payment in full by check or money order made payable to the Harvard School of Public Health for the TAP fee of 10% of the per credit charge.
  • A completed FERPA form.

Submit all the above to the HSPH Registrar's Office.

Notes

  • The charge per credit for the year 2008-2009 is $833 per credit. The registration fee is $125. TAP registration does not require a registration fee.
  • Make checks or money orders payable to the Harvard School of Public Health.
  • Taking courses as either a T.A.P., Harvard Affiliate, HSPH Alumnus or Boston Area Public Health Professional does not imply subsequent admissions as a degree candidate nor does it automatically allow degree credit for course taken.
  • TAP, Harvard Affiliates, Boston Area Public Health Professionals and HSPH Alumni are subject to the same regulations as all HSPH students.
  • All tuition and fees are due at the time of registration and are non-refundable. A $25 fee will be charged for all checks returned for insufficient funds.
  • Affiliate, Boston Area Public Health or HSPH Alumnus enrollment does not allow for cross-registration into other Harvard schools, MIT or Tufts University School of Law and Diplomacy.