PURPOSE: The purpose of this rule is to enumerate the tuition policies of the University of Missouri. This rule may be found at section 7.1 of the Collected Rules and Regulations of the University of Missouri.

1. (1) A student in any division of the university who is not exempt from tuition shall pay tuition fees as may be fixed from time-to-time by the board. Courses taken as a hearer and courses taken for reduced credit are counted at their normal value in determining the amount of the tuition fee to be paid.

2. (2) Tuition is free in all divisions of the university to any student who, at the time of original registration, is a resident of Missouri and who has been a resident for not less than one (1) year immediately preceding such registration.

   1. (A) Registration means the brief period of regular registration immediately preceding the beginning of classwork and does not mean pre-enrollment, preregistration or advance registration.
   2. (B) Normally, the status of a student as to residence will remain unchanged throughout his/her attendance at the university.
   3. (C) The burden of establishing that a student is exempt from paying the nonresident tuition fees is upon the student. This section makes tuition free only if Missouri residence has been maintained for not less than one (1) year immediately preceding registration.
   4. (D) Residence status will be granted to graduate students who are teaching, research or extension assistants holding a 0.25 or more FTE appointment.
   5. (E) Residence status will be granted to graduate students holding fellowships which do not include payment of tuition.
   6. (F) Those graduate students from out of state who were enrolled in graduate school in 1969-70 or who first matriculated in graduate school in the fall of 1970, and who are progressing satisfactorily and who are not covered by 6 CSR 250-6.010(2)(D) and (E) shall be entitled to two (2) additional continuous years of residence status beginning the fall semester 1971.
3. (3) Tuition is free to a nonresident who is the minor child or the spouse of an officer or enlisted man or woman on active duty in one of the regular branches of the armed services stationed in Missouri or outside the United States.

AUTHORITY: section 172.100, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed April 19, 1977, effective Sept. 11, 1977. *Original authority: 172.100, RSMo 1939.