Auditors

Any interested person not affiliated with Vanderbilt as a faculty/staff member may register for one class (or lecture/lab combination) as an auditor, subject to the approval of the instructor and the school offering the class. Community auditors in high school must be in either their junior or senior year. Please complete the Community Auditor Application. Enrollment in the requested class is subject to the approval of the instructor and the school offering the course. Enrollment is dependent on seat availability at the time the class starts. All students who have not paid the lifetime transcript fee will be charged $100 for the transcript fee; additional fees may be charged based on the policies of the school offering the course. 

Application must be received in the Office of the University Registrar by the application deadline. Community auditors who have not paid the $100 transcript fee will not be allowed to enroll in future semesters.

Full-Time Faculty and Full-Time Staff Auditors

Full-time faculty and full-time staff of Vanderbilt University, and their spouses, are permitted to audit one Vanderbilt course per semester. Tuition will be waived. No official transcript will be kept. The faculty or staff member must be approved by HR under the guidelines of the Education Assistance Programs policy. Faculty or staff members must also have the approval of their supervisor. The Office of the University Registrar will determine whether or not the course can be audited, and will register the student as an auditor. To apply to audit a course, please complete the following form:

Course Audit Form

All audit requests must be submitted to HR by:

• Fall semester: August 15
• Spring semester: January 1
• Full-term summer session: May 1
• First-half summer session: June 1
• Second-half summer session: July 1

Application, with HR approval, must be received in the Office of the University Registrar by the application deadline.

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