Guild
Direct Payment Partner

Guild’s benefits include:  

• Tuition grant of $200 per course taken at UIU that are two credits or more.   
• Associates, spouses and children (up to age 26) are also eligible for this grant.  
• UIU offers a delayed payment option for each course.  This allows you to start taking your courses with minimum out-of-pocket expenses, like purchasing or renting your textbook. Submit your scholarship letter to your UIU advisor with each registration. 
• Courses are offered in five 8-week sessions and one 6-week summer session each year. Each UIU course can be completed in half the time of a typical 16-week semester.

THE UIU DIFFERENCE:  

• Flexibility: Students can use any combination of classroom or online courses to create a schedule that fits into their busy schedule. 
• Reliability: UIU is a private, nonprofit university founded in 1857. We are accredited through the Higher Learning Commission. 
• Convenience: Our unique course schedule allows students to focus on one to three classes at a time while still allowing them to move through their educational requirements quickly. 
• Advising: Each employee is assigned an advisor who will work with them closely from enrollment to completion of coursework. Advisors are easily accessible via phone and email.
• Student Support: UIU also offers students a wide range of student support resources, including online library services, online tutoring, career services, accessibility services and financial aid for degree-seeking students.
• Transferability: Students can transfer up to 78 credits from an accredited two-year college and up to 90 credits from four-year institutions towards their pursuit of a bachelor’s degree. Students can transfer up to 12 credits towards their master’s degree.