All regular Adobe employees who are in good performance standing are eligible for this benefit. Regular employees include part-time employees who work the minimum hours required to be eligible for benefits. Interns and Adobe-paid temporary employees are not eligible, except where legally required. You must be employed with Adobe when the course begins and ends to receive reimbursement.

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Adobe’s Learning Fund covers up to ₹8,22,000 for 2024 for undergraduate, graduate, PhD and MBA degree programmes, as well as certain certifications, through accredited institutions.

You’ll receive reimbursement for the cost of tuition, course fees, certification fees and required books specific to your approved course work. You may request reimbursement of the learning opportunity once you have completed the course with a grade of C or better or P (if pass/fail), successful completion or the local country equivalent. You must successfully pass the certification exam to be reimbursed. Adobe will pay 100% of these costs up to the maximum benefit allowed, less appropriate taxes as applicable.

You will not receive reimbursement for university- or student-associated costs and fees. Examples include library fees, lab fees, CLEP, facility fees, technology fees, calculators, identification cards, student health fees, parking, late fees, prepayment fees, art supplies, software and preliminary/admission tests such as the GMAT or LSAT.

Adobe Certified Expert-related expenses are not eligible for reimbursement under this benefit.

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1. Confirm your course work is covered.

• For graduate and degree work, make sure the institution is an accredited institution.

2. Obtain manager approval.

• Have a conversation with your manager to get approval, and ensure alignment with the business and your career goals, and confirm there are no schedule or time commitment issues with taking the course.

3. Submit your application before you complete registration or start a course. Otherwise, you may not be reimbursed.
   
   Once you have verbal approval from your manager, log in to My Adobe Benefits and follow these instructions:

• Select Reimbursements
• Select Make a Claim and benefit period (year)
• For Type of Claim, select Education Application 
• Complete the required fields and select Submit 
  Note: you may upload and attach relevant files to help your manager approve your application (e.g. course information brochure)
  
  Your manager will receive an email notification requesting approval of your application. Your manager’s approval or denial will be emailed to you.
  
  If your application is approved, you may register and complete the course. If your application is denied, you’ll receive an email for more information, or your manager will let you know about the decision to deny.

4. Once your ‘Education Application’ is approved and your course is complete (i.e. you have a completion report / copy of the grade / pass certificate), you may submit a claim for reimbursement by following the instructions under ‘How to claim your reimbursement’.

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Once your course is paid for and successfully completed, log in to My Adobe Benefits and follow these instructions:

• Select Reimbursements
• Select Make a Claim and benefit period (year)
• For Type of Claim, select Education Reimbursement Receipts/Grades
• Upload and attach scanned invoices and receipts along with a copy of your final grade or completion report
• Invoice of costs as well as receipts are required for reimbursement
• Complete the required fields and select Submit
  • If you are submitting a receipt from outside India, you’ll need to convert the amount to INR using information provided next to Receipt amount
  • While you may be able to submit a claim for more than your available limit or balance, the approval and payout will be for the available balance at the time of the claim
  • Claims can be modified / deleted until they are approved. Once approved, they can only be viewed, and no modifications are allowed
  • For claiming Educational Reimbursement, you must first submit the Education Application through the tool for your manager’s approval

Reimbursements will be issued through Payroll after you submit all receipts, and your claim is approved. Claims submitted by the last Tuesday of the month and completely approved before the 5th of the subsequent month to be paid through payroll in the subsequent month, else to be paid in the following month’s pay cycle.

You must submit your reimbursement claims through My Adobe Benefits with all required documentation for courses and programmes you completed in the current year by 30 December. Any courses submitted after 30 December will be reimbursable from the following year's allowance.

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