Our graduate assistantships, awarded to top students based on academic performance, are an excellent way to help pay for your education while gaining supplemental experience and opportunities to interact with faculty.

We offer both teaching and research assistantships.

Compensation and Benefits

As a graduate assistant, you’ll receive:

  • a partial tuition remission (some fees still apply)
  • a stipend during the academic year

Responsibilities and Expectations

In addition to assisting with research, you will help with:

  • teaching
  • class management
  • grading
  • study sessions
  • compiling information for lectures

Other duties may also be assigned.

Work for an Affiliated Department

Consider applying for a position with one of our affiliated departments:

How to Apply

Most individual department awards for assistantships begin in the fall semester. For best consideration for assistantships, all application materials should be submitted by February 1 for the following academic year, and by January 1 if you are an international student.