Graduate Student Financial Aid

The department provides financial aid in the form of teaching/instructional assistantships to a limited number of qualified graduate students. Students receiving departmental assistantships are expected to teach laboratories, grade papers, or perform other functions related to instructional activities. Teaching assistants are required to attend a two-day Instructional Development Project (IDP) workshop conducted by the Graduate School in mid-August. International students must also attend an earlier, two-day workshop. A student must be certified by the Graduate School prior to receiving a teaching/instructional assistantship.

Research assistantships are available via individual faculty projects. Students desiring research assistantships are advised to contact faculty directly. Assistantship recipients receive stipends that range from $1000 to $6750 plus tuition. Academic fees are published in the Graduate Studies Bulletin. Students receiving assistantships must be enrolled as full-time students. Assistantships are renewable on a semester basis, but may be terminated at any time if a student fails to perform satisfactorily in his/her work assignment or fails to maintain minimum academic standards. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering awards teaching/instructional assistantships only to M.S. and Ph.D. students.

Students should consult the Financial Aid and Fellowships section of the Graduate Studies Bulletin for information on non-departmental fellowships and other sources of financial support. Students indicating on their applications that they wish to be considered for assistantships or fellowships will automatically be considered for any available positions in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

A limited number of Fellowships awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation are available to traditionally underrepresented minority students. Students should contact a department Sloan Mentor for further information.

International students must provide evidence of financial resources sufficient to cover the expense of one year of study, including tuition, room, and board. This information must be submitted to the International Programs for Students Office prior to issuance of an I-20 or IAP-66 document.