For fall admission, the application deadline is May 1. For spring admission, the application deadline is October 1. Various forms of partial and comprehensive financial aid are available on a competitive basis to students with excellent credentials. Applications for aid should be made along with the application for admission. Teaching assistantships provide a stipend plus full tuition for fall and spring semesters.
Additional stipends are sometimes available for summer.
At present, a high proportion of full-time students receive some financial support after having initially established very good academic records in the Operations Research Program at the University of Delaware. Teaching assistants help with departmental instruction and are also expected to maintain full-time status. A graduate assistant financially supported by the home department has the obligation to work for and finish his or her degree in that department. The intern's performance is evaluated each semester and the internship is continued subject to performance, availability of funds, and corporate needs. Normally, students intern after the first year of study.