Students may enter this program through the Department of Systems Science and Mathematics in the Engineering School or through the Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. They must be accepted and enrolled in both departments. Financial Aid Financial aid is available to qualified students at prevailing levels in the form of fellowships, traineeships, scholarships and assistantships, financed by government programs, university funds and sponsored research projects. Graduate research assistants are expected to register for 9 units per semester. Their thesis research is commonly construed as satisfying almost all of their work obligations under the grant of assistantships.
Available support is distributed on the basis of merit during the spring.
Applications are accepted at all times, but it is desirable to apply by January for support starting in September. There are many unfurnished rooms and apartments and some houses available off campus at reasonable rates for both single and married students. The Washington University Housing and Apartment Referral Service, Campus Box 1059, maintains a listing of these accommodations, and this list must be consulted at least two weeks before the beginning of the school year in order to locate something adequate. Recent Placement Records Affiliations of D.Sc.