Dial-in access is available around the clock on the main systems. Applications should be made directly to the chairperson of the appropriate department. Nominations for these assistantships are generally made during the spring quarter of the previous academic year. The Financial Aid Office assists interested students in applying to the Federal Perkins Loan and Federal Stafford Student Loan programs. Full-time graduate study consists of at least 8 quarter hours per quarter.
Fees vary according to the course of study.
The Student Life Office has listings of apartments and residential hotels near the Lincoln Park campus. Rents vary greatly in the Chicago area. The total University enrollment for 1998-99 was 18,500. Graduate enrollment in liberal arts and sciences was 1,100, half of whom were full-time students. Many of these students are working full-time, often in the business and financial communities clustered around the Loop.