Funding is a major concern for all postgraduate students. The Graduate School co-ordinates links with external sources of funding, particularly the Research Councils and the Arts and Humanities Research Board, and encourages proposals to ensure external recognition of Exeter's postgraduate programmes. The University has its own Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantship scheme for MPhil and PhD students which provides fees and maintenance at Research Council rates. Graduate Teaching Assistants are given full training with SEDA accreditation and are expected to teach for up to 150 hours a year. Graduate Research Assistants are required to undertake two days a week of research for a research team in addition to their own research.
Many Schools also offer other scholarships and bursaries to postgraduate students.
Postgraduate students have their own social and study building centrally located on the Streatham Campus. The Postgraduate Centre is the focus of the graduate community at Exeter, an exciting mix of some 2,800 students, representing over 100 nationalities and over 40 academic disciplines. On the academic side the Graduate School has successfully lobbied for improvements in the facilities provided for postgraduates across the University.