Financial Aid Teaching assistantships, teaching fellowships, research assistantships, and Mellon Fellowships are available. All of these include full tuition scholarships. These amounts may be increased due to an annual cost of living adjustment. Research assistantships depend upon the availability of grants funded by the government and private agencies. Living and Housing Costs Pittsburgh offers a large choice of accommodations in apartments and houses.
Most residences are also within easy walking or biking distance of the campus.
The University of Pittsburgh has about 24,000 undergraduates and 10,000 graduate students drawn from fifty-two states and U.S. territories and from 107 countries. Location The Department of Mathematics is located on the 132-acre Oakland campus of the University. A large park borders one side of the campus. Many of Pittsburgh's cultural attractions, including museums and botanical gardens, are an easy walk from the department. Downtown Pittsburgh is 3 miles west of the campus and is easily reached by bus or car.