Full-time University employees who enroll in one or more courses are eligible for full tuition waivers, including a waiver of the general fee. Employees working less than one-half time are not eligible for a tuition waiver. International Applicants Information for Prospective Students from Other Countries giving detailed information of use to foreign students is part of the Graduate School Application for International Applicants. A score of 550 or above is required for admission. Students scoring between 530 and 549 who otherwise meet the requirements set by department may be admitted provided they agree to attend, at their own expense in the summer prior to admission, a summer institute in English.
Many departments offer teaching assistantships to qualified, enrolled graduate students.
International applicants are eligible for these assistantships. Since teaching assistantships involve instruction, students who are awarded a teaching assistantship and whose native language is not English are required to demonstrate oral English proficiency. If the teaching assistantship is awarded, the test result has no bearing on the funding of the teaching assistantship. Students who do not pass the test are assigned responsibilities corresponding to their level of proficiency in spoken English and asked to enroll, at no cost them, in the spoken English Communication Instruction classes offered by the Graduate School.