The programs should be contacted for information on application procedures. Contact programs of study by December of the year prior to the academic year for which the fellowship is desired. In addition, there are a variety of fellowships and assistantships to support minority graduate students. Information and applications should be sought from intended departments or programs of study as early as possible. In addition to having access to the University's mainframe computing facilities, the college maintains a microcomputing lab with PCs and printers, a geographic information systems laboratory, a software library, and a large data archive relevant to the social sciences.
Most departments also have PCs and software available for use by their graduate students.
The Center for the Study of Population has a specialist library. The economic policy and government center has a survey research center with telephone survey capability. The Department of Geography has cartographic facilities and access to the extensive cartographic laboratories and geographic information systems equipment of the Institute of Science and Public Affairs. Graduate students on assistantships are normally provided with office space to carry out their duties, including meetings with students if they are teaching. The college participates in dual-degree programs with the College of Law, in which students can simultaneously pursue the JD degree and either the MPA, the MSP, the MS in economics, or the MA or MS in international affairs.