These include full tuition and a stipend. A wide variety of teaching and research positions are available to successful PhD candidates in subsequent years, and a majority receive such funding to some extent. Ordinarily, teaching fellows may carry no more than four full courses per semester. Unfortunately, the number of assistantships and fellowships available is substantially less than the number of well-qualified applicants for financial assistance. Financial aid is awarded principally on the basis of an applicant's academic record and is normally granted for one year at a time.
Subsequent funding is contingent on good academic performance.
Financial aid is normally not available after the fifth year in the PhD program. The department also makes several nominations each year for the prestigious Presidential University Graduate Fellowship. A new financial aid instrument has been introduced this academic year. This award is intended to be a multiyear commitment formulated to attract the very best graduate students. There is no work requirement attached to this award.