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Financial Assistance and BenefitsFinancial AssistanceFollowing the policy recommendations of our Graduate School, we offer financial support to all PhD students whom we admit to graduate study. Conversely, we do not admit PhD students we are not able to support. At the Master's level, there can be exceptions to this rule, but only in unusual circumstances. We ordinarily admit new students for Fall semesters, since most courses are year-long and commitments of resources occur on a yearly cycle. The usual deadline for a Fall admission with funding is the February 15 in the preceding spring. The Graduate Studies Committee makes initial offers of Teaching Assistantships, and, subject to Graduate School approval, Fellowships. (Note: Fellowships are awarded only after a university-wide competition, to which the Mathematics Department nominates its top candidates. Fellowship awards are quite rare, and the vast majority of our students are supported through Teaching Assistantships.) Generally, beginning TA's are offered a Teaching Assistantship at entry level. After passing the Ph.D. preliminary written examinations and related coursework, the TA is usually paid at a higher level. After passing the Ph.D. preliminary oral examination, the TA is paid at the highest level. (In some cases, to make competitive offers, incoming graduate students are offered an above entry level position, in which case there cannot be as many promotions.) The School of Mathematics establishes base salary rates. The
normal work load of a TA is considered a 50% appointment (20 hours
per week). The stipend range for incoming Teaching Assistants for
the 2005 - 06
academic year will be at least $18.81 hourly, $14,672 yearly
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Along with a Teaching Assistantship, a tuition waiver and health
insurance benefit is included. For Graduate Assistants (TAs and RAs)
in good standing, we also offer summer fellowships as money
becomes available. In recent years, we have typically offered over
$2,000 per summer. A Teaching Fellowship consists of a full Graduate School Fellowship with the option of a half-stipend Teaching Assistantship at entry level, requiring half of the duties of a regular TA. Required Orientations: If you have been offered and have accepted a Teaching Assistantship, you will be required to report in early August, 2005 for foreign nationals and late August, 2005 for domestic students, for our orientation programs. First year Teaching Assistants who come from non-native English speaking countries are required to attend the English as a Second Language program which begins early August, 2005 and continues for 3 weeks. All first year Teaching Assistants are required to attend the School of Mathematics orientation program which begins late August, 2005 and will last for one week.Tuition, Fees, BenefitsAll Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants and Fellowship holders with a 50% appointment receive health insurance (95% of premiums paid) and a 100% tuition waiver through the University. (A student with a 25% appointment would receive a 50% tuition and 47% health insurance waiver.) Graduate assistants registered during spring semester and receiving the health insurance waiver will receive the same waiver for the summer. Students must pay student service fees. |