Financial Assistance

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Financial Assistance

The department offers research assistantships and/or fellowships to all admitted Ph.D. students and most M.S. students. Financial assistance decisions are made at the time of admission, or shortly after. For Fall-term admission, the following items should be submitted by February 1 for full consideration. Applications may be considered, under exceptional circumstances, as late as June 15.

1. Admission application and processing fee
2. Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended
3. Official GRE scores from ETS
4. Financial assistance application
5. Three recommendation letters
6. Optional: A resume no longer than two pages

Items 1-3 should be sent to the University of Florida Office of Admissions, and items 4-6 should be sent to the Graduate Admissions Secretary of our department. All relevant forms and more detailed information can be found in our department's web page
http://graduate.che.ufl.edu/admission/ and at the university's site http://www.admisions.ufl.edu/grad/.


Assistantships

Graduate assistantships pay very attractive stipends plus tuition and are awarded to students for research duties. Graduate students who receive assistantships and have completed more than one year of study are generally expected to serve as teaching assistants for two terms.

Provided satisfactory progress is maintained (B average or better, and satisfactory grades in thesis and assistantship work), support is continued for up to five years for students pursuing the Ph.D. degree and up to two years for students pursuing the M.S. degree.

Research constitutes the most important focus of graduate work. New graduate students are encouraged to begin research as soon as possible. Early in the Fall semester, the faculty make available descriptions of their research projects. In the weeks that follow, students consult with the faculty members and become better acquainted with the research in the department. The students then indicate their preferences for individual advisors by the end of the Fall semester. The assignments are made at the end of the semester, predominantly based on the preferences expressed by the students.