Tuition & Funding

Current tuition rates and cost of living including books, insurance, activities, technology fees, food and logding costs can be found at the Enrollment Services website. Research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and special fellowships are available to qualified, full-time students in the Ph.D. program ONLY. Financial aid from the department includes full graduate tuition plus a monthly stipend for each academic month. Health insurance and activities fees are the responsibility of the students. Master's programs are not funded by the department, however students are welcome to apply for external funding opportunities. Please review the extensive data available on-line: http://www.cmu.edu/fso.

Research Assistantships
Research assistantships are provided by research projects which are funded by government agencies, private industries, and consortia. Students who are R.A.s will be expected to conduct appropriate research under the direction and guidance of their research advisor.

Teaching Assistantships
Teaching assistantships are awarded to faculty members who then award these positions to selected students. Teaching assistant duties include, but may not be limited to, holding office hours, conducting recitation classes, and grading. There are minimum English proficiency requirements that must be met in order for a student to accept a teaching assistantship. Pennsylvania state law requires that all students who are not native speakers of English take and pass a state administered proficiency test. Students must also fulfill all requirements as set forth by the Office of International Education at Carnegie Mellon prior to receiving funding from a teaching assistantship. Support for teaching activities can be found through the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, located in Warner Hall 425. Students who will be T.A.s for the department are encouraged to visit the Teaching Center and to take advantage of the information and services located there.

In addition, T.A. students will also be expected to conduct appropriate research under the direction and guidance of their research advisor. Students may also receive assistance for summer work, depending upon their advisor's availability of funds.


Outside Employment
Students are not allowed to be employed outside of the university during the academic year nor during the summer if they are being supported by the department.