Financial Aid

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering will allocate research assistantships and teaching assistantships each year. Applicants are automatically considered for available openings upon their admission to the graduate program. There is not a separate application. Factors used to determine financial support will include official transcripts, GRE scores, TOEFL scores, letters of recommendation, and the stated interest of the applicant. The decision to award financial support is made by the researchers, the faculty members, and the department chairperson. Also, fellowships and other funding opportunities are available from various sources.

Students who accept an assistantship are required to register for 12 credit hours each semester. These hours may include research and dissertation credits. One of the 12 hours must be used to register for MAE 594: Graduate Research Conference.

Graduate teaching assistants whose primary language is not English, are required to take the SPEAK test when they arrive on campus and attain a minimum score of 55 on the examination. Assistantships generally include an out-of-state tuition waiver, a partial in-state reduction/remission and individual paid health insurance. These details will be discussed at the time of the offer.