Graduate assistantships at IUP are selectively awarded to highly qualified graduate students who have been admitted to degree programs. Assistantships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence rather than financial need.
Twenty-hour full assistantships (awarded only to full-time graduate students):
- Require approximately twenty hours of student work per week during the Fall and Spring semesters (maximum of six hundred hours over the period of the assistantship)
- Provide a specific stipend amount
- Include full tuition remission for degree-required credits during the academic year
- Enable student to be eligible for up to nine degree-required credits of tuition waiver in the summer following the assistantship
Ten-hour full assistantships (awarded only to full-time graduate students):
- Require approximately ten hours of student work per week during the Fall and Spring semesters (maximum of three hundred hours over the period of the assistantship)
- Provide a specific stipend amount
- Include a 50 percent tuition remission for degree-required credits during the academic year
- Enable student to be eligible for a maximum tuition waiver up to six degree-required credits in the following summer
Assistantships for students enrolled part time (minimum of six credits in the Fall and six credits in the Spring):
- Require approximately ten hours of student work per week
- Provide a specific stipend amount
- Enable student to be eligible for a waiver of up to three credits of degree-required coursework during the summer following the assistantship
Stipends for assistantships may change from year to year. Potential applicants should check with the School of Graduate Studies and Research for current stipend levels.
The deadline for applying for a Fall assistantship is March 15 of the same calendar year. Apply online or download a PDF version of the assistantship instructions and an application.
International Students: Assistantships cannot be used to indicate financial support on IUP’s Foreign Student Financial Statement Form.
