Funding and Support

Undergraduate

Prospective undergraduate students should visit Stanford's Financial Aid Office for information on the aid application process.

Graduate

Research and teaching assistantships for all graduate programs are available to qualified U.S. and international applicants. Academic merit and availability of funds are the primary considerations in the awarding of graduate student financial support. Research assistantships require 20 hours per week of research prescribed by the funding of project. This work is usually relevant to the research requirements for the degree. Assistantships include a tuition allowance for nine units of course work per quarter. To cope with the combination of lectures, exams, problem sets and research takes dedication and hard work, particularly in the first couple of quarters. Single students on the assistantships, living on campus, are able to meet all reasonable tuition and living expenses from the stipend and tuition allowance. When students are given an award in their first year, an effort is made to provide the same level of support in subsequent years, assuming satisfactory progress.

Applicants requesting financial aid must submit a complete application (including test scores and three letters of recommendation) by January 15 for the subsequent Autumn Quarter. The deadline for applicants not requesting financial aid can sometimes be extended but it would be to their advantage to be considered with other applicants in January.