Financial and Fellowship Support
Upon recommendation of the Department of History, several types of financial aid are available to graduate students: teaching assistantships, readerships, research assistantships, fellowships and travel grants, and full or partial remission of fees and tuition. Graduate students are eligible for one or a combination of the six forms of financial support.
Entering students who receive a multi-year package are either offered fellowships or readerships, along with fee and tuition remission plus a stipend during their first year, and in subsequent years will be offered guaranteed employment as a Teaching Assistant (Note: even those who have received guaranteed multi-year funding packages are responsible for applying for specific TA positions). In some cases, guaranteed dissertation writing funds are part of such a package. Regardless of the initial financial package, the department seeks to ensure that all continuing Ph.D. students are financially supported, which includes payment of tuition and/or fees as well as a stipend. In recent years all students needing support have received either fellowships, teaching assistantships, or research assistant positions. To the extent that resources are insufficient to meet the need, the department, on the advice of the graduate committee, will rank students using a combined criterion of academic performance and financial need.
Graduate students must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 to be considered for any type of financial aid. Financial support is not renewed automatically but is approved by the department on a yearly basis.
Please check with OGS' website for the tuition and fees chart, http://ogs.ucsd.edu/financialinfo/index.htm
Dissertation/Fellowship Scholarships
