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PhD Student Handbook
Financial Support - Assistantships
University-Wide Graduate School Research Assistantship
University-wide graduate research assistantships are awarded on a very competitive basis since students compete against other nominated graduate students throughout the University. Departments nominate students for the competition in mid-February. A faculty panel rates each applicant's academic record, test scores, and recommendations to determine award winners.
All students on a University-wide assistantship pay a reduced matriculation fee of $25.00 per semester for tuition for the length of the contract, including the summer semester preceding or following the contract period. These students are also required to pay the normal health and activity fees of approximately $393.00 per semester.
Terry College Assistantship
Doctoral students may be awarded a departmental graduate teaching assistantship (GTA) or graduate research assistantship (GRA) within their major field of study, and assignments are made by the departments. The stipend you have been awarded is paid in 10 monthly paychecks, beginning in August. Recipients of a 40% appointment are expected to devote 16 hours per week to their assistantship responsibilities. This also includes the same reduced semester tuition as the University-wide assistantship, but students must be on assistantship for fall and spring semesters to receive summer fee waivers.
Prior approval must be received from the Board of Regents before any student can teach at the University of Georgia. Therefore, the Terry College must be notified by June 1 if a student is to begin teaching in August. All new GTAs must attend a university-wide workshop before the beginning of fall semester classes. GTAs who have no prior teaching experience must enroll in GRSC 7770 (1-3 credit hours) or participate in equivalent department training before they are given responsibility for a course.
The Office of Instructional Development offers GRSC 7770 each semester, which is designed to help prepare teaching assistants for their instructional responsibilities. The course also addresses University policies and procedures related to instruction.
International students receiving a graduate teaching assistantship must present their scores on the Test of Spoken English (TSE) to their Department Head subsequent to admission to the Graduate School but before assignment to the classroom. Students scoring 250 or above can be considered for teaching assignments after fulfilling the two requirements stated above for new GTAs. Department heads will use the score in conjunction with other factors in deciding how to use a particular international GTA in their teaching programs and whether to suggest additional study of spoken English. Questions regarding requirements to receive a teaching assistantship should be directed to the major department.
The Handbook for Graduate Teaching Assistants summarizes the University's policies and regulations applicable to GTAs and presents many helpful teaching tips.
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