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Financial Support

As a doctoral student in Media, Technology, and Society, you’ll receive five years of university funding. Nine months of funding is through a graduate assistantship; during the summer months, it is through a fellowship. Both include a stipend and tuition waiver.

Details of student funding and support appear in the MTS Program Handbook. A typical timeline follows here: In the first year of doctoral study, your assistantship will engage you in activities aimed at familiarizing you with the department and the profession. In your second and third years, you will have assignments as a teaching and/or research assistant. In the fourth year, your primary activity is completing your dissertation work. In the fifth year, you will have assignments as a teaching and/or research assistant. You may also apply for dissertation-year fellowships that the University and some of its research centers award to doctoral students.

For more detailed information visit the Graduate School’s Financial Aid site and the Graduate School Funding site.