Financing Your Graduate Education
Teaching or Research Assistantships
Academic Student Employee Positions
Availability
Many academic units make teaching assistantships available to outstanding graduate students. In these appointments, students serve as:
- Teaching Assistants
- Teaching Associates
- Readers
- Tutors
Appointments are for a maximum of half-time service (20 hours/week); require registration as a full-time student (12 units); and require students to meet academic requirements for satisfactory progress. The duration and extent of such appointments vary by academic unit.
How to Apply
Assistantship offers are made to students by the academic unit following formal admission to graduate study. Please contact your department for further information.
Academic Requirements
- Minimum GPA of 3.1 for Teaching Assistants & Teaching Associates
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 for Readers & Tutors
- Satisfactory academic progress towards degree objective
- A letter grade of C, S, or above in all courses completed
- No more than 2 Incomplete grades
- English Proficiency Requirement for Teaching Assistants and Teaching Associates ONLY
- All International students including those with Permanent Resident status wishing to serve as a Teaching Assistant must pass an oral English proficiency exam approved by UCI. The only exemptions to this exam are given to students who have:
- US citizenship
- Completed a 4 year high school degree in the US
- Citizenship in a country where English is either the primary or dominant language as approved by UCI Graduate Council.
- A full discussion of oral English proficiency requirements is available online.
- All International students including those with Permanent Resident status wishing to serve as a Teaching Assistant must pass an oral English proficiency exam approved by UCI. The only exemptions to this exam are given to students who have:
Researcher Positions
Availability
Many academic units make research assistantships available to outstanding graduate students. In these appointments students serve as:
- Graduate Student Researchers (GSR)
- Graduate Student Assistant Researchers (GSAR)
Appointments are for a maximum of half-time service (20 hours/week); require registration as a full-time student (12 units); and require students to meet academic requirements for satisfactory progress. The duration and extent of such appointments vary by academic unit.
How to Apply
Assistantship offers are made to students directly by their academic unit. Please contact your department for further information.
Requirements
- A minimum GPA of 3.0
- Satisfactory academic progress towards degree objective
- A letter grade of C, S, or above in all courses completed
- No more than 2 Incomplete grades
