Applicants and Entering Doctoral Students
UMass Lowell strives to provide financial support for all admitted Ph.D. students. This includes funding through Teaching Assistantships (TA), Research Assistantships (RA) and summer research support. Assistantships are contingent upon availability and may be subject to change.
Current Doctoral Students
Teaching Assistantships - The Department has a very limited number of teaching assistantships. They are awarded on a competitive basis to current graduate students who have been in the program for at least one year and who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship, communication ability, integrity, and dependability. Preference is given to doctoral students.
Research Assistantships - Research assistantships may be available through funded research programs in the departmental laboratories. Professors generally do not hire research assistants whom they do not know. If you want to work in a professor's lab, the best approach is to take a class with him or her and then volunteer to work on a project in the lab. If the professor is impressed by your abilities, interest, integrity, and diligence, and if the professor has an assistantship available, you may find yourself an eligible candidate for it.