Explore the University’s many financial assistance opportunities as early as possible. Fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships are awarded based on academic merit and the availability of funds. Please submit your application to EECS prior to the academic year for which the fellowship or assistantship is desired.
The EECS Graduate Admissions Committee nominates many of our top applicants for University, School of Engineering, and Department fellowships based on academic merit and other selection criteria as specified by the selection committees.
Approximately 50 percent of EECS graduate students are supported by graduate research assistantships or graduate teaching assistantships. Assistantships are awarded based on academic performance and specific skill sets. The Department provides EECS faculty with the credentials of incoming graduate students. Students interested in assistantships should describe their teaching or research interests and qualifications in their academic objectives statement.
Please do NOT send email messages to individual faculty members asking about positions. List your preferences in your statement and wait for faculty to contact you.
With nationally recognized research programs, EECS provides students with unique opportunities to participate in collaborative, multidisciplinary research. GRAs create knowledge by performing original research under the direction of a faculty member. Student researchers expand their skills, apply their knowledge, and gain a competitive edge. Research is usually a component of the advisor’s research that is directly supported by external funding. GRAs will receive tuition assistance along with a stipend.
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Graduate teaching assistants will receive tuition assistance along with a stipend. GTAs must be proficient in English (SPEAK Test) and skilled in fundamentals of EECS. Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
** All international students must pass the SPEAK test with a 50 or better to hold a GTA position. KU’s Applied English Center offers the test several times each semester. International students only need to take this test if they are interested in becoming GTAs. Domestic students do not need to take the SPEAK test.
