Graduate Research
Assistantships
The University of Delaware offers assistantships to students with regular, full-time status and high academic standing. Assistantships usually provide a stipend and may or may not include tuition. Assistants are eligible for coverage by the University’s Student Health Insurance Plan at a reduced cost.
Teaching Assistantships
Nearly all graduate students in the program are at some point or another supported as Teaching Assistants. Valuable information about being a Teaching Assistant can be found at the Center for Teaching Effectiveness. This handbook also provides a convenient summary of University policies that apply to the appointment of graduate teaching assistants.
Research Assistantships
Graduate students after their fifth semester in the program are supported by a research group as Research Assistants. In addition to standard research groups run by individual faculty, the Department also hosts five Research Centers (Bartol Research Institute, Center for Spintronics and Biodetection, Delaware Asteroseismic Research Center, Center for Advanced Magnetics, and Center for Space Radiation Effects) which allow qualified students to become Research Assistants during their first year in Delaware.
