Graduate Assistantships

Research Assistantships are available through various faculty conducting funded research, and information on these can be obtained from individual faculty. Most faculty with funded research programs will award research assistantships to students they have been able to observe in class room performance.

A limited number of teaching assistantships are available to fully-enrolled graduate students who have successfully passed the school's verbal and comprehensive exams.

Typically, awards are for quarter-time, three-eights, or half-time support, and may include tuition fee waivers. Priority will be given to students with excellent communication skills and to students in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program. International students who wish to be considered for a Graduate Assistantship must pass a SPEAK test, administered at UMKC's Applied Language Institute and can not be considered for a teaching assistantship during their first semester of enrolment. Furthermore, they may be asked to present a simulated lecture that will be videotaped for review. Students must apply for these opportunities by sending their application materials to the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (alberts@umkc.edu) or to the Department of Computer Science Electrical Engineering (griffiths@umkc.edu).