Graduate Funding

Funding is available throughout the lifecycle of your degree program. Many UA Engineering graduate students are supported by teaching or research assistantships that pay tuition and a stipend, plus there are a number of fellowship and scholarship opportunities through the University and partner organizations.

Among the many sources of ECE graduate school funding are the following:

• ECE Graduate Student Research Opportunities (PDF)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowships: Highly competitive three-year fellowships up to $120,000 for STEM
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships: $93,000 over three years, plus all tuition and fees
• GEM Fellowship Program: $16,000 a year plus additional stipends and tuition (for underrepresented minority students)
• Science Foundation Arizona: One-year, with optional second, supplemental $25,000 stipends
• University of Arizona Graduate Diversity Programs: a number of funding options

Visit the College of Engineering's Funding Opportunities list for up-to-date fellowship and scholarship announcements.