Being awarded a graduate assistantship not only helps pay for your graduate studies, it gives you valuable work experience, networking and mentorship opportunities, and skill development. This type of experience is especially helpful to those considering a career in academia or research.
AUS offers a limited number of full and partial graduate assistantships (GAs) on a competitive basis to PhD students. GAs cover tuition fee waivers and monthly stipends. Recipients of the GAs will be involved in conducting research within a research group as well as performing teaching assistant duties.
How to Apply
If you are applying to a PhD program at AUS and you also want to be considered for a graduate assistantship, please pay careful attention to the application deadlines. The deadlines for those applying both for admission and for an assistantship are often earlier than the regular PhD application deadlines. To view the deadlines, click here.
PhD applicants applying for an assistantship must:
- complete the Application for Graduate Admission, marking the box requesting consideration for assistantship
- answer all the related questions on the application
- submit the relevant transcripts
- submit three reference letters to the Office of Enrollment Management (part of the application requirements for all AUS PhD programs)
A GA is awarded on an annual basis for a maximum of four years, subject to an annual review of the student's academic performance and achievements.
For more information on graduate assistantships for PhD students, visit our website or contact the
Office of Graduate Studies, ogs@aus.edu, +971 6 515 4721.