Department of Mathematics - University of Houston
Financial Support
There are three main sources of support available to graduate students in the Department of Mathematics:
The primary source of support for graduate students are Teaching Assistantships. The department supports between 30 and 40 graduate students as teaching assistants. The starting salary for new teaching assistants is currently $11,200 at the Masters level and $11,550 at the PhD level for 9 months, plus benefits. Summer teaching is also available for additional income. A health insurance package is included among the benefits. Full-time teaching assistants only pay fees of approximately $500/semester and no tuition on the first 9 hours/semester of courses. This applies for 2 years at the Masters level and 3 years at the PhD level. Courses in addition to 9 hours or taken after the first 5 years are billed at the resident tuition rate. Teaching assistants whose primary language is not English must demonstrate proficiency in spoken English by passing either the Test of Spoken English(TSE) or the locally administered Speak Test. Incoming graduate students are given one year to meet this requirement.
Application Form for Teaching Assistantships (unformatted text form)
In addition to teaching assistantships, many students are supported either fully or partially by individual faculty members as research assistants. This form of support generally only becomes available to more advanced graduate students who have established a research relationship with an individual faculty member. Usually 10 to 15 students receive some level of support as research assistants. The same rules on tuition and fees apply to research assistants as apply to teaching assistants.
Finally, both the University and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics have an array of scholarships which are available to students. For information on these go to the UH financial aid page.
Go to the UH Financial Aid Page
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