Program Resources
Financial support is available to qualified graduate students in the form of teaching, research, and project assistantships and fellowships. Research and project assistantships are made possible by grants awarded to individual professors for particular research programs. Prospective students should contact faculty mentors to learn about the availability of these assistantships.
Assistantships and fellowships provide eligibility for an excellent health insurance program, an extremely valuable benefit that provides single or family coverage that is more comprehensive than individuals can usually purchase on their own. Fellowships or assistantships that are payrolled through the university and that carry stipends equivalent to at least a 33% appointment qualify for remission of nonresident tuition. Tuition remission is conditionally awarded at the start of the semester based on the expectation that actual earnings during the semester will be at least 33% of the full-time rate. All students pay segregated fees. The only exception is that fellowships paid through the Graduate School have segregated fees waived in addition to tuition.
To explore funding and other financial aid options available at UW Madison, please refer to the Graduate School Funding and Financial Aid site.