Scholarships / Assistantships

For students who show scholarly promise, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering offer scholarships, fellowships, and research or teaching assistantships to full-time students in master's and doctoral programs. Certificate students are not eligible for these awards.

Tuition Scholarships are available in all master's and doctoral programs to help defray tuition costs.
Teaching Assistantships, offered by most departments, are positions for twenty hours a week of teaching-related activity.
Research Assistantships are generally available in the science and engineering areas.
Fellowships that require no service are offered by some departments to students who demonstrate outstanding records of achievement and a well-articulated plan of study.

Scholarships covering half of tuition costs are offered to full-time working teachers (K-12). Occupational Therapists who are employed full-time in occupational therapy practice are also eligible for half-tuition scholarships.

How to Apply
To apply for tuition scholarships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships, mail the Tufts Financial Aid Application with your supplemental application materials. If you are applying to one of the programs listed below you also need to submit a copy of your federal income tax form (2005 for spring: 2006 for fall), including all pages, schedules, and W-2s. Please send these directly to the academic department if you cannot include them with your completed application for admission.

Art History (Art History and Museum Studies)
French
Occupational Therapy
Studio Art

All departments reserve the right to request copies of income tax returns and W-2's when making financial aid decisions.

Notification
Award notification is sent to the applicant's mailing address, either with the acceptance letter or shortly thereafter.

Award offers are official only when made in writing and signed by the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the dean of the School of Engineering, or the director of enrollment and student services at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.