Graduate Teaching Assistantships
Program support for Biological Sciences MSc students is available in the form of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs).
- GTAs are available only to thesis option students.
- GTAs are awarded on a competitive basis.
- GTAs include a tuition waiver and stipend.
- The current stipend is ~ $7,000 per semester.
- To ensure consideration for a GTA beginning in the fall semester of any academic year, applications should be complete by February 15th of the preceding spring semester.
- GTAs sometimes are available for students beginning in the spring semester. To ensure consideration for a GTA beginning in the spring semester, applications should be complete by the end of October of the preceding fall semester.
- International students who are awarded a GTA must take and pass the Oral Proficiency Test (OPT) before being allowed to teach. If the student has a IELTS overall band score of 6.0 or higher, this will be considered equivalent to a score of 250 on the Oral English Proficiency Exam and are not required to complete the Oral English Proficiency Exam.