Financial Aid Information

Virtually all graduate students in Pharmaceutics receive financial assistance in the form of a graduate assistantship (teaching assistantship or research assistantship) or a fellowship.  Most first-year students are teaching assistants.  All teaching and research assistants receive tuition waivers (any student with a quarter-time or greater appointment is considered a Minnesota resident for tuition purposes).  As a result of this program, no Pharmaceutics graduate student pays tuition.

A teaching assistantship (TA) is the most common form of assistantship offered to new graduate students, while most graduate students beyond the second year hold a research assistantship (RA).  We prefer to award TAs to new students, rather than RAs, for two reasons: first, a TA requires a smaller time commitment than an RA, resulting in fewer conflicts with the course load and examination requirements of new students, and second, a TA position provides the practice and skill in oral presentation which is universally recognized as important for pharmaceutical scientists in their professional activities.

We also award graduate fellowships to high-achieving students.  Fellowships are supported by the University, College of Pharmacy endowments, and the pharmaceutical industry.  Some fellowships are awarded through University-wide competitions, and their stipends vary.  In some cases, fellowships may permit concurrent assistantships. As with TAs and RAs, fellowships also provide tuition waiver and health insurance. Some are restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

Financial aid is usually awarded once per year for the subsequent academic year.  Students who wish to begin graduate study at times other than September should contact the Director of Graduate Studies to determine the availability of financial aid.

You may download an electronic version of the Application for Financial Aid Form, complete the form online, print it, and send it to the Department of Pharmaceutics at the address listed below.  Please note that our application deadline of December 31 is earlier than that of the Graduate School Admissions Office to allow sufficient time for processing and evaluation.  [Note: Downloading the form requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader.  If you require the Reader, download it by following this link.]

Graduate Program in Pharmaceutics
University of Minnesota
Room 9-177 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-5153
Facsimile: 612-626-2125
Email: pceuts@umn.edu

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Department of Pharmaceutics
University of Minnesota
308 Harvard Street S.E.
Room 9-177 Weaver-Densford Hall     
Minneapolis, MN 55455
U.S.A.

Phone: 612-624-5153
E-mail: pceuts@umn.edu

http://www.pharmacy.umn.edu/pharmaceutics