Graduate Student Funding
Students accepted to the graduate program will also receive an offer of a graduate instructorship. This graduate instructorship provides a stipend for ten months, health insurance, and a remission of tuition (including summer school) and most fees (check with the English Graduate Program Office for the amount of the stipend, as they change each year).A few merit fellowships provide tax-free stipends for twelve months and remission of tuition and most fees. Doctoral fellowships for African-American students and other ethnic minorities carry research allowances. Students who are awarded a fellowship are also offered the possibility of teaching, should they choose to teach.Graduate instructorships will include teaching responsibilities--either two or three courses over two semesters to fulfill their assistantship each year. During their first year at Purdue, new graduate instructors will teach one section of first year composition each semester and be enrolled in a practicum for new teachers. After the first year of teaching, teaching opportunities broaden to include a variety of teaching experiences. For more information on teaching, see teaching opportunities.The Purdue Graduate School also maintains a listing of financial information.
Program
The graduate program is structured to accommodate students' needs as maturing scholars and teachers.