Financial Aid

The School of Engineering and Applied Science awards fellowships and research or teaching assistantships each year to good students. The amount awarded varies from year to year but is competitive with that offered by other universities.

Research assistantships require a student to work a minimum of 20 hours per week on a government, industry or university sponsored project. The student will typically carry out Master's or Ph.D. thesis work in the research area from which the support is derived. Research and teaching assistantships and fellowships are awarded to those students with a high potential for Ph.D. research work. As those research areas which have support available in a given year change from time to time, students having definite preferences regarding research projects should contact the head of the program in the spring after receiving an announcement of an award. Applicants are also encouraged to visit and interview at any time.

Fellowship students are free to pursue course work full time or to work on a project of their own choosing. 
Fellowships are awarded for one academic year and continuing students are expected to discuss with faculty participants research projects which will support their 
future studies. We have close connections with the Jefferson National Laboratory: for Graduate Fellowships see (http://www.sura.org/programs/fellowship.html). Students 
should also apply for national fellowships from NASA, NSF,  DOE, etc. Obtaining such awards give considerable prestige.
 
 

Housing

Most graduate students in the Engineering Physics program live near the University, although some may live in the surrounding countryside of Albemarle County. Information about renting apartments and rooms in private homes can be obtained by writing the Off-Grounds Housing office at:

Off-Grounds Housing Office, University of Virginia 
Station #1 Page House 
Charlottesville, VA 22904 U.S.A. 

University housing is also available for graduate students; both single students and students with families can be accommodated. For more information about University housing, write to:

Associate director of Student Services 
Housing Division, University of Virginia 
Station #1 Emmett House 
Charlottesville, VA 22904 U.S.A. 

or visit the UVa housing website
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