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Assistantships complement graduate and professional students' other learning experiences by providing the opportunity to apply, under expert supervision, some of the skills and knowledge that they have acquired. There are three general categories of assistantships: teaching assistantships, graduate assistantships, and research assistantships. Individual departments make teaching and graduate assistantship appointments, usually on a yearly basis. Departments and/or faculty members holding research grants or contracts make research assistant awards.
Recipients of full assistantships generally work approximately 20 hours per week teaching, conducting research, or doing administrative work. In return for this commitment, they are paid a stipend and in addition may be awarded a full or partial tuition scholarship (see note below concerning Graduate Tuition Scholarship eligibility). Teaching and Graduate Assistants on the State payroll are unionized at the University at Buffalo and receive benefits through their affiliation with the Graduate Student Employees Union, including State-subsidized health insurance and a transportation fee waiver.
Assistants must be matriculated graduate or professional students at the University at Buffalo who are able to devote full attention to their graduate program. Any graduate student appointed to an assistantship must be in good academic standing in a degree program and maintain full-time registration concurrent with their appointment. Ordinarily, it is expected that assistants will not hold jobs outside the university; the department chair may grant exceptions to this policy in cases of unusual economic necessity or other extraordinary circumstances.
Applicants should communicate with their academic department of interest (See our List of Graduate Programs for contact information) concerning deadlines and criteria for teaching, graduate, and research assistantship awards.