Financial Aid

Graduate Applicants

The five graduate programs at the Center for International Studies offer financial assistance to selected students. Aid is awarded competitively on the basis of merit including previous academic performance or post graduation professional or other work experience. Programs also look for geographical, cultural, linguistic and other forms of diversity so that collectively the group of students strengthens the program.

Criteria:

• a good undergraduate record
• strong letters of recommendation
• appropriateness of background to program of study
• work experience
• special skills

Applicants wishing to be considered for financial aid should complete the financial aid section on the Ohio University graduate application.

Types of Aid:

• Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant
  A full-time award carries a stipend of $11,100 plus a tuition scholarship. The student is responsible for the quarterly fee. The recipient must register for 15 to 18 graduate credit hours and provide fifteen hours of work per week for the program. The student must maintain a 3.0 gpa.
  
• Graduate Recruitment Scholarship
  This partial scholarship plus an $1800 stipend will cover the yearly tuition fee. The student is responsible for the quarterly fee. The recipient must register for 15 to 18 graduate credit hours, and maintain a 3.0 gpa, and provide 80 hours of service per quarter.
  
• Peace Corps Graduate Assistantship
  Returned Peace Corps volunteers should indicate on their application their RPCV status to be eligible for a Peace Corp Recruitment graduate assistantship (awarded once every two years).
  
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
  For the study of Arabic, Akan, Gikuyu, Somali, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Tigrinya and Wolof, these highly competitive awards are open to U.S. citizens or permanent residents and carry a stipend of $15,000 plus tuition scholarship and general fees. FLAS awards are given to M.A. and Ph.D. students with African language and area studies interests in any department.

Deadlines
Completed application and supporting documents should be received by January 1. Admission and funding decisions will begin shortly thereafter. Later applications will be considered but decisions will be contingent upon availability.

Students applying for FLAS fellowships must submit the FLAS application form by February 1.

International students can include financial aid awards to meet the estimated expenses on the Affidavit of Support form.

Students entering in subsequent quarters are awarded financial aid pending availability.

For questions about financial aid availability or how to apply, please contact international.studies@ohiou.edu.

Undergraduate Applicants
Ohio University Financial Aid and Scholarship