Tuition Support Program

• In a .50 FTE qualifying assistantship or hold a University-recognized eligible fellowship.
• Fellowship stipend amount must equal a quarter-time (.25 FTE, or 10 hours per week) assistantship. Students with fellowships enrolled for the first time in Summer 2022 or later can be in a .25 fellowship ONLY if they have a second .25 assistantship or equivalent fellowship.
• New students must have been admitted based admission criteria developed by the academic degree-granting home of the student and on standards established by the Graduate Faculty Senate and the Graduate School.
• In good academic standing, as determined by the student’s academic home and University policy
• At or exceed the minimum stipend established in May/June for the next academic year. Please note that the stipend level alone, especially for master’s students paid at the minimum stipend, may not be sufficient to cover the estimated expenses for international students. The student must be able to demonstrate they have adequate funds to cover the balance or the department needs to increase the stipend.

Those not eligible include:

• Benefit-Eligible University of Missouri Employees (including all System universities and UM Health System) — Benefit-eligible employees are not eligible for the tuition support. However, if they are new employees in their probationary period (first 6 months of employment) and not yet eligible for educational assistance, they can qualify for graduate student tuition support.
• Non-degree Graduate Students — A student must be in a degree-seeking program (master’s, doctoral, educational specialist) and hold a qualifying assistantship or fellowship.

Those who may be eligible include:

• Professional Students — A professional student (e.g., law, medicine, veterinary medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy) may be eligible only if seeking a dual degree in a professional program and a graduate program. Tuition is applied only to graduate program courses.