Graduate Financial Assistance

Syracuse University's financial support for doctoral students includes tuition scholarships, teaching assistantships in philosophy and in other departments, and University Fellowships.

In 2007/2008, University Fellows received awards of $19,570. Beginning Teaching Assistants receive stipends of $16,338, are eligible to participate in the University's group health plan, and receive a discount at the University Bookstore. Current salaries for Teaching Associates (senior TA's) are $17,600. All of our teaching assistants and University Fellows receive grants for their full tuition. Spouses of Teaching Assistants are entitled to three credits of remitted tuition each semester. All graduate students receive some basic health services from the Syracuse University Health Center.

The Department strongly encourages graduate student participation in professional conferences, and some travel funds are provided to graduate students to make such activity possible. The Department is usually able to provide small summer research grants to a few graduate students. Special funds normally make it possible to offer a colloquium featuring a speaker selected by the graduate students.