Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois

Financial Assistance

The Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering offers a limited number of graduate fellowships and assistantships on a competitive basis. This support is intended to atttract and retain outstanding candidates for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees by enriching the academic experiences of the students. Most fellowships require U.S. citizenship and a composite GRE score of over 1700 (or average above 65th percentile) and an undergraduate GPA of 3.6 or higher. Fellowships provide monetary stipends, tuition and partial fee waiver. Candidates who wish to be considered for fellowships must submit their completed application materials prior to February 1 in order to receive full consderation for fellowships for the following fall semester.

Assistantships offer employment in research. An assistantship appointment provides a stipend plus tuition and partial fee waiver. A one-half time assistantship requires an average of 20 hours per week of work. Typically, graduate students will have the opportunity to gain significant teaching experience.

Current assistantship and fellowship stipends for new students

Assistantships

M.S.	$18,025 (12 months)
Ph.D.	$19,160 (12 months)

Fellowships

JBT M.S.	$20,000
JBT Ph.D	$24,000
USDA National Needs	$22,000