Fellowships
Several fellowships are available through the graduate program. They are the most competitive form of support. McLaren Fellowships are available for first year students only. The Howatt Fellowship may support multiple years. The Corning Fellowship is offered to students studying fiber optics. This fellowship usually lasts two years.

Graduate Research assistantships (RA's) are available for most students. These positions are supported by research grants of individual faculty members. Assistantships are made with mutual agreement between faculty and students after the student has been accepted for admission and offered a Graduate Research Assistantship. A list of the faculty and their research interests is available on these pages.

Fully Funded First Year Students (FFFY)
This includes SOE fellowships and first year teaching assistantships (TA's). The TA's have very few or no duties during the first year and so are much the same as a fellowship. Assistance in teaching is performed by all students in their second year through enrollment in the course Teaching Engineering Laboratory. FFFY students will choose an advisor at the beginning of the second semester and begin research. The advisor will then continue to fund them through a Graduate Research Assistantship during subsequent years.