Financial Support
The College of Engineering is committed to providing financial resources for students during their graduate education. Fellowships, nonresident tuition fellowships, in-state fee fellowships, teaching assistantships, graduate student research appointments, travel awards, dissertation funds, federal grants, student loans, emergency loans, and work-study employment are available to support engineering graduate students.
Academic Appointments:
Appointments to the graduate student titles may also provide a fee remission, a tuition waiver, or a partial health insurance waiver. Students may not be employed in excess of 50 percent time in any combination of graduate student academic titles.
Fellowships:
Information and resources on fellowship support for graduate students are available at the departmental offices, at the College of Engineering Graduate Study Office, at the Office of Graduate Studies, and at Shields Library.
A regularly updated College database of external engineering fellowship announcements
by grant agency may be found at under Fellowships.
Information and resources on fellowships funded by the University, and extramural support from outside sources including a broad searchable database of multi-discipline graduate fellowship announcements by grant agency are available at the University Office of Graduate Studies.
The Annual Register of Grant Support (available at the Shields Library) is another reference source of financial and grant support programs. The Annual Register lists grant support programs offered by agencies, foundations, corporations, and associations.
Training Grants and Training Programs
Financial Aid
The staff in the Graduate Financial Aid Office can help you apply for grants, loans, and work-study employment. (Under the work-study program, the employer pays a part of the student's wages and the government pays the rest.) Applications for financial aid are due approximately March 1. To be considered for financial aid, or for any awards based on financial need, you must file a "Free Application for Federal Student Aid" (FAFSA) no later than the last day of February, prior to the fall quarter of your enrollment. This form, submitted directly to the Federal Student Aid Program Office, Iowa City, Iowa, is used to determine financial need only. A full-time counselor for graduate financial assistance is available by appointment and holds scheduled drop-in hours.
Employment
Student Employment Office. Other job opportunities available include those advertised through the Student Employment Office. These jobs, which may include working in offices, food services areas, the library or book store, laboratories, or other University facilities, are usually on the campus, and may be short- or long-term. Job possibilities in the Davis community are also listed. Registered students or the spouses of registered students are eligible to use the Student Employment Office.
University Staff Employment. There are opportunities for employment on the Davis campus or at the University of California Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) in Sacramento. Jobs are advertised on an ongoing basis. The Davis campus Staff Employment Office also has available job listings from other UC campuses, including Berkeley and San Francisco. Student spouses may be able to find employment opportunities with the University.