If you did not receive financial aid when you originally applied to our program, you may want to reapply for aid once you are here. To make your case stronger, provide the CS Graduate Office with updated transcripts and letters of recommendation from local faculty. Good grades here at Kent State and a start on your thesis/dissertation work are particularly desirable.

Currently, the 9-month GA and RA stipends are as follows:

• $16,400 -- Master's students
• $17,000 -- PhD students who have not yet passed the Preliminary Examinations
• $18,000 -- PhD students who have passed the Preliminary Examinations, but have not yet passed the Candidacy Examination
• $19,475 -- PhD students who have passed the Candidacy Examination

Graduate appointees in computer science are sometimes supported during the summer session with a stipend equal to 1/3 of their academic year stipend. Such support is not guaranteed and is contingent on the student making satisfactory progress toward a degree, on satisfactory evaluations associated with previous financial support, and on available funds. Applications for summer support will be reviewed by CS Graduate Studies Committee.

There are several types of financial aid (graduate appointments) for which a student can apply (see Graduate Support Regulations for further details). Note that aid is granted only to students with full admission into the graduate program, not post-undergraduate students, or graduate students with Conditional Admission.

While applications for admission are accepted all year, Graduate Assistantship (GA) applications are only accepted once a year. Financial aid and admission are separate processes, and one must first be admitted before being considered for Graduate Assistantship (GA). Applications for graduate assistantships must be received before the deadline. If you are awarded an assistantship, you will be notified by mid-late April.

The following steps must be taken to participate in the optional internship program:

A student must obtain an internship offer from a company, an institution, an organization, or a governmental agency before enrolling in the Internship course. It is essential that the student's work be related to and complementary to his or her formal education. An internship offer letter should include several important details about the position, including:

• You must start early in  planning for a Graduate Internship and  CPT
• The deadline to submit your application for CPT and Internship is the First Day of the Start of the Classes
• The approval process for the Internship application and CPT application may take more than a week

• You must be in Good Academic Standing, with a GPA above 3.0 for graduate students
• You must complete at least 18 hours of graduate coursework
• You should not accept any offers for CPT unless you have approval from the Internship instructor an CPT coordinator in the department