Scholarships and Financial Aid

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department gives financial aid to graduate students in the form of research and teaching assistantships for qualified graduate students working toward the PhD degrees. Other scholarship aid are available through the University Graduate Center in the form of the Graduate Center Merit-Based Scholarship and Graduate Student Employment and Training Program (GSET).

Teaching Assistants

Students receiving this award are expected to perform teaching duties in addition to research work supervised by a faculty advisor. This award is given to new or current PhD students with excellent academic credentials.

Graduate Research Assistantships in Telecommunications

The New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) invites applications for graduate research assistantships for new entering students interested in pursuing PhD's in the area of telecommunications and distributed information systems. The areas of research at CATT include:

• High Speed Networks
• Wireless Networks
• Network Security
• Multimedia Communications
• Distributed Information Systems

Students with excellent academic credentials are invited to apply. The assistantship offers a stipend and free tuition for a period of one year. Interested students should apply for admission either in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department or the Computer and Information Science Department at Polytechnic Institute of NYU. The GRE is a requirement for all foreign applicants. For more information call (718) 260-3050 or send e-mail to: apply@catt.poly.edu

For more information about CATT, please visit: CATT Fellowship.

Research Assistants

This award is paid from research contracts and grants obtained by individual ECE faculty. Faculties have full autonomy in appointing their Research Assistants. Faculties are generally reluctant to fund Research Assistants from their grants unless the student has been in their classes, and has passed the doctoral qualifying examination. However, exceptions may be made for outstanding applicants, and applicants are encouraged to contact faculty in their area(s) of interest. The assistantship covers a monthly stipend (commensurate with the student qualification) and waiver of tuition and fees.

GAANN Fellowship

For more information, please visit: Three 3-year GAANN Ph.D. grants for US citizens/Permanent Residents

AMPS Fellowship

Depending on the area of research, some ECE graduate students who are US citizens or have permanent residence may qualify for the AMPS Fellowship.

IGERT Scholarship

Depending on the area of research, some ECE graduate students who are US citizens or have permanent residence may qualify for this fellowship: The IGERT scholarship in the INformation Security and Privacy Interdisciplinary Research and Education (INSPIRE) program

NYU WIRELESS fellowship

For more information, please visit: NYU WIRELESS fellowship