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Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need

The Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program in infrastructure resilience, in the context of advanced construction methods, focuses on addressing the country's needs for resilient infrastructure. It is a unique, educational and research program on infrastructure resilience, in the context of advanced construction methods, to train a new generation of engineers who have surpassed traditional discipline boundaries and have a fundamental understanding of advanced construction methods.  

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Investing in Growing Aggie Doctorates

The Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers fully-funded fellowships for domestic doctoral students in our Investing in Aggie Doctorates (iGRAD) program. Our personalized doctoral degree in civil engineering can elevate your career and impact an ever-changing and increasingly competitive workforce. Each awarded position will include free tuition and fees, a stipend and guaranteed funding for three years. Students who recently completed a bachelor's degree and are interested in obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy are also eligible to apply for this program.

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Fully Supported Graduate Student Fellowships

The Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is offering multiple fully supported fellowships for graduate students who want to pursue doctoral degrees. These four year fellowships will include tuition, fees, stipend and professional development opportunities.

Students with a bachelor’s degree and demonstrated high academic achievement are eligible to start doctoral studies without a master’s degree. Students aspiring for faculty positions will complete professional development courses with the Center of Teaching Excellence and be eligible for the Graduate Teaching Fellows program that provides classroom experience; travel funding to attend professional conferences is also available. Continued support for the four years will be commensurate with academic performance and progress toward degree completion.

Ranked 9th among civil and environmental engineering programs at public institutions, the department offers eight specialty areas and many opportunities for multi-disciplinary research in the college and across the university. With more than 70 civil and environmental engineering faculty who generate a robust research portfolio, our graduate students have access to some of the leading researchers advancing the fields of civil and environmental engineering. Few programs have the combination of resources, faculty expertise, scope of programs, facilities and degree offerings that our students can access to design a degree program that meets their professional objectives.

Online admissions applications and online status checking makes applying to Texas A&M easy. To find out steps to apply and submit an online application, visit our civil and environmental engineering graduate admissions page.

Fellowship candidates will be selected from the pool of applicants and video interviews will be arranged. For questions about the fellowship or graduate program, please contact Juan Rodriguez, Laura Byrd or Chris Grunkemeyer in the civil and environmental engineering graduate office.

The department has numerous opportunities for its graduate students to obtain financial assistance through assistantships and fellowships. Unless the applicant has specified in the application that he or she will have external funding, either by a governmental agency or by industry, the departmental graduate advisor assumes each applicant is in need of financial assistance.

Assistantships, Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships

All selections for financial assistance are competitively based but may also be based on the needs of the department and faculty researchers. Students holding assistantships qualify for Texas A&M employee benefits and graduate students holding either a teaching or research assistantship, or a fellowship of $1,000 per year qualify for in-state tuition. Additional fellowships are available through the Office of Graduate Studies.

Texas A&M University offers two types of assistantships: teaching (GAT) or research (GAR). These assistantships normally provide a stipend which is usually $2,000 per month, depending on a student's degree status, and also pay the student's tuition and health benefit costs. Fees are not covered by these assistantships.

The department has numerous graduate fellowships from both endowed and departmental funds. For students who are not Texas residents, receiving a fellowship of $1,000 or more provides them with the additional benefit of reducing their tuition rate to the in-state rate (basically reducing the rate by two-thirds).

Decisions on who to employ as research and teaching assistants, and to whom fellowship funds should be given, are made by the faculty. Applicants and students should contact the graduate student advisor in their area of study to indicate their interest in being considered for any of these sources of funding. Assistantships may be awarded at any point while a student is enrolled in the program.

All students holding an assistantship must be registered for a minimum of nine credit hours during the fall and spring semester and six credit hours during the summer semester. This is a university requirement and cannot be waived.

The department also regularly nominates entering students for University fellowships, such as the Association of Former Students Graduate Merit Fellowship. Students interested in these fellowships should contact the graduate student advisor in their area of study. The deadlines for these fellowships should be noted. Please make sure your application is submitted by December for consideration. Applicants should also note that these fellowships are given only to students entering in the fall term.

Application Deadlines

To be eligible for all teaching assistantships, research assistantships and fellowships, you must apply by March 15 for admission the following fall semester. Applications for the fall semester not seeking financial aid will continue to be accepted until April 15 for international applicants, and until July 15 for applicants who are U.S. residents or permanent residents. To be considered for all teaching assistantships, research assistantships and fellowships you must apply by June 1 for admission the following spring semester.

All documents have to be received by the deadlines listed above. Documents include official transcripts and records, official test scores from GRE and TOEFL, three letters of recommendation, statement of purpose and your resume or curriculum vitae (optional). If the application fees are not paid, your application will not be processed and will not be sent forward for a decision.

International students must meet the International Student Service deadlines for the documents which are required for the processing of their I-20. Failure to meet those deadlines may result in not receiving the I-20 in time for entrance into Texas A&M University.

How much will it cost?

The cost of attendance is an estimate of what it costs the typical student to attend Texas A&M University. Don’t be startled by the sticker price of a college education. Your cost of attendance doesn’t just cover your college tuition; it takes into account your basic living expenses. When comparing financial aid packages from other schools, make sure you are comparing the total cost of attending that school, not just the total financial aid awarded. It is important for you to budget and make wise decisions regarding how to utilize the financial aid funds you receive.

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