Financial assistance to graduate students in the Department
of Architecture and Interior Design is available through various
sources.
Assistantships
Typically, the department has 20 assistantships and one fee
waiver available to distribute among graduate students. Two
half-time assistantships are awarded which require the recipient
to work 18-20 hours a week and carry at least 10 graduate
credit hours but no more than 14 for each semester. Eighteen
modified graduate assistantships are awarded which require
the student to work an average of 8 hours a week and carry
at least 12 graduate credit hours with a maximum of 16 hours
for each semester. The department also awards one fee waiver
which carries no cash stipend, but waives the recipient’s
out-of-state surcharges, all instructional fees, one-half
of the general fee, one-half of the metro fee, and insurance
(if carried through Miami).
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for more information on Assistantships.
Financial Aid
The Office of Student Financial Aid offers and administers
assistance in the form of National Direct Stafford Loans,
the College Work-Study Program, the Federally Insured Student
Loan Program, and University Loans. Veterans assistance is
also available.
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for information on Financial Aid.
Tuition and fees are itemized using a semester-based or
credit-hour formula. For current tuition and fees, please
refer to tuition
and fees.
Awards and Scholarships*
The American Institute of Architects American Architectural
Foundation Scholarship (in varying amounts based on need);
awarded by department submission to one or more students in
the professional degree program.
Rudolph Frankel Memorial Award;
awarded to a graduate student who has shown special talent
in urban design or planning.
Jeff Stein Memorial Scholarship
(Graduate School); a competitive award of $1500 offered to
one graduate student in the university on the basis of excellence
in scholarship, service, and personal qualities.
Graduate Fund for Academic Excellence
(Graduate School); this is a fund used for recruitment and
intended to attract especially high quality candidates to
the graduate programs at Miami. It increases the financial
award of a modified graduate assistantship (8 hours of service
to the department per week) to equal a full assistantship
without any additional hours of service. Awarded competitively
upon departmental recommendation.
Graduate Student Achievement Fund
(Graduate School); this fund recognizes publication or presentation
of scholarship and creative work. Architecture graduate students
are frequent recipients of this award.
AIA Henry Adams Medal and Certificate
to the top-ranking student in the professional degree program.
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit
to the second ranking student in the professional degree program.
*both monetary and non-monetary
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