UC Santa Cruz is committed to helping our graduate students find the support they need to be successful in their studies.
Support Programs for graduate students:
- Read about the 5/2 Year Graduate Student Funding Packages – offered to MFA and PhD admits.
- Learn about the EVC Housing Supplement – for MFA and PhD students enrolled full-time.
- UCSC offers a Relocation Stipend to newly admitted MFA and PhD students relocating to Santa Cruz.
- The UC Native American Opportunity Program (NAOP) covers fees for students enrolled in federally recognized Native American, American Indian, and Native Alaskan tribes.
Fellowships for graduate students:
- Fellowships provide financial support for graduate students to enhance their professional development and develop into independent scholars with their own unique research agendas. Certain kinds of support are awarded on the basis of academic merit, and others are granted on the basis of need.
- These fellowships include Regent’s Fellowships and Chancellor’s Fellowships; a limited number of these fellowships are awarded to first-year students based on nominations from the programs the students apply to, at the point of admission.
- Additionally, newly admitted students may be awarded the prestigious Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship. These state-funded, merit-based fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to first-year graduate students who have overcome significant social or educational obstacles to achieve a college education, and whose backgrounds equip them to contribute to intellectual diversity among the graduate student population. The Cota-Robles fellowship provides stipends and covers in-state fees, and will result in a full five-year total support package.
- Tuition Fellowships may be offered by graduate programs for non-resident students. These fellowships may cover part or all of the non-resident tuition for one or multiple academic years.
- Read about the fellowship programs available at UCSC.
Employment for graduate students:
- Some graduate students may be eligible for employment while they are enrolled in classes, and over the summer term.
- Learn about the different types of employment you may qualify for and other important details about working as a graduate student.
Questions about supporting your graduate education?
Contact a graduate adviser today!