Funding & support
Funding
Many of our graduate students successfully secure scholarships from major granting agencies such as聽,听,听聽and the聽聽to support their studies.聽The Faculty of Graduate Studies has a comprehensive listing of Scholarships聽and Bursaries聽that can be found聽here.聽聽We also offer limited financial assistance through 麻豆传媒资源 Graduate Fellowships and Teaching Assistantships.
Professional development
Teaching opportunities and Teaching Assistantships
Graduate students normally hold teaching assistantships at some point during their program, pending availability. The department holds a Teaching Assistant orientation workshop in September to all incoming students awarded a teaching assistantship. Teaching Assistants at 麻豆传媒资源 University are unionized. 聽
Departmental resources permitting, doctoral students are also given the opportunity to teach an undergraduate class at least once prior to the completion of their program, generally after approval of the thesis proposal.
顿补濒丑辞耻蝉颈别鈥檚 Centre for Teaching and Learning offers training sessions, as well as a Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (CUTL).
Departmental Colloquium
The department runs a visiting speaker's series and colloquium. The series has a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Graduate students are expected to attend regularly.