Standard funding
PhD program
Every admitted PhD student is offered funding of $15,000–$23,700 plus tuition and incidental fees (including UHIP expenses for international students) in each of their first four years. For a student without an external scholarship, this funding consists of Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships, and a University of Toronto Fellowship. (Total support of $15,000 entails 210 hours of Teaching Assistantship work and total support of $23,700 entails 280 hours of such work during the Fall/Winter session and 140 hours of such work during the Summer session.) For a student with a major external scholarship (like an Ontario Graduate Scholarship or a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Scholarship), it consists of the scholarship, a University of Toronto Fellowship, and possibly a summer Teaching Assistantship. (Students without external scholarships who do not wish to work as Teaching Assistants and/or Research Assistants will give up those portions of the funding.) Students may lose their funding if they fail to maintain good standing in the program.The Teaching Assistantships we offer are for courses either on the St. George campus or on the University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM) campus. (For Teaching Assistantships at UTM, an intercampus bus shuttle is provided and the cost of bus tickets is reimbursed by UTM.)
Research assistantships are generally available during the summer months, though they may also be available during the fall and winter terms. Students are matched with faculty members according to the students' and faculty members' preferences.
Doctoral Stream MA program
Every student admitted to the Doctoral Stream MA (but not the Regular Stream MA) is offered funding of $15,000–$18,000 plus tuition and incidental fees (including UHIP expenses for international students). For a student without an external scholarship, this funding consists of Teaching Assistantships, summer Research Assistantships, and a University of Toronto Fellowship. For a student with an external scholarship (like an OGS or SSHRC scholarship), it consists of the scholarship, a University of Toronto Fellowship, and some Teaching Assistantship work (depending on the amount of the scholarship). (Students without external scholarships who do not wish to work as Teaching Assistants and/or Research Assistants will give up those portions of the funding.) Students may lose their funding if they fail to maintain good standing in the program.The Teaching Assistantships we offer are for courses either on the St. George campus or on the University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM) campus. (For Teaching Assistantships at UTM, an intercampus bus shuttle is provided and the cost of bus tickets is reimbursed by UTM.)
Research assistantships are available during the summer months. Students are matched with faculty members according to the students' and faculty members' preferences.