Graduate Financial Assistance
The Department of History and the University of Houston offer a wide array of financial assistance to graduate students. This assistance includes teaching assistantships, instructional assistantships, research assistantships, fellowships, prizes and student loans. Teaching and instructional assistantships (and most fellowships) begin at $9,360/academic year for first-year Masters students and increase every succeeding year. They include health benefits and tuition fellowships (two years at the MA level and three years at the Ph.D level). Assistantships are available for a maximum of six years (over the MA/Ph.D. period).
Qualified students will be considered for fellowships in a variety of fields, including Public History. Murray Miller Fellowships are awarded to promising incoming graduate students or for doctoral students conducting dissertation research. Each year one student is selected as "outstanding graduate student" and presented with a cash prize.
The University offers scholarships for outstanding new graduate students for which the department can nominate newly accepted students. The University also makes available some scholarship money for graduate students studying abroad. The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences administers the C.W. Moores fellowship for advanced female graduate students.
Criteria for Presidential/Cullen/Ehrhardt Fellowships
The University sometimes provides funds to match or exceed financial assistance packages offered by departments to recruit outstanding students. The History Department's graduate committee considers several factors in nominating students for these fellowships.
- Academic record as evidenced by GPA in undergraduate or graduate history hours.
- Applicant performance on standardized exams such as the Graduate Record Exam (GRE).
- Letters of recommendation.
- Demonstrated interest in obtaining an advanced degree as evidenced by the applicant’s statement of interest.
- Demonstrated interest in becoming an active citizen of the profession through past participation in professional and service activities.
- Relative position in applicant pool (top 5%).
- Exceptional writing and analytical skills as illustrated by applicant’s writing sample.
Graduate Advising
Ms. Daphyne Pitre
Graduate advising assistant
713-743-3086