Financial Aid
Coulter Fellowships:
We are pleased to announce the availability of Coulter Fellowships to support exceptional students who do not have the financial resources to participate in the GT-SJTU Dual-MS degree program. The fellowship pays the GT-Shanghai tuition and fees as well as the cost of textbooks.
Coulter Fellows are required to engage in community service project(s) to demonstrate or to cultivate their sense of social responsibility. Eighteen (18) months of community service is expected while the student is enrolled. Coulter Fellows are also required to participate in the GT-Shanghai Toastmasters Club to develop communication and leadership skills. Additional leadership training opportunities will be provided. Click here for details...
Coulter Scholarships (for US citizen students)
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Graduate Assistantship:
A limited number of Graduate Assistantship positions are available to Georgia Tech – Shanghai MS degree program students. This is need-based and merit-based financial assistance that pays one-third (1/3) of the GT - Shanghai graduate tuition. The Graduate Assistant (GA) must be willing to provide administrative support to the GT – Shanghai Office in exchange for tuition relief. 320 hours of administrative service must be rendered in an 18-month period or less. For each semester that the GA enrolls in GT-Shanghai courses, the assistantship pays one-third (1/3) of the GT-Shanghai graduate tuition, and the GA pays the remaining two-thirds (2/3). In addition, the GA is expected to pay the full technology fee (currently at $103 per semester). The assistantship automatically renews for the following semester, unless the GA does not meet his/her assigned assistantship tasks.
Applicants for the GA position should prepare a 2-page essay on the following: (i) Up to 1/2 page justifying your financial need; (ii) Up to 1 page describing your unique characteristics and capabilities, outstanding achievements, leadership, service, etc. (iii) Up to 1/2 page outlining your skills that the GT-Shanghai office can take advantage of to make the program better. Please name your essay using the convention LastnameFirstname_GA.pdf (for
example, WangMei_GA.pdf) and email to the GT-Shanghai Program Coordinators
Ms. Chelcea Warren and Ms. Rui Shi. Supporting documents, such as evidence of financial need and copies of award certificates, should be submitted to Ms. Rui Shi, SEIEE 3-307, Tel: (021) 3420-6760, by March 10.
Industrial Scholarships:
We are pleased to announce the availability of "Stellar Scholarships", thanks to the generous support from the Stellar Services.
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Eligibility: GT-SJTU Dual-MS degree program students with undergraduate GPA of 3.5 or above (on the 4.0 scale), are eligible to apply for the Stellar Scholarships. See the Application FAQ page regarding the GPA calculation.
- Amount: Up to two $2,000 Stellar Scholarships will be awarded each year to GT-SJTU Dual-MS degree program students during their first Fall semester at GT-Shanghai to offset their GT tuition expenses.
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Selection: Stellar Scholarship students are selected based on their academic performance at the time of program application. Evaluation will be based on undergraduate coursework, official ranking information, competitions and scholarships won, etc. A team of GT and SJTU faculty members will make the selection.
- Obligations: There are no additional obligations other than that the recipients intend to complete the GT-SJTU Dual-MS degree program.
- Internship: Based on the student's qualification, Stellar Scholarship recipient will have preferred consideration for internship position at the Stellar Services Shanghai office.
2006 Stellar Scholarship Recipients: Mr. Hong YU, Mr. Renke HUANG
2007 Stellar Scholarship Recipients: Mr. Haicheng WU, Ms. Honglei LI
2008 Stellar Scholarship Recipient: Mr. Zhuoran SONG
2009 Stellar Scholarship Recipients: Ms. Jin WANG, Mr. Lingchen ZHU
Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA):
One GTA position is available to assist with the MATH 2403 "Differential Equations" course for the Georgia Tech Shanghai Summer Program. Applications are accepted during the month of October. The position pays a stipend of 8,000 RMB for work performed during the summer term as well as preparations leading up to it.
Last revised on March 25, 2009.