Graduate Assistantships

Graduate teaching and research assistantships are available in many of the academic areas of the University of Memphis, requiring 5-20 hours of service per week. Most assistantships are provided by the student's home academic unit and offers are made at the time of admission. Contact the department directly for additional information.  

Be certain to review the responsibilities of a graduate assistant.  A student must be admitted into a graduate academic program to be eligible for appointment as a graduate assistant.

Non-degree students may not be awarded an assistantship. Graduate assistants must maintain a 3.00 GPA to retain their assistantships. 

Graduate teaching assistants instructing their own course must have a master's in the teaching discipline or 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline. Graduate teaching assistants must have direct supervision by a faculty member experienced in the teaching discipline, regular in-service training, and planned and periodic evaluations.

Non-native English speakers must also pass the SPEAK test before they can be appointed teaching assistants. Contact the Center for International Programs and Services for more information regrading the SPEAK test.

Graduate teaching assistants may teach only undergraduate courses; in exceptional cases they may be approved by the Dean of the Graduate School to teach 4000/6000 courses. They may not teach more than 6 hours of for-credit courses without prior approval from the Dean of the Graduate School.

For more information on types of Graduate Assistantship positions see here.

Graduate Teaching Assistants

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