Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships are available as either research assistants or teaching assistants on campus and there are also off campus internships (externships).

Assistantships on campus are advertised by each department and division and Environmental Health Sciences will advertise any openings for teaching assitant and research assistant on this webpage. Graduate students may also check this site in the graduate assistantship office where openings are advertised:

http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/assistantship/job_post.htm

Graduate students in Public Health and Environmental Health Sciences have also found teaching assistant positions and research assistant positions in other departments such as nursing and biology so students who are looking for openings should also contact various departments within the University of Massachusetts.

The links for Policies and Procedures for Graduate Assistantships, as well as the Graduate Employee Organization (geo) contract are available at:

http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/assistantship/ and for more information regarding off campus internships, please go to this site:http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/assistantship/Policies.htm Please note that various rules may apply for International Students for off campus internships.

OPENINGS FOR RA/TA POSITIONS:

All graduate assistantship positions in Public Health and Environmental Health Sciences are posted on the Department of Public Health Home Page under the link for Financial Aid:

http://www.umass.edu/sphhs/public_health/index.html