application as graduate students - fee question

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>hey,</p>

<p>I am studying at oxford in the moment and was thinking about applying to Yale for a phd. I was just curous what they ([Welcome</a> to Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/financial/costs.html]Welcome”>http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/financial/costs.html)) mean when they write “For the academic year 2011-2012, the tuition for full-time study in the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is $34,500. Doctoral candidates receive a full tuition fellowship.” </p>

<p>Does this mean that you do not have to pay tutuion fees as a phd candidate? </p>

<p>help is appreciated
cheers,</p>

<p>Tim</p>

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<p>Yes, that is what it means. In most, if not all cases, PhD candidates also receive a stipend and health insurance.</p>

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<p>That’s correct. The August bill will show the tuition charge and then a credit from the fellowship for the same amount. You’ll also get a stipend. Some masters programs also have funding.</p>

<p>I believe all grad students automatically get health insurance unless you choose to waive it.</p>

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<p>Yes Tim, most graduate students don’t actually pay the tuition. </p>

<p>I guess they figure you are already paying for it by spending (wasting?) 5-10 years of your life pursuing the PhD(!).</p>

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<p>It means what it means.</p>

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<p>hey,
thanks for your replies. Fundin is much rarer in the U.K.
Do all Ivy League unis offer full tution stipeds to their phd candidates ?</p>

<p>regards,
time</p>

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<p>Not sure about other Ivies, but Yale certainly does.</p>

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<p>Many US schools offer free tuition to Ph.D. students; it isn’t just the Ivies. Some will offer funding to top candidates but not the others.</p>

<p>After looking at your other posts…</p>

<p>I don’t know of any US schools that offer a MPhil. We usually have MA/MS degrees. (None of that automatic MA after a certain number of years like Oxbridge here.) </p>

<p>Four points: (1) most US Ph.D. programs in poli sci require knowledge of two foreign languages to an intermediate level before you can get the actual Ph.D. You may already have that, but it’s the biggest stumbling block for many Americans. (Some of my offspring’s friends get D.Phil.s in the UK for this reason.) (2) Few top schools have the bifurcated master’s/doctor degree system of admissions like Oxbridge. By that I mean, MOST candidates who are accepted into American Ph.D. programs do not already have a master’s degree.(My understanding is that at Oxbridge most people enroll in MPhil programs and then apply to continue for a D.Phil. while enrolled. ) Most master’s programs that do exist at Yale are “terminal;” you aren’t expected to go on to a Ph.D. (3) Many US Ph.D. programs weed out students along the way. If you get weeded out, you often end up with a MA. If you don’t, you usually just get a Ph.D.(4) In the US, a poli sci Ph.D. now takes on average about 6 years to complete.</p>

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<p>Yale gives an MPhil degree along the way to a PhD. You just have to petition for it when you meet the requirements. For example, see the History department’s website:</p>

<p>[Graduate</a> Program | History Department | Yale University](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/history/gradprogram.html]Graduate”>http://www.yale.edu/history/gradprogram.html)</p>

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<p>I stand corrected! Learn something new every day.</p>

<p>And it also looks like you don’t need two foreign languages in poli sci at Yale. (Many other programs do require two.)</p>