<p>Today I faintly overheard some students discussing that my university helps professors pay back their student loans. I don’t know if it’s true or not and I may have misheard. But out of curiosity, do universities ever do this?</p>
<p>If so, please provide the name of the university! This is unheard of, and I want a job there!</p>
<p>Thanks, Professor X. I just wanted to make sure this wasn’t something I was in the dark about. I didn’t think it was common practice. I either misheard, or those who were discussing it were misinformed. </p>
<p>Although I do know for a fact that children of faculty and staff receive reduced or free tuition at my university. I believe that is more common.</p>
<p>Yes, tuition remission for dependents of faculty and staff is quite common, although unfortunately, not universal.</p>
<p>So, this may be referring to the repayment of the stipend from before the student joined the lab. This situation happens at my university sometimes where a student was paid their first year stipend from graduate school funds but does their thesis in the school of medicine. The lab that takes them on has to repay that first year stipend amount to the graduate school. Rest assured this does not impact the graduate student positively or negatively.</p>