Graduate students may obtain financial support from several sources.
- The University of Cincinnati provides merit-based graduate awards in the form of tuition scholarships (known as University Graduate Scholarships or UGS), graduate assistantships (including teaching and research assistantships), and program-specific scholarships and fellowships.
- Scholarship and fellowship support is also available from a diverse collection of external sponsors at the local, state, national, and international levels.
- Need-based support may be obtained from federal and state sources. See the UC Financial Aid website for information on loans and other need-based funding.