PhD Applicants
Fellowship Package for Full-time Students
- Full tuition scholarship, including all academic fees. Tuition and Fee Schedule
- A competitive stipend for 2025-2026 of $34,333 per year for 12 month programs or $28,611 per year for 10 month programs.
- Single coverage AETNA student health insurance policy.
- Refund Schedule
Health Insurance
The University Health Service (UHS) provides a full range of confidential, high quality primary health care services for full-time students and other members of the University community.
Full-time students participate in the Student Health Program, which covers primary care visits to UHS, time-limited therapy at the University Counseling Center (UCC), and health promotion services.
UHS offers health insurance for individual full-time University of Rochester students and their spouses/domestic partners through AETNA. Full-time students are required to participate in this plan unless they complete the Health Insurance Selection Process indicating they are waiving the insurance plan because they have other insurance. Insurance for spouses/partners and families is available for a fee payable by the student.
Childcare Program
The University of Rochester is implementing a pilot childcare grant program for full-time PhD students, on University appointments, who are parents of children, newborn through age 6 (“student-parents”). The objective of this program is to provide some financial assistance to Rochester PhD students with childcare expenses. Additional details can be found at https://www.rochester.edu/graduate-education/phd-students/childcare-grant/.