[visionlist] Resources for foreign graduate students

[Frishman, Laura]

University of Houston:

Physiological Optics and Vision Sciences, College of Optometry

All graduate students receive an offer of free tuition and fees, and a
stipend of  $20,772.  Licensed optometrists received current resident's
pay which is currently about $30,000.  Students are supported by teaching
assistantships (TA, most common in the first year), research assistantships
(RA)
from advisors' grants, or by a training grant from National Eye Institute.
All
TA support is open to foreign nationals; similarly virtually all RA support
(except from the training grant) is open to foreign nationals who currently
comprise ~55% of our 33 students.

Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering (research in
vision and cognitive neuroscience) 

Our policy for PhD students is to identify an advisor at the time of
admission; if the advisor has funding then the department supports the
first year as teaching assistant (TA). In the following years, the
student is supported by the advisor's  grant as research assistant (RA).
Students qualify for the Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship (GATF)
which covers the cost of 9 hours of tuition. All TA support is open to
foreign nationals; similarly virtually all RA support is open to foreign
nationals. Currently 66% of graduate students are foreign nationals.

Laura J. Frishman, Optometry		 lfrishman at uh.edu
Haluk Ogmen, Engineering (ECE)	 ogmen at central.uh.edu

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From: Patrick Cavanagh [mailto:patrick at wjh.harvard.edu] 
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