Students eligible to receive tuition benefits for the May session or for the summer term must complete and submit the May Session/Summer Request for Graduate Assistant Tuition Benefits (Word) form to Graduate Assistant Employment via:
- e-mail: gaoinfo@umn.edu
- fax: 612-625-9801
- mail or in person: 100 Donhowe, 319 15th Ave SE, Mpls., MN 55455
Summer Term and Summer Session Graduate Assistantships
- To receive tuition benefits, you must be placed in a tuition-bearing classification title
- To receive maximum tuition benefits for the summer term, you must work at least 260 hours during the 13-week term (except students in job code 9574)
- To receive any tuition benefits, you must work at least 65 hours during the 13-week term.
- Students with job code 9574 (Summer Session Teaching Assistant with tuition benefits) must work at least 160 hours during the May/Summer session in order to receive maximum tuition benefits for the May/Summer session.
- Students with job code 9574 (Summer Session Teaching Assistant with tuition benefits) must work at least 40 hours during the May/Summer session in order to receive any tuition benefits for the May/Summer session.
- Hours worked must be within the official summer term calendar dates of May 26-August 24, 2008, to be credited for tuition benefits.
Tuition benefits earned during the May or summer sessions can be used interchangeably. Summer term dates are May 26-August 24, 2008. The Law School has one summer term from May 12-August 10, 2008.
Tuition-bearing Graduate Assistant Job Codes and Titles
Registration is NOT required during the May session nor summer terms.
| Job code |
Title |
Maximum Benefit |
| 9511 |
Teaching assistant |
$4870.00 |
| 9515 |
Graduate instructor |
$4870.00 |
| 9521 |
Research assistant |
$4870.00 |
| 9526 |
Graduate research project assistant |
$4870.00 |
| 9531 |
Administrative fellow |
$4870.00 |
| 9553 |
Dental fellow |
$4870.00 |
| 9554 |
Medical fellow |
$4870.00 |
| 9559 |
Medical resident |
$4870.00 |
| 9574 |
Summer session TA w/tuition benefit |
$4870.00 |
| 9517 |
Ph.D. candidate graduate instructor |
$811.67 |
| 9518 |
Advanced masters teaching assistant |
$811.67 |
| 9519 |
Ph.D. (w/24 thesis credits) teaching assistant |
$811.67 |
| 9527 |
Ph.D. candidate graduate research project assistant |
$811.67 |
| 9528 |
Advanced masters research assistant |
$811.67 |
| 9529 |
Ph.D. (w/24 thesis credits) research assistant |
$811.67 |
| 9532 |
Advanced masters administrative fellow |
$811.67 |
| 9533 |
Ph.D. (w/24 thesis credits) administrative fellow |
$811.67 |
| 9538 |
Legal project assistant |
$10,000.00 |
Nontuition-bearing Job Codes
9535, 9539, 9571, 9572, 9573, and 9575
Detailed Tuition Benefits Calculations
Summer Session TA appointments - 9574 (Excel)
Summer Term appointments (Excel)
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