Stage 4 · Lesson 3 of 7
Assistantships and funded research degrees
An pays you, and often covers tuition, in exchange for work. A teaching assistant marks work and runs tutorials or labs. A research assistant works on a professor's funded project, often the one that becomes your .
In many countries, funded PhDs come as a package. It includes a or salary, tuition covered, and sometimes health cover. are funded less often, and rarely.
Some departments do offer assistant roles to masters students after arrival. Ask departments directly what funding they offer and when it is decided.
Common trapcounting on an assistantship you hope to find after arriving, then facing a full year of fees and rent with no income.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 2 cheat sheet entries come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
Resources for this stage
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- GuideFreeEduCanada
Government of Canada
Scholarships open to international students in Canada
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Also worth your time
- MastersportalGo deeper
Filter programmes by tuition and find scholarship listings to confirm on the funder's page