Doctor of Engineering Assistantships Scholarships

Get paid while you study and gain academia experience!

Assistantships provide future and/or current Doctor of Engineering students of high calibre a very affordable way of completing their Doctoral program. This is also a great opportunity for a student to gain valuable experience in academia.

Full-time and part-time research Doctorate students may be awarded assistantships, which fall into 2 general categories: Teaching Assistant (TA) and Graduate Assistant (GA).

Assistantships are an arrangement in which financial support is given to a graduate student who engages in teaching and/or research in furtherance of the institute’s academic mission, as well as his or her graduate education.

• Applicant must receive and accept an offer, or be currently enrolled into EIT’s DEng program as a full time or part time student.
• You must not be currently employed by EIT in a teaching role.
• You must not be a recipient of the EIT staff postgraduate research scholarship.
• You must not have failed any units during your study in the DEng program at EIT
• You must not have any outstanding tuition fees owing to EIT
• You will be invited to do an academic presentation with the academic faculty as part of the eligibility process.
• The EIT academic faculty will select and appoint TA and GA roles, based on satisfying all eligibility requirements and suitability for the position.