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Merit-Based Performance Fellowships
The School of Music annually awards more than 100 graduate music fellowships on the basis of outstanding musical ability as demonstrated by your audition or continuing progress in your program. For fellowship consideration, you must audition on or before February 10, and submit three letters of recommendation addressing your musical skills, and complete the online application. Decisions will be made on or about March 15, and recipients will be notified on or about April 1.
 
Graduate Assistantships
More than 100 assistantships are awarded annually to graduate music students. Assistantships are available to graduate students in areas including theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, private lesson instruction, conducting and various professional service areas.
 
Assistantships provide a stipend and enable students with at least a 25% appointment to pay resident tuition and receive a tuition benefit equal to twice the percentage of the appointment. For example, a 25% assistantship provides a 50% tuition reduction. The balance of any tuition due is based on the resident tuition rate. Recipients are still responsible for fees such as lesson fee, student service fee, etc. Health insurance coverage is required for each year of appointment. The amount of coverage is approximately twice the amount of your assistantship percentage (i.e. 50% assistantship = 100% coverage, etc.). Graduate students are responsible for any remaining amount for health care insurance.
Note: The Title IV code for the University of Minnesota is 003969
 
Graduate School Fellowships
There are a number of fellowships available through the Graduate School.  For more information, click here.
 
Applicants with strong academic records (GPA of 3.8 or higher and high GRE test scores) are eligible to be nominated for Graduate School Fellowships. The purpose of the Graduate School Fellowship (GSF) is to assist directly in the recruitment of outstanding students by providing the incentive of an academic-year merit fellowship. The School of Music may nominate prospective students entering the University of Minnesota Graduate School for the first time in the upcoming academic year. Fellowship recipients receive a stipend for the academic year plus full tuition. Eligible recipients are also covered by comprehensive health insurance, including subsidized dependent and dental care. For current information, click here.
 
Educational Opportunity Fellowships
Fellowships are awarded annually by the Graduate School to first-year underrepresented graduate students. Students must be nominated by the School of Music. Applicants normally have a GPA of at least 3.2 and strong GRE scores. For current information, click here.