Diversity Enhancement Pathway (DEP)

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Admission and Funding

Funding and Awards

Through this pathway, Miami seeks the educational benefits of a diverse student body. Although we do not define diversity solely in terms of racial and ethnic status, we affirm our longstanding commitment to achieving a student body that is rich in racial and ethnic diversity. By achieving a critical mass of racial and ethnic diversity we enhance the content and context of a Miami education, both inside and outside the classroom. A diverse student body benefits all students.

The Miami University Diversity Enhancement Pathway (DEP) is intended to attract diverse domestic students to Miami's graduate programs, with the goal of increasing the number of diverse domestic students completing master's and doctoral studies at Miami University.

Faculty can nominate students applying to a Miami University graduate program who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States, and who self-identify from a group traditionally underrepresented in graduate studies. Students who participated in McNair Scholars programs are also eligible. Faculty can also nominate discipline-specific diverse applicants and they will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Doctoral students are eligible for the Dissertation Scholarship award in their final year of study.

DEP provides a Graduate School funded stipend and tuition waiver for one academic semester per year for either two years for master's students or four years for doctoral students. This will result in either two semesters or four semesters of Graduate School funded support for master's or doctoral students, respectively. Departments will provide the remaining stipend and tuition waiver for the duration of the student's graduate program and will assign assistantship duties for the awardee.

The Graduate School

The Graduate School is committed to advocating and supporting graduate programs dedicated to the pursuit of new knowledge and best teaching practices that promote diverse, globally aware graduate students and faculty.