(1) Friendship means full prize.
Generally, it is only issued to doctoral students, and it is only issued for one year. This year, students can get it without doing anything, but the next year, the school requires students to choose a specific tutor and get funding from the tutor.
(2) Research Assistant (RA) and Teaching Assistant (ta).
Students engaged in the corresponding work, get the corresponding remuneration (free of tuition). The cost of research assistance (RA) comes from the research funds of professors, and the number of teaching assistants in the department is allocated to professors, leaving only a small number of TA places, which means that both research assistance and teaching assistants can be obtained with the support of professors (tutors).
Engineering graduate students who want to get scholarships can pay attention to two kinds of professors: one is new professors. It is not easy to recruit students because of their low popularity at first, but in fact, these professors are very capable. In order to support the new professor, the school will also provide a financial support, which is only valid in the first 1 year or 2 years. Students who want to apply for a scholarship can focus on it and boldly contact the professor; The second is those professors who have many projects and are supported by funds. But they are usually very busy and it is difficult to make an appointment for an interview.
If you want to get a teaching assistant, you should start by working in the laboratory for free.
How to persuade the professor to support you? First of all, you should choose your favorite professor's course, talk to the professor about your understanding of the research direction, and then put forward that you want to join the professor's research in the laboratory. The professor may say that he can't use you without money, which is normal. ? At this point, you can say that you are interested in this direction, as long as you can participate in the research. Normally, the professor will not refuse you. Why not use free labor? After entering the laboratory, do the work assigned to you, and the professor will arrange a doctoral student to take you. One semester is enough for the professor to get to know you. It is not difficult to get a teaching assistant before the second semester starts. Ordinary schools are only allowed to be teaching assistants for two semesters, so we should strive for scientific research assistance. As long as you apply for teaching assistant for the first time, tuition and living expenses will not be a problem in the future. ?