Longwood Graduate programs recognize that graduate assistantships provide critical educational opportunities for graduate students, and that assistantships are directly related to the core elements of student's graduate degrees and the educational reasons students attend Longwood. Moreover, graduate assistantships provide a mechanism through which Graduate Studies may provide students consistent and regularized financial assistance.

Faculty or staff who wish to request a graduate assistant position must submit their Request for Graduate Assistant (pdf) by February 1 for an assistantship beginning the next Fall term.

Students admitted to a degree program may apply for a graduate assistantship by May 1 for an assistantship beginning the next Fall term by submitting the Graduate Assistant Application (pdf). Students are encouraged to browse through the graduate assistant positions available and indicate their preference on their application.

All applicants should be familiar with the Graduate Assistant Policy and Procedures.