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Information About Graduate Student Instructors and Staff Assistants at the University of Michigan

As of November 1 each year
Number of Graduate Student Instructors (FTE*) by Unit

Page updated December 17, 2007

* Full time equivalent (FTE) indicates the number of GSIs each unit would have if all of the part-time instructors were added together to create full-time positions. For instance, two 50% GSIs would equal one FTE.

Units with a relatively large number of undergraduate students, such as LS&A and Engineering, engage a correspondingly large number of GSIs. Schools that offer programs only at the graduate and professional level are likely to have very few GSIs or none at all.

  General Fund
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture
and Urban Planning
8.2 8.6 9.2 8.8 8.2 7.9 8.9 11.0 9.5 10.1
School of Art and Design 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.3 2.8 2.6 4.2 4.5 3.7
Stephen M. Ross School of Business 6.1 6.9 9.5 8.0 9.4 7.8 7.8 8.0 6.0 4.9
School of Dentistry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
School of Education 13.0 16.7 18.4 19.7 16.1 16.5 14.3 12.1 11.4 11.4
College of Engineering 85.2 93.5 98.9 92.7 91.2 86.2 83.9 80.8 79.5 83.5
School of Information 2.1 2.5 3.3 2.5 4.7 6.7 4.7 7.2 5.9 7.6
Division of Kinesiology 0.7 1.5 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.3 2.7 3.3 5.1
Law School 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts 439.5 499.7 490.7 498.0 529.6 551.6 533.0 556.6 584.1 563.9
Medical School 1.3 0.6 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.3 2.6 2.8 3.4 3.3
School of Music 15.1 15.3 16.1 15.5 17.3 18.6 16.7 20.0 18.3 16.5
School of Natural Resources and Environment 17.1 20.6 17.9 16.6 3.7 5.0 2.5 3.2 4.3 4.8
School of Nursing 3.2 4.2 4.6 6.2 5.2 7.4 6.6 4.0 6.3 9.5
College of Pharmacy 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.5 2.2 2.7 2.8
School of Public Health 6.0 7.7 9.0 9.3 9.9 11.0 11.8 10.9 10.9 11.9
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.3 0.3 2.5 5.6 6.1 5.9
School of Social Work 0.7 2.2 1.5 2.5 3.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 0.8
Subtotal Schools/Colleges* 608.9 691.1 692.9 694.1 712.3 729.7 704.6 732.5 758.5 746.2
Other Units 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.8
TOTAL ANN ARBOR CAMPUS* 609.0 691.1 693.1 694.8 712.4 729.7 705.1 734.0 760.0 747.0
*Detail may not sum to total due to rounding.
Source: Faculty and Staff Data Displays or FTE reports, HRRIS
Office of Budget and Planning, University of Michigan: November 13, 2007

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Current or prospective graduate students seeking information on obtaining GSI/GSSA appointments should contact the academic department where they are enrolled, or plan to enroll. Information on all University of Michigan academic departments is located at http://www.umich.edu/units.php

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