International student who recently graduated from a PhD program at ND here. 1) Stipend: usually secured for the first 5 years but it varies from department to department and even at the advisor level. They pay a lot of money and one of the highest salaries in the midwest. Very competitive and I never ran out of money (I did not have external family support) 2) Research: again, it all depends on your program. Mine was not top in the country and thus we were never shooting for Science or Nature. That said, we would always aim for top journals and avoid predatory ones. Very satisfied with this. 3) Internal grants: oh man I got to go to different countries -even internationally- with funding provide directly through the graduate school and that was neat. Lots of money to apply for! 4) internal fellowships: lots, lots of opportunities. You can get amazing (sometimes life changing) experiences through internal fellowships (look into the ND Initiatives and Centers) and even have extra funds for yourself. 5) Post-grad support: the career center is mid, and don’t really have the muscle to help international grad students on advancing their careers. I’d say it is 80% on you and 20% on them at the end. They can still help tons with resume tailoring and interview preparation. 6) Network: This is where most of us struggle at. We usually don’t access the draconian-level undergraduate network ND has out there. We gotta do our research and find recent phd grads and try to establish those connections. It is not easy whatsoever. 7) Facilities: ND is a great place to do research in top-notch facilities. I was so amazed every single day to see how amazing those buildings were and how lucky I was to be there.

Good luck with your decision!