The Graduate School and Your Department

Throughout your graduate studies, you will spend the majority of your time in your home department, which provides the faculty resources and services that are integral to your academic program. The Graduate School provides access to the broader graduate community and valuable support that can enhance your graduate experience and help you successfully complete your program. In addition, the Graduate School administers the rules and regulations of the university that govern the process of degree completion from admission through graduation.

Each graduate program interacts with the Graduate School on your behalf through the services of the graduate adviser, the graduate coordinator, and the chair of the Graduate Studies Committee. The graduate adviser and graduate coordinator oversee the details of your academic program, and the chair of the Graduate Studies Committee acts as the representative of the faculty committee that administers the academic policies of your degree program. Your master's or doctoral degree is granted by the Graduate School, and you will be hooded at the Graduate School Convocation during commencement weekend.

The Graduate School's Services

The Graduate School is committed to providing services and resources to all graduate students to ensure that the graduate education experience is the best it can be. We are here to assist you with many of the issues and concerns related to graduate student life at UT Austin. Our office is in the Main Building, Room 101. For the most up-to-date information and more details about our services visit us online. http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/

Graduate Student Services

The Student Services area of the Graduate School works closely with you and your department to provide services such as orientation, adding and dropping courses, registration procedures, student academic employment, degree evaluation and convocation. Although many of your questions can be answered by your departmental graduate adviser or graduate coordinator, the Graduate School student services staff is available on a walk-in basis to advise you on matters such as a petition for withdrawal or questions about formatting your dissertation or thesis.

Financing Your Graduate Education

The Graduate School maintains a list of graduate fellow programs for our students. Many of the fellowships are administered through the Graduate School, but we also list fellowships that are awarded to students in a particular field of study. In addition to fellowships we also administer teaching assistant (TA) and assistant instructor (AI) tuition assistance. The assistance is based on the number of hours the TA/AI appointment is paid on a semester basis.
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Graduate Recruitment and Outreach

Graduate education is an investment. Now that you’re here at UT Austin, we want to make sure you get the most from your education. We are committed not only to providing a first-class environment for graduate education, but also to embracing a diversity of scholars and ideas across our more than 100 graduate programs. We offer a variety of recruitment fellowships and outreach programs to help attract top students.

External Relations

Building our graduate community is essential to the Graduate School's overall mission. The External Relations area reaches out to students, alumni and friends through various programs, home and office visits, workshops, an electronic monthly newsletter, and our home page. We seek to connect supporters of graduate education with our programs and services, so that together we can expand our community and support students and faculty across campus.