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Where learning, discovery, and creativity flourish.
Where learning, discovery, and creativity flourish.
Preparing and inspiring scholars to transform our world.
From admission to graduation, The Graduate School (TGS) supports graduate students throughout their experience, awarding doctoral and master’s degrees in more than seventy disciplines. We are a resource throughout your academic journey.
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TGS provides most doctoral students with a stipend and scholarship to pay tuition costs; they are supported for a minimum of five years. For master’s students, external grants and loans make graduate study accessible.
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The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has made the TGS U-Pass program optional on a quarterly basis for the 2023–24 academic year. If you choose to opt in, your U-Pass will be activated (or issued) for the Spring Quarter and a quarterly $125 U-Pass Transit Card Fee will be applied to your student account.
March 21, All Day
Registration for Spring Quarter Opens for new TGS and Evanston Grad students
Sunnier days and unseasonably warm weather have our thoughts turning toward spring earlier than usual this year. Springtime fills us with a sense of renewal and expands opportunities to engage with many graduate student and postdoctoral communities. Our campuses begin to surge with student- and postdoc-led events and activities as we leave winter behind and creep closer to Spring Quarter.
To ensure your U-Pass is created and activated on Tuesday, March 26 (the start of the Spring Quarter), please complete the Spring Quarter opt-in form by Friday, March 8 (for new U-Pass holders) or by Wednesday, March 20 (for current U-Pass holders).