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Important Dates
May
15
2026
Master's completion form due for TGS Spring master's candidates
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Master's completion form due for TGS Spring master's candidates
May
18
2026
May
21
2026
Presidential Fellows Lunch & Learn
12:00 PMParkes Hall, 1870 Sheridan Road
Please join The Graduate School (TGS) for a Lunch & Learn event featuring two of Northwestern's Presidential Fellows, wh...
May
22
2026
May
25
2026
Last day to drop a five-week course ending in week 10 of the Spring term (5W2)
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Last day to drop a five-week course ending in week 10 of the Spring term (5W2)
May
25
2026
No classes - Memorial Day - University offices are closed
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No classes - Memorial Day - University offices are closed
Get to Know Our Community
TGS is home to more than 3,500 PhD and 1,900 master’s students, from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds.
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Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Cook Family Writing Program
Hannah Johnson
PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering
Rebecca Clements
PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering
Explore All Spotlights
From Materials Science to Political Science, explore the diverse research and unique stories of our PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows.
Alexander Kane
PhD Candidate in the Materials Science and Engineering Department
Katie Cohen
PhD Candidate in the Health Sciences Integrated Program
John Ahrens
PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biological Engineering
Peter Carlson
PhD Student in the Department of Chemistry
Ryan Forelli
PhD Student in Computer Engineering
Jenny Bartloff
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
Madeline Melzer
PhD Candidate in the Driskill Graduate Program and Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Amanda Ziyi Fu
PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science