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Where learning, discovery, and creativity flourish.
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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.
April 30, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
McGaw Pavilion, 240 E. Huron
Title of Presentation: "Non-Canonical Functions of CENP-F in Chromosomal and Genomic Instability" This is a hybrid ev...
May 3, All Day
Dissertation, PhD Final Exam and change of grade forms due to TGS for Spring PhD candidates
May 3, All Day
Last day to drop a FULL-TERM class for Spring. Any requests after this date result in a W on the transcript and must go ...
30 individuals were selected out of over 2,300 applicants, who will each receive up to $90,000 toward their graduate education. Minjung is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences under the mentorship of Professors Omar Farha and Dayne Swearer.
The O'Donnell Brain Institute (OBI) at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center invites you to apply for the inaugural OBI Graduate Student Award Symposium to be held Thursday, October 17 – Friday, October 18. Selected awardees will deliver invited talks at the symposium, engage with faculty and trainees, and learn firsthand about our vibrant neuroscience community.