Grad Life

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Living the Longhorn Life

Explore Grad Life at UT Austin

Life as a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin means receiving a world class education in top-ranked programs, having access to premium health and wellness resources, the opportunity to join 1,300+ student organizations and more- all while living in Austin, Texas.

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Campus Life

Campus life at UT Austin is just as dynamic as the people who live, work and learn here.

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Career & Professional Development

Access career and professional development resources, such as workshops, training, recruitment fairs and more.

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Families & Childcare

There are a number of resources, policies and staff at UT Austin to assist graduate student parents.

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Health & Wellness

UT Austin offers many resources to keep students at their peak mentally and physically.

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Housing & Transportation

Graduate students have several options for where they live, along with multiple ways to get around campus and the city.

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Student Organizations

Learn how you can get involved with student organizations on campus, such as the Graduate Student Assembly.

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    On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the incredible women across UT that inspire, lead and contribute to changing the world 🤘
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    On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the incredible women across UT that inspire, lead and contribute to changing the world 🤘

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    UT graduate students: Join us on Tuesday, March 5 from 10 - 11:30 a.m. in the Graduate School office at Main 101 for breakfast treats during our Open House!<br />
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    UT graduate students: Join us on Tuesday, March 5 from 10 - 11:30 a.m. in the Graduate School office at Main 101 for breakfast treats during our Open House!

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    Inspired by his work at a forensic finance consulting firm before grad school, Prateek Mahajan now studies finance as a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the McCombs School of Business.
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    Inspired by his work at a forensic finance consulting firm before grad school, Prateek Mahajan now studies finance as a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the McCombs School of Business.

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    What’s grad life like in Austin, Texas? This is what a Monday afternoon in February looks like. ☀️ <br /><br />That’s it. That’s the post.
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    What’s grad life like in Austin, Texas? This is what a Monday afternoon in February looks like. ☀️

    That’s it. That’s the post.

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    Using a sociological lens, Faith Deckard’s work focuses on better understanding how people and their families navigate the criminal legal system and its aftermath. A sixth-year Ph.D.
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    Using a sociological lens, Faith Deckard’s work focuses on better understanding how people and their families navigate the criminal legal system and its aftermath. A sixth-year Ph.D.

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    Combining his interests in education and the psychology of learning, Ph.D. student Ryan A. Mata focuses on how facets of identity and culture play a role in educational trajectories and outcomes for adolescents and undergraduates. Ryan is a 2nd year Ph.D.
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    Combining his interests in education and the psychology of learning, Ph.D. student Ryan A. Mata focuses on how facets of identity and culture play a role in educational trajectories and outcomes for adolescents and undergraduates. Ryan is a 2nd year Ph.D.

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    Nirmalay Barua, today's #UTGradStudentProfile, is a 3rd year Ph.D. student from Bangladesh studying gas sensing devices in the Materials Science and Engineering program at the Cockrell School of Engineering.
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    Nirmalay Barua, today's #UTGradStudentProfile, is a 3rd year Ph.D. student from Bangladesh studying gas sensing devices in the Materials Science and Engineering program at the Cockrell School of Engineering.

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    Today's #UTGradStudentProfile, Greg Holste, has always been drawn to data analysis. Now a third-year Ph.D. student in the Cockrell School’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, he is leveraging that skill to advance his research on medical artificial intelligence (AI).
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    Today's #UTGradStudentProfile, Greg Holste, has always been drawn to data analysis. Now a third-year Ph.D. student in the Cockrell School’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, he is leveraging that skill to advance his research on medical artificial intelligence (AI).

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    Izzi Clark has always been fascinated by animal behavior and ecology. After studying wild lemurs in Madagascar as an undergrad, she became incredibly drawn to primates by their rich social lives and evolutionary proximity to humans. <br />
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    Izzi Clark has always been fascinated by animal behavior and ecology. After studying wild lemurs in Madagascar as an undergrad, she became incredibly drawn to primates by their rich social lives and evolutionary proximity to humans.

Graduate Student Tour

Life in Austin

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Life in Austin is like no other. Experience live music, film and art, take a dip in the spring-fed waters of Barton Springs Pool or a hike along the Greenbelt, enjoy year-round sunshine and sample some of the best food in Texas.

Graduate Student Events

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Scheduled
Tuesday March 19, 2024, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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This session will describe the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center's Well-being in Learning Environments project that collaborates with faculty to support student mental health. During the session, we will learn about and practice various wellness strategies, including expressing gratitude, developing a growth mindset, and being self-compassionate.
Teaching resources
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Scheduled
Tuesday March 19, 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Main 101
Join the Center for Teaching and Learning to discuss resources that are available to help students develop teaching skills while at UT Austin and build instructional portfolios.
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Canceled
Thursday March 21, 2024, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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This workshop will provide the opportunity to critically reflect on what diversity means to you and how you demonstrate a commitment to diversity, as well as to begin articulating how these values are apparent in your current practice and future goals.
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Scheduled
Thursday March 21, 2024, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
FAC 2.236
Join STEM Muse, Texas Career Engagement, and the Society for Advancing Gender Equity in STEM (SAGES) at UT for an inspiring Women in STEM Career Panel. This is a hybrid event.
The Graduate School
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Scheduled
Monday March 25, 2024, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Virtual
At this workshop, we will review the guidelines and deadlines for graduation this semester. Topics will include applying to graduate, how to submit your thesis or report to the Texas Digital Library and your final paperwork submission to the Graduate School.
Making time for wellness
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Scheduled
Monday March 25, 2024, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Main 101
Join representatives from the Counseling and Mental Health Center—including the new CARE counselor devoted to graduate students—to learn about wellness resources and navigating the stress of graduate school.
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Scheduled
Wednesday March 27, 2024, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
FAC 2.142 Classrooms ABC
This in-person workshop will address the lack of accessible and compassionate communication, along with supplying participants with immediately implementable skills and resources.
Graduate student assembly meeting
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Scheduled
Wednesday March 27, 2024, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Recurs: every 2 weeks on Wednesday at 5:30pm until Wed, May 8 2024
WCP 2.302 Legislative Assembly Room
Graduate Student Assembly meetings will be held in a hybrid format every other Wednesday from 5:30-6:30. Graduate Students can join in person or via Zoom.
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UT Grad Students in the News

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New Ph.D. led research: Why the Powerhouses of Cells Evolve Differently in Plants

March 1, 2024
Evolution is a slow process occurring over many generations, but it can happen more quickly in some cases than others. A team of scientists, led by Ph.D. student Kendra Zwonitzer, has found out why mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, may be evolving rapidly in some plants.
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Little Groundwater Recharge in Ancient Mars Aquifer, Graduate Student Discovery

Feb. 21, 2024
A discovery by Jackson School of Geosciences doctoral student Eric Hiatt shows that no matter how much rainfall fell on the surface of ancient Mars, very little of it seeped into an aquifer in the planet’s southern highlands.
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UT Postdoctoral Researcher Spreads Consumer Awareness on Chemicals Harmful to Hormones

Jan. 25, 2024
In UT’s Gore Lab, a group of researchers — affectionately called “The Gore Girls” — and their experimental rats collaborate with one another to understand how endocrine disruptors affect human hormones.
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Passing the Torch: A First-Gen Ph.D. Candidate on Becoming a Role Model

Dec. 1, 2023
At only 25, Ana Guadalupe Vielma has already reached some remarkable academic and professional milestones. She earned her Master’s in Education in the spring of 2023 and is just a few months shy of her PhD, with a focus on Human Development, Culture, and Learning Sciences.
2023 Michael H. Granof Award Winner Will Burg

New Technologies with a Twist: Engineering Alumnus Wins Top Dissertation Prize

July 11, 2023
Dr. Will Burg’s dissertation, “Collective Quantum States in Twist Controlled Graphene Heterostructures” was awarded the 2023 Michael H. Granof Award – the Graduate School’s most prestigious honor. The contributions of his groundbreaking dissertation is widely recognized by those in the field and can potentially lead to new quantum devices for computation.
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Pedro Valdez-Castro Receives Brumley Fellowship from Strauss Center

July 5, 2023
LLILAS master’s student Pedro Valdez-Castro has been awarded a Brumley NextGen Fellowship by the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at LBJ School of Public Affairs. During academic year 2023–24, he will develop a research project within the center’s Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative and receive mentorship from its director, Stephanie Leutert.
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Graduate Student First Author on PNAS Paper

June 13, 2023
Kimberly J. Long, a Ph.D. candidate in the Dalby Lab in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, was a first author of a recent research paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Fulbright Scholar Program Grants 4 UT Awards for 2023-2024

June 6, 2023
The U.S. Department of State and Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected four members of The University of Texas at Austin to receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2023-2024 academic year, including one postdoctoral fellow.
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