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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.
Funding OptionsTGS is home to more than 3,200 PhD and 1,400 Master’s students, from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Get to know our diverse community.
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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.
July 5, All Day
Application for degree due to The Graduate School to receive a degree in Summer
August 2, All Day
Dissertation, PhD Final Exam, and change of grade forms due to TGS for Summer PhD candidates
The Graduate School (TGS) is pleased to offer a TGS graduate student childcare grant program, which enables eligible TGS student parents to take advantage of available childcare options. This grant is designed to offer extra childcare support to fully funded PhD and MFA student parents within TGS, wherever they may reside. Apply by Tuesday, July 9.
Join the Office of Fellowships for a three-session virtual writing workshop to help you prepare applications for graduate school funding opportunities. This three-part workshop will share characteristics of successful applications and common pitfalls to avoid.