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Graduate Division – Quality, Diversity, Opportunity
The graduate programs offered by the University of California, Riverside attract some of the great minds in the sciences and arts, incubating new ideas, contributing to the local quality of life and educating the future leaders of California. UC Riverside is a place where bold ideas flourish, where people from different walks of life come together to pursue their interests and their dreams. The University offers its students and faculty the support, resources and inspiration to explore, discover and contribute new knowledge and the opportunity to go on to lead fulfilling, relevant careers and rewarding lives as citizens and leaders.
Get Your Graduate Career Started
UC Riverside has dozens of graduate degree programs. Get started by searching our list of programs to find the one that suits your interests. Then apply for admission!
New Graduate Degrees
The campus has just been approved to offer three new graduate degrees: the Master of Science in Computer Engineering; the on-line Master of Science in Engineering; and the MPAc in Accounting. All will begin in Fall 2012.
Thirteen NSF GRFP Winners!
Thirteen UCR graduate students were awarded with the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program and fourteen received honorable mentions. In addition to prestige, the awards also include three years of funding and research support.
Staff Member Highlighted
Graduate Division staff member, Kara Oswood, has been highlighted in UCR Today. See the article at http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/category/inside-ucr-getting-personal
Graduate Division Newsletter
The first issue of the Graduate Division Newsletter is now available at
http://gsrc.ucr.edu/fall-2012-newsletter/ In it we highlight the extraordinary achievements of our graduate students. Take a look!
UCR Recipient of Million Dollar Grants
The University has received multiple GAANN grants which will be used to assist 12 distinguished graduate students in the departments of chemistry, bioengineering and electrical engineering. The grant to chemistry, totaling $660,000 for three years, will support six graduate students. The grants to bioengineering and electrical engineering, totaling about $400,000 each for three years, will support three graduate students in bioengineering and three graduate students in electrical engineering. For more information see the story at http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/10161
Fellowship Reception
Graduate students, UCR trustees, faculty, deans, and other guests gathered at the Chancellor’s residence on October 16 to celebrate the achievements of UCR graduate students’ efforts in seeking competitive external funding this past year. Those honored included recipients of NSF GRFP awards, Jacob Javits Fellows, Ford Foundation Fellows, NIH fellows and others. This past year over 100 graduate students collectively received over a million dollars in system-wide, national, and international fellowships in fields as diverse as Dance, Bioengineering, Ethnic Studies, and Physics, to name only a few of the disciplines represented. Pictured are students from Chemical and Environmental Engineering with CEE Graduate Adviser, Professor Sharon Walker and Dean Joseph Childers.
Summit on Everest!
Anthropology PhD Candidate, Young Hoon Oh, and his team summited Mt. Everest on May 19th in a season when 10 climbers have been killed. More on the story can be found at UCR Today. He will continue to do fieldwork in Nepal after a brief stint at home in Seoul.
Juliet Beni - PhD Recipient at 19
At 19 Juliet Beni is the youngest to receive her PhD at UCR and she did it in only four years. Her dissertation on doctor/patient communication will serve her well as she enters medical school this fall. More of her story can be found at http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/7154
An Anthropologist on Everest
UCR graduate student, Young Hoon Oh, will attempt to summit Mt. Everest this Spring as part of his research on the communities that mountaineers create. It will also focus on Sherpa society and how it has changed as a result of assisting international climbers. A native of Korea Oh previously climbed Mt. Everest in 2006. You can follow Young at 7mmrope.blogspot.com (Anthropologist in Himalaya) on his climb in May. He will carry a UCR pennant to the summit. For more information see the article written in UCR Today.