About the Graduate School
Contact Information
G-1 Communications; Box 353770
Seattle, Washington 98195-3770
Phone: (206) 543-5900
Fax: (206) 685-3234
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Graduate School Units (view descriptions below)
- Academic Affairs and Planning
- Admissions
- Advancement
- Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR)
- Computing and Information Resources
- Fellowships and Assistantships
- Graduate Education Services
- Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP)
- Interdisciplinary Programs
- Office of the Dean
- Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
- Public Lectures
- University of Washington Press
Graduate School Deans and Leadership
Organizational Chart of the Graduate School
G-1 Communications, Box 353770
Seattle, Washington 98195-3770
Phone: (206) 685-3519
Fax: (206)685-3234
The Office of Academic Affairs and Planning contributes to the University's educational and research missions by conducting reviews of existing academic programs and reviewing new graduate degree and certificate proposals for all three University of Washington campuses. The Office of Academic Affairs and Planning also reviews and modifies graduate program policies (Graduate School Memoranda) and coordinates the activities of the Graduate School Council.
301 Loew
P.O. Box 84808
Seattle, Washington 98124-6108
Phone: (206) 543-5929
Fax: (206) 543-8798
Email for U.S. and Permanent Residents: uwgrad@u.washington.edu
Email for International Residents: gradvisa@u.washington.edu
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Office of Graduate Admissions provides information and support to applicants to most master's and doctoral degree programs, including those with Visiting Graduate and Graduate Nonmatriculated status. Applications to professional programs in Medical School (MD), Law School (JD), Dental School (DDS) and Pharmacy (PharmD) are processed separately by each of those schools.
G-1 Communications, Box 353770
Phone: (206)543-6049 (Advancement Asst., Gerald Macheso)
Fax: (206) 685-3234
E-mail: macheso@u.washington.edu
Online Giving: http://uwfoundation.org/giving_opps/school_college_campus_opps/grad_school.asp
The UW Graduate School Advancement Team aims to increase philanthropic gifts benefiting all University of Washington graduate students. We focus on graduate education giving opportunities that cut across disciplinary boundaries and impact the entire campus. Our efforts build resources that facilitate the Graduate Dean's priorities; these include enhancing/supporting: diversity, interdisciplinary programs, dissertation year fellowships, shortened time to degree, and recruitment of top students. We coordinate matching funds for major fellowship gifts, as well as providing advancement staff support for Graduate School administered programs/units such as the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation fellowships, the Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR), and the Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program. We also work closely with the UW Press development team to augment their efforts to generate private support for the publication of outstanding scholarly books.
Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR)
Address: 100 Gerberding Hall, Box 351265
Phone: (206) 543-6588
Fax: (206) 685-1213
E-mail: cidr@u.washington.edu
CIDR works with faculty, administrators, and graduate teaching assistants to enhance teaching and learning on campus and to help maintain the UW’s national and international leadership role as a top research-extensive university committed to high quality teaching and learning. To that end, CIDR staff strive to support and transform teaching and learning by providing individual consultation on teaching and learning, initiating campus-wide instructional activities, contributing to scholarship that advances instructional knowledge and practice, and participating in outreach across campus and the broader academic community.
Computing and Information Resources for the Graduate School
Address: G-1 Communications, 353770
E-mail:gscair@u.washington.edu
Computer Services coordinates process improvement and reengineering in the graduate education administration, maintains databases to support institutional research and reporting, manages and develops the Graduate School website and computer applications such as MyGradProgram and the application for graduate admission, coordinates Graduate School publications and participates in university-wide advisory boards, committees and task force assignments regarding graduate institutional research and computing/technology issues.
Fellowships and Assistantships
Address: G-1 Communications, Box 353770
Phone: (206) 543-7152
Fax: (206) 685-3234
E-mail: gradappt@u.washington.edu
The Fellowship and Assistantship Division administers regional and federal fellowship and scholarship programs which require Graduate School involvement, including the application process for Fulbright and other international and research abroad programs for students and faculty, and fellowships funded by private gifts to the university. The division also administers discretionary tuition waivers and explains and monitors policy concerning graduate student appointments.
Address: G-1 Communications, Box 353770
Phone: (206) 685-2630
Fax: (206) 685-3234
E-mail: gsstusrv@u.washington.edu
Graduate Education Services' primary responsibility is to facilitate completion of Master’s and Doctoral degrees. This division assists current graduate students, faculty and staff in understanding and implementing many of the policies, requirements and procedures relating to the completion of these degrees. For information regarding these student services and policies please visit http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/index.shtml.
Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP)
Address: G-1 Communications, Box 353770
Phone: (206) 543-9016 or 800-524-9122
Fax: (206) 685-3234
E-mail: gomap@u.washington.edu
GO-MAP works with the University to provide an innovative and inclusive graduate student community and experience. GO-MAP takes a leadership role in the recruitment and retention of minority and underrepresented students, enhancing scholarship and research, and building community on and off campus, so that all students may learn and grow through experiences rich in cultural, ethnic, and racial diversity.
Address: 301 Loew, Box 352192
Phone: (206) 543-6398
Fax: (206) 543-8798
E-mail: jeanp@u.washington.edu
The Graduate School oversees interdisciplinary programs that offer graduate degrees, graduate certificates or program options. Through its Network of Interdisciplinary Initiatives, the Graduate School supports University-wide interdisciplinary programs.
Address: G-1 Communications
Phone: (206) 543-7468
Fax: (206) 685-3234
The Vice Provost and Dean is appointed by the President of the University of Washington and serves as the administrator officer presiding over all divisions of the Graduate School. The Graduate School exercises leadership for the University of Washington in matters pertaining to graduate education.
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Address: Health Sciences Building, T-466D
Phone: (206) 543-4836
Email: pdafrs@u.washington.edu
The University of Washington Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) provides services to postdoctoral scholars and to their faculty supervisors. The OPA works to enhance the learning and the productivity of UW postdocs and offers assistance to both postdocs and their mentors to advance the role and work of postdoctoral scholars on the three UW campuses.
Phone: (206) 543-0540
Fax: (206) 685-3234
E-mail: lectures@u.washington.edu
The Walker - Ames and Danz lectureships are managed and supported through the Graduate School at the University of Washington. It is because of the generous donations from the Walker-Ames and Danz families that the University of Washington is able to present all lectures to the general public free of charge.
University of Washington Press
Street Address: 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, Washington 98195-9570
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 50096. Seattle, Washington 98145-5096
Phone: (206) 543-4050
Fax: (206) 543-3932
Web Site: http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/
The primary mission of the University of Washington Press is to publish books resulting from original scholarly research. Manuscripts accepted for publication should be outstanding in merit and significance, and intellectually accessible to their intended readers. The basic audiences for Press publications are scholars, professionals, students, and other readers of serious nonfiction. As an integral part of the University of Washington, the Press has a commitment to contribute to the cultural and intellectual development of the Pacific Northwest and to society in its broadest sense, to reflect credit on the University, and to enhance its reputation worldwide.