Resources
- Graduate Student Resources
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Graduate Division
UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Division provides numerous resources for graduate students from all departments on campus, including:
GradPost
The GradPost is the digital outpost of the Graduate Student Resource Center and serves as the primary source for news, funding, professional development, advice, events, and more related to graduate student life at UC Santa Barbara.
Graduate Student Resource Center
Located on the first floor of the Student Resource Building (Room 1215), the GSRC is a resource for graduate students seeking help with many aspects of graduate student life. Students can meet with two dedicated Diversity Peers as well as other specialists providing help for career placement, writing and editing, and funding graduate school.
Grad Slam
The Grad Slam is an award-winning campus-wide competition for the best three-minute talk by a graduate student. Students present the central points of their project in a clear, direct, and interesting manner for a diverse audience comprised of students, faculty, and community members.
Beyond Academia Conference
The Beyond Academia conference at UCSB is an annual event aimed at preparing graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in all stages and disciplines to pursue a wide range of career options after graduate school. The conference offers attendees the opportunity to interact with professionals who have established careers outside the professoriate in industry, government, administration, nonprofits, and more.
Graduate Student Groups
Our graduate students value communities and bringing people together for social and academic dialogues. Across the UC Santa Barbara campus, graduate students have the opportunity to engage in groups like:
- Graduate Student Association
- UCSB Biomedical Engineering Society
- Black Graduate Student Association
- Graduate Students for Diversity in Science
- International Student Association
- Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
- Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
- Asian Pacific Islander Graduate Student Alliance (APIGSA)
- American Indian Graduate Student Alliance
- Queer and Trans Graduate Student Union (QTGSU)
- Non-Traditional Students Group
CSEP Professional Development Series
The Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP) together with multiple groups, departments, faculty and staff at UCSB offers an intensive Professional Development Series that focuses on the knowledge and practical experience essential for the success of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and their future varied careers in science, engineering and mathematics.
- Individual Development Plans
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Resources to help you draft and refine your Individual Development Plan (IDP)
- Resources for Current Trainees
- Shared Box Repository for Current Trainees
