Office for Diversity in Graduate Education

• provides service to prospective and currently enrolled graduate students, faculty, funding representatives, and university colleagues;


• provides information about the University of Minnesota and its commitment to enrolling a diverse student population;


• supports a diverse student body in recruiting, funding, retention, and graduation with strategies for clarifying goals; selecting an appropriate graduate program; preparing the best possible graduate school application; and funding graduate work through assistantships and fellowships;


• serves as the administrative unit for funding programs that support a diverse graduate student body;
  promotes professional development and scholarship across disciplines and works toward creating the institutional environment necessary for facilitating the academic achievements of graduate and professional students; and


• encourages undergraduate students to consider graduate study by participating in research and other academic projects outside of their regular coursework.