2024 Student Support Panel

Graduate Student Service Center (GSSC)

The Graduate Student Service Center oversees graduate admissions and academic records for all graduate programs at UMass.  From admission through graduation, we support graduate students and graduate program administrators, offering guidance on Graduate School and University policies and procedures.

Graduate School Office of Professional Development (OPD)

Our mission is to help graduate students and postdocs achieve success at UMass and beyond. We offer > 400 sessions each year to help participants develop skills in areas such as career preparation, communication, grants and fellowships, personal development, and teaching.

International Programs Office (IPO)

The International Programs Office supports the immigration and cultural programming needs for our entire international student and scholar community at UMass. We are very proud to have approximately 4,000 international students from over 110 different countries at UMass. We sincerely value the incredible academic and cultural value that our international community brings to UMass and we look forward to assisting and supporting you during your time on campus.

UMass Libraries

The Libraries are here to help you succeed with your research and teaching. We offer a wealth of physical and electronic resources (more than 8 million distinct items in a variety of formats that span print and digital) as well as services from data management and text mining to scholarly publishing assistance to consultations, workshops, and research guides and more. Best of all, we have a liaison librarian for every department, and they can help you navigate our resources and services!