Slate for Graduate Admissions

Applicants and Accepted Students: Information on this page is for faculty and staff only.  Do not use the faculty/staff login link below.  Instead, find resources for applicants on our How to Apply page and its related pages.

Graduate Faculty and Staff log in: https://applygrad.umass.edu/manage
If your access has been configured in Slate and you are prompted for credentials, use your NetID and current password.

Get Help for Slate

Graduate Program Directors and Program Administrators

• Email slate-support [at] grad [dot] umass [dot] edu (slate-support[at]grad[dot]umass[dot]edu) with questions about or problems with Slate. 
• Email Lindsay De Santis, Director of Graduate Admissions, at ldesantis [at] grad [dot] umass [dot] edu (ldesantis[at]grad[dot]umass[dot]edu) to address general admissions topics including: 
  • Changing application deadlines. 
  • Changing application requirements for a degree/program. 
  • Asking to reconsider a previously denied applicant for admission.        
  • Removing an incorrect decision, particularly incorrect admits that require immediate attention. 
  • Changing an admitted student’s term to an earlier admit term. 
  • Clarifying issues pertaining to admissions policies. 

Learn About Slate

• Graduate Faculty Slate Overview (31:10 total)  You must be logged in to Google Workspace to access the video.
  • Training for graduate faculty reviewers (e.g., admissions committee members) in the first 24 minutes, followed by coverage of advisor-only access  (2 minutes) and admissions coordinator access (5 minutes).  Admissions committee chairs who are not GPDs may wish to add admissions coordinator access.