WELCOME!
Information for Incoming Graduate Students
For the 2012-2013 Academic Year
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Admissions Office
PO Box 400775
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4775
physical address:
101 Randall Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Checklist for Incoming Graduate Students
- Register email account http://its.virginia.edu/accounts/studentaccounts.html
- Set up computing accounts http://its.virginia.edu/identity/process.html
- International Students must request I-20/DS 2019 documentation http://www.virginia.edu/iso/issp/new/
- All students must submit a pre-entrance health record http://www.virginia.edu/studenthealth/PEHF.html
- Submit your photo online to the UVa ID Card Office http://www.virginia.edu/idoffice/photosubmission.html
First Step for All Applicants with Offers of Admission - GSAS requires that all applicants communicate their official response to admission offers on their online application, regardless of contact with the department who offered admission or the GSAS Admissions staff. Students who intend to accept their offer must accept their offer online in order to matriculate.
Online Application Login
The University of Virginia is a member of the Council of Graduate Schools and honors its Resolution regarding offers of financial support. "Students are under no obligation to respond to offers of financial support prior to April 15; earlier deadlines for the acceptance of such offers violate the intent of this Resolution." Offers of admission that have not yet been accepted by April 15 can be withdrawn in order to extend any remaining offers to applicants still on a waiting list for final decision.
Council of Graduate Schools' Resolution (.pdf)
Next Step for All Incoming Students - make sure to order your official documents and have them sent to the address above. Transcripts must include final grades and, where applicable, the official transcript must include the degree and the date the degree was conferred. Some of you may have to wait until May to order your documents. GSAS must have these documents on file by July 1, 2012.
COMPUTING AT UVA - if you have not done so already, please make sure to set up your access to our Student Information System (SIS) and register your virginia.edu email address.
http://www.its.virginia.edu/identity/process.html
http://its.virginia.edu/students/new/
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS - follow the link below for information about being an international student at the University of Virginia
Next Steps for International Students
If you require visa documents, please review carefully the information provided by the International Studies Office at
http://www.virginia.edu/iso/issp/new/
Note: you may also send your I-20/DS-2019 Request Packet with supporting documents via email to . The only documents that cannot be emailed and must be sent to us in official paper format is any applicable financial documentation.
Once you arrive at UVA...
Mandatory Check-in Sessions
All graduate students whose first or native language is not English are required to take the Virginia English Language Proficiency Exam upon arrival at the University. The test is scheduled at the beginning of each semester through the U.Va. Center for American English Language and Culture.
STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES - for questions regarding financial awards, financial aid and student accounts visit http://www.virginia.edu/financialaid/gradstudents.php
Direct Deposit is mandatory for students to receive Student Accounts Refunds, Fellowship Stipends, and Wages. Please be sure to set this up before you arrive to ensure payment receipts.
http://www.virginia.edu/studentaccounts/direct_deposit.html
GETTING TO KNOW UVA
The University of Virginia
Graduate Record
The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Graduate Handbook
Charlottesville, Virginia
GSAS Departments
Programs
Directors of Graduate Study
Each department and program has a Director of Graduate Studies who is responsible for helping students navigate their way through their degree programs.
