What We Do

Graduate students are vital members of the Virginia Tech community. Across the university's colleges and campuses, you'll find them teaching classes, mentoring students, working in labs, and connecting with communities. They come from all walks of life, and they are role models, colleagues, innovators, inventors, and discoverers, driven by their passion to learn, teach, and turn ideas into action.

The Graduate School team works to help our students thrive and succeed. In addition to administrative roles associated with academic progress and student services, we support graduate programs across the university and push the boundaries of traditional education by providing students with opportunities for growth beyond the degrees they pursue or the campuses at which they are enrolled. We foster and support a diverse, collegial graduate community and provide a range of programs, activities and services.

We are committed to excellence through inclusivity, integrity, active civic engagement, and support for interdisciplinary research and education. We help students recognize their power to make a difference in the communities in which they live and work, and to share their experiences with others. 

Community and Services

We are dedicated to providing an inclusive and affirming environment for all students. Find out about the services we offer to help all students thrive and about our Community Scholars program.

The Weekly GLC Café is offered year-round when the university is open, Thursdays 3:30-5:00 pm and on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month in the GLC Reading Room on the Blacksburg campus.

Those in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, visit the Hokie One Stop for your student services needs.

Opportunities

We promote a graduate education that serves the whole student. We provide multiple ways for students to explore their passions and interests and get involved.

Our professional development programs offer a range of scholarly, social, and extracurricular activities to help you prepare, connect, succeed, and stand out in industry, the academy or wherever you choose to work.

Research

You'll find opportunities for research in programs across the university. Additionally, the university's Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Programs focus on a variety issues and provide ways to expand and enrich your education and research experience at Virginia Tech. Also learn about the Graduate School's Citizen Scholar program, which helps you connect your research to your community.

Teaching

We offer a number of classes and programs that the development of pedagogical skills and understanding, including the Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Workshop, the Future Professoriate certificate program, and the Academy for Outstanding Graduate Pedagogy.

Communicating across boundaries

The Virginia Tech Center for Communicating Science offers classes that will help scientists from all fields (including social sciences) and backgrounds develop skills and techniques to communicate their work effectively to a variety of audiences.

Check the weekly Graduate Life Center email and the D.C. Area Weekly email for details on programs, events, and opportunities across our campuses. We send them out every Monday to all of our graduate students.