Academics
A Transformative Graduate Education
Our programs help you reach across disciplinary boundaries to change the way we think about graduate education.
Graduate students and student presentations in Crowdsourcing class.
What Do You Need to Graduate?
Whether you’re completing a thesis or taking a comprehensive exam, here's everything you need to complete your degree.
Academic Support
We offer training for students who want to teach at the college level, professional development courses, assistance with writing academic papers, and other resources to help you succeed.
Upcoming Defenses
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Jaeyoung Lee (PHD, STAT)
Jaeyoung Lee (PHD, STAT)
5/26/26, 3:00 PM
Supervised Variational Autoencoders for Structural Learning and Statistical Inference with Heterogeneous Data
@ 418A Hutcheson Hall, Blacksburg -
Shirin Parizad (PHD, ENT)
Shirin Parizad (PHD, ENT)
5/28/26, 10:00 AM
Invasive Aphids, Reservoir Hosts, and Endophyte-Mediated Plant-Vector Interactions in Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Pathosystems: Revisiting Disease Management
@ 220 Price Hall, Blacksburg -
Seyedeh Parshin Shojaee (PHD, CSA)
Seyedeh Parshin Shojaee (PHD, CSA)
5/29/26, 1:30 PM
Steps Towards the Open-ended Reasoning and Discovery with Language Models
@ 5-002 VT Research Ctr-Arlington, Arlington -
Simin Zheng (PHD, STAT)
Simin Zheng (PHD, STAT)
6/9/26, 10:00 AM
Statistical Methods for Artificial Intelligence Reliability with Applications in Autonomous Vehicles
@ 345 Data and Decision Sciences, Blacksburg
The latest theses and dissertations by our students
Explore the latest theses and dissertations showcasing graduate students' research and scholarship. Read award-winning work by our students.
Theses and Dissertations
Virginia Tech Library Systems maintains a collection of our graduate students' award-winning theses and dissertations
