New Graduate Student Orientation
Welcome to Virginia Tech!
Fall 2021 Blacksburg Orientation for New Graduate Students
August 20, 2021, 9:00-10:30am via Zoom (due to the recent flooding in the Graduate Life Center we are unable to host orientation in person)
The Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education will speak as well as a student panel. Please be sure to watch the videos below at your convenience as well.
There will be an Orientation Watch Party and Social Hour in Owens Banquet Hall 9:00-10:30am if you want to watch orientation with other graduate students, followed by a casual social hour until 11:30. Coffee, tea and breakfast refreshments will be available. Meet new and returning graduate students, Graduate School staff, and graduate student leaders.
Register for Orientation!!!
Welcome message sent to new students on July 29, 2021
Be Inspired. Be Informed. Be Engaged.
- Learn about expectations for graduate education at Virginia Tech
- Discover information resources that will keep you moving successfully through your program, start to finish
- Meet fellow graduate students
- Find out how to get involved in campus life
View a recording of the Spring 2021 Orientation on January 15, 2021
(Note - due to technical issues the first few minutes of Dr. DePauw's presentation has been cut off.)
You can also review our previous orientation slide show, view the checklist for grad students, check out events and activities, learn how to get started as a student, and view the pre-recorded orientation videos below.