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Graduate School Blacksburg summer hours May 26-June 4, Graduate Life Center closure June-August, and how to reach Graduate School staff during that time

Graduate School Blacksburg campus office hours from May 26 to May 29: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Room 120 will be open June 1 and 4, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

From June 8-August 16, the Graduate Life Center will be closed to the public, including all graduate students due to renovations in the Squires Student Center. 

  • All Graduate Life Center swipe card access will be terminated during this period. 
  • Graduate School personnel will be working remotely.
    • Graduate students and others may contact the Graduate School by emailing to grads@vt.edu or to the direct email address of the person they are trying to reach.
    • There will be no drop-in student services. 
    • Zoom meetings  can be scheduled as usual.
  • Graduate Ombuds Bryan Hanson will be available in the Newman Library in Room 427 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.. Students may schedule in-person meetings in this space.
  • The weekly GLC cafe will be moved to the CID.
  • Notary services must be arranged in advance by emailing to grads@vt.edu or to the individual notaries to set up an appointment.  

Contact us by email: grads@vt.edu

Finance and assistantship-related inquiries: gradfinance@vt.edu; 540-231-0060

Administrative inquiries: gsdean@vt.edu; 540-231-7581

Find a staff member or department, please use our Graduate School Directory or our listing of Graduate School Departments.

Questions?

Call 540-231-6691 to

  • request a paper application 
  • arrange a campus tour.

Call 540-231-8636 about:

  • Application for degree (AFD)
  • application status; 
  • change of curriculum (academic program)
  • decision letters
  • electronic dissertation and thesis (ETD)
  • in-state classification for tuition billing;
  • late add/drop;
  • plan of study
  • preliminary/final exams
  • re-admission
  • registration
  • start of semester defense exemption (SSDE).

Call 540-231-4558 about:

  • graduate student services and events
  • graduate co-op program
  • professional development and A2i. 

Prospective students, we want to connect with you! Please complete this brief interest form to share more details about your interest in graduate and professional education at Virginia Tech. A member of our staff will get in touch with you.

Mailing address:

Graduate School (0325)
Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown
155 Otey Street
Graduate School, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061