Graduate education is a public good. At the University of Vermont, graduate education is central to our academic mission to advance excellence in research, education, and service to the State of Vermont. As a premier public research university and Vermont’s land grant institution, we cultivate innovative graduate education and postdoctoral training of the highest standard, at the intersections of the University’s strategic priorities for Amplifying Our Impact: Strategic Vision for UVM (2020): student success, research of impact, and fulfilling our land grant mission.

Our vision for UVM as the graduate school for students committed to a thriving future for themselves and for people and planet reflects the national conversation about inclusive, student-centric graduate education that supports the whole student experience, is broadly purposed, and outcomes-focused. Access, equity, diversity, and inclusion are essential to the excellence of graduate education: we strive to sustain a welcoming, inclusive environment where students and faculty from diverse backgrounds and with diverse intellectual interests feel they are seen, heard, and belong. As we live the values enshrined in Our Common Ground: respect, integrity, innovation, openness, justice, and responsibility, we prepare diverse students and trainees for a comprehensive range of careers and lives of meaning and consequence.

Transformational Growth

In the face of the world’s complex, pressing problems  the societal need for advanced training through graduate education continues to expand. As we approach the Graduate College’s 75^th anniversary, we are embarking on the transformational growth of the scope and scale of UVM’s graduate endeavor across both research and professional programs.

More than 1,700 graduate students from across Vermont, the nation, and the globe currently study and research in well over 50 Master’s and 30 doctoral programs. Highly ranked and nationally accredited programs range across the life, physical, mathematical, behavioral, and social sciences, humanities, as well as professional training from business to interdisciplinary healthcare. Committed to creating accessible, flexible pathways to graduate education, we are continuously refreshing our portfolios of Accelerated Master’s Programs for UVM undergraduates as well as low-residency and fully online degree, certificate, and micro-certificate programs.

Experiencing UVM GRAD

The Graduate College is an intellectual and resource hub and the chief advocate for UVM’s graduate and postdoctoral communities. We partner with our graduate faculty in eight academic colleges and schools, students, alums, and other stakeholders across and beyond campus. Our dedicated team provides seamless services to support an outstanding student experience. We coordinate training standards and support services for our growing postdoctoral community.

Interdisciplinary research and education are a hallmark of UVM. In our inter- and transdisciplinary academic programs, research centers, and institutes, world-class faculty guide graduate and postdoctoral trainees to formulate problems and design solutions by integrating the methods and insights of multiple disciplines. Our emerging scholars, clinicians, and practitioners are integral, then, to UVM’s impact, including our unique research strengths to support the health of our societies and our environment and advance Planetary Health.

Earning a graduate degree demands time, deep commitment, as well as patience and resilience. We seek to sustain an environment where each student can thrive and achieve their goals: through abundant research opportunities and rigorous intellectual engagement across broad scholarly modalities; mentoring, professional development and career preparation; and attention to the social, physical, and emotional dimensions of the graduate life experience. Beyond campus, students connect with our communities, state, and businesses via community-engaged scholarship, internships, and entrepreneurship. They embrace global opportunities with intercultural empathy.

Impact

Our alums pursue high-impact, satisfying careers in academia, government, industry and business, as well as the social impact sector. They lead their professions and serve their communities. They spark innovation, advance patient-centered, integrative healthcare, tackle public health and environmental challenges, fuel the cultural and economic vitality of communities, drive sustainable business practices, and foster the responsible framing of new technologies. In short, through their discoveries, creativity, and action, our students, postdocs, and alums build toward a more just, healthier, and regenerative world. 

Thank you for your interest in graduate education and postdoctoral studies at the University of Vermont. I invite you to explore our evolving website. If you don’t find what you need, please feel free to email me (hhoock@uvm.edu) or any member of the Graduate College Team.

Sincerely,

Holger Hoock, DPhil
Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Dean of the Graduate College