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With an institutional mission of advancing graduate education at UNLV, the Graduate College supports more than 190 graduate certificate, master’s, specialist, dual-degree, and doctoral programs. We work closely with departments and the graduate faculty to provide UNLV’s more than 5,000 graduate students with high-quality academic experiences through coursework, research, scholarship, and creative activity, and innovative professional and career development opportunities. We strive to create an innovative and thriving scholarly community and provide consistently strong support for our diverse student body and top-notch graduate faculty, while offering outstanding graduate experiences and services that enhance student learning, provide customizable experiences, and facilitate graduate student success.
Specifically, the Graduate College fosters collaborative leadership to build a forward-thinking, data-driven, and diverse top tier, MSI graduate community that:
- advances UNLV’s R1 standing and Top Tier aspirations;
- delivers rigorous, leading-edge graduate programs in which excellence, innovation, and opportunity flourish;
- strives to more closely mirror undergraduate diversity and expand our international graduate student community;
- is committed to increasing inclusion, equity, and social justice by embracing diversity and fostering an anti-racist, anti-sexist, socially just and inclusive MSI graduate community;
- partners to provide innovative personal, academic, leadership, career, and professional development opportunities to students;
- ensures consistent, transparent, and fair implementation of policies and processes;
- exemplifies a culture of inclusion, innovation, and seeks to make a positive impact;
- delivers outstanding service to all our constituent groups through a variety of in-person and virtual service modalities;
- recognizes and supports the graduate faculty and promotes their interests;
- seeks and secures a diverse base of funding to support students and provide robust financial resources and services that promote financial well-being;
- provides R1 competitive GA packages and benefits to the graduate community;
- and cultivates a dynamic, well-connected, and inclusive scholarly community in which the highest quality research, scholarship, creative, and professional activities thrive.
The Graduate College is committed to a data-informed continual improvement model to advance the following guiding principles: excellence, equity, diversity, innovation, accountability, resilience, and positive impact.
To enact these principles, our mission is driven by core values that inspire us to act and interact with: empathy, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ethics and integrity, a collaborative spirit, and servant leadership..
For guidance to graduate degree and certification completion requirements, as well as policies that govern graduate education, prospective and current graduate students are encouraged to visit the Graduate College website and to carefully review the Graduate Catalog.
For additional information or guidance about UNLV’s outstanding graduate programs, please contact the Graduate College.
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