Office of Graduate Education -

Petitions

Find forms for late Add/Drop/Change, general petitions, nonresident status, medical leave, childbirth accommodation, etc.

Get support

GradSupport provides one-on-one support for personal concerns including faculty/student relationships, changing your advisor, and excused absences.

Financial assistance

Emergency funding, Grant for Grad Students with Children, Guaranteed Transitional Support, Long-Term Financial Hardship Funding, and more

Communities & networks

Are you looking for a community to plug into? These pages will get you started with groups that support some of the many affinities at MIT.

Paid positions to improve your community!

In the Spotlight

Paid positions to improve your community!

Graduate Community Fellows have the opportunity to work on projects and assignments that enhance graduate community in unique ways. Each Fellow reports to a staff member in the OGE or in a partner office, and focuses on a specific project. The commitment is 10 hours per week with a monthly stipend of $850.

View the open positions and apply here!

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Digital Dumpster Diving

I’m unreasonably proud of furnishing almost my entire apartment with second-hand finds. I learned the joy of sifting through discarded items on the side of the road early on. It was quite often that on the way home from soccer practice my parents would pull the car over to inspect a piece of furniture or […]

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