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.
News and Events
Fulbright Information SessionMIT EMBA: Program Insights Event (Spring 2026)Times Higher Education ranks MIT No. 1 in arts and humanities, business and economics, and social sciences for 2026See all events, blogs, and news
In the Spotlight
Now open: Grant for Graduate Students with ChildrenAre you a graduate student parent? The MIT Grant for Graduate Students with Children (GGSC) is a need-blind grant available to all full-time PhD students; eligibility restrictions apply for Master’s students.
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From the Blog
Grad School is Just Chess with PipettesIn grad school, I learned how to play chess—and got addicted to it. At first, it was just a fun distraction from experiments and papers, but over time I realized that many of the lessons I was learning over the board applied just as much to my PhD. Strategy, patience, resilience—the same principles that helped […]
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