Diversity
The Graduate College is committed to fostering an inclusive graduate community at Illinois. We embrace students from a wide range of nationalities, ethnicities, and lifestyles. Diversity among our graduate community ensures more voices in shaping transformative knowledge and creative expression.
Resources for Students
Community of Scholars, www.grad.illinois.edu/cos
Grad Mentoring @ Illinois, www.grad.illinois.edu/mentor
Summer Pre-Doctoral Institute (SPI), www.grad.illinois.edu/spi
Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP), www.grad.illinois.edu/srop
Resources for Graduate Programs
Best practices from other Illinois units, www.grad.illinois.edu/bmp/g/recruitretainurm
Broadening Participation in Graduate Education, www.grad.illinois.edu/news/new-program-aimed-broadening-participation-graduate-education
Campus Visits, www.grad.illinois.edu/campusvisits
Community of Scholars, www.grad.illinois.edu/cos
Grad Mentoring @ Illinois, www.grad.illinois.edu/mentor
Graduate College funded and other fellowships for underrepresented students, https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/category/15. (Stipends have increased this year for those supported by the Graduate College.)
Illinois Partnerships for Diversity, www.grad.illinois.edu/ipd
National Name Exchange: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a member of the National Name Exchange Consortium whose goal is to inform students from populations underrepresented in graduate study of the many opportunities to pursue advance degrees. As a member of the consortium, the most talented students are made available to our Illinois graduate programs. Units are emailed lists of eligible students’ names and areas of interest. Units then are encouraged to provide them with information about their programs and encourage them to consider applying to Illinois
Summer Pre-Doctoral Institute (SPI), www.grad.illinois.edu/spi
Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP), www.grad.illinois.edu/srop