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Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success

Supporting the personal and intellectual growth of our graduate community.

The Graduate School (TGS) promotes a transformative educational experience for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at Northwestern University. The Graduate School’s Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success (GPS) focuses on recruitment and support and facilitates community engagement. We are committed to the personal and intellectual growth of our graduate community.

Visit the sections below to learn more about TGS’s efforts to recruit, retain, and support graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

Recruitment & Retention

RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES

The Graduate School encourages students to apply for admission to our master’s and doctoral programs. The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success has a variety of programming to recruit and support students as they consider graduate programs, such as IGEN, SROP, and Navigating Northwestern. 
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RETENTION & ENGAGEMENT

The Graduate School is committed to providing graduate students with the tools they need to be successful both inside and outside of the classroom. The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success hosts retention initiatives for students that include cultural celebrations, mini grants, and mentorship opportunities.
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Land acknowledgement

The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa. It was also a site of trade, travel, gathering, and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state of Illinois.