Graduate education at UVM focuses on the aspirations of our students as well as the needs of society and our planet. Our 100+ programs combine the academic excellence of a premier research university with a student-centric and collaborative spirit and deep commitment to interdisciplinary study. 

The Graduate College empowers our students’ success with resources to support their research, professional and career development, and wellness. Through their scholarship and professional and civic engagement, our students prepare to lead change for a healthier, more just, and regenerative world.

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From the humanities and social sciences to the mathematical, physical, and life sciences as well as professional degrees, the University of Vermont offers graduate programs to take your academic career to the next level.

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The Graduate College at the University of Vermont is the home for students from over 50 countries. Our international students' diverse and global perspectives enrich all our students’ educational experiences, our university, and region.

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Catherine Wessel

Catherine Wessel, a graduate student in UVM’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ department of Plant Biology’s Field Naturalist Program, spent a recent summer studying the minute details of rare plantlife at the top of Mansfield, one square meter at a time.

Tobias Timofeyev

Timofeyev — who, along with several other graduate students, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship — is taking applied math to the cellular level, using mathematical biology to study and model the neuronal connections in the human brain.

Piper Welch

This Ph.D. student is looking to understand, and eventually design, the evolutionary course that organisms can take. She’s currently working with a UVM team of computer scientists who are designing and building “Xenobots,” the world’s first self-replicating living robots.

By the numbers

  • 100+ graduate programs
  • 98% of employed graduates reported their position is related to their career goals (class of 2022)
  • 1,713 students enrolled in graduate programs (Fall 2024)

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