About

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Our Vision

Our vision is to be the model 21st-century public land grant, research, and community-engaged Graduate School.

Our Mission

The Graduate School exists to educate graduate students through a comprehensive array of distinguished academic programs, enrich the graduate student and postdoctoral scholar experience to support their success and well-being, support graduate and postdoctoral trainees to achieve scholarly excellence and impact, and to continually develop our talent, culture, and operations through strategy and innovation.

Our Mission Goals

Academic Excellence

  1. Innovations in graduate education
  2. Integrity and excellence in graduate program curriculum and learning outcome goals
  3. Leadership and support of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs for administrative and operational excellence

Graduate Student Experience

  1. Exemplary student support services
  2. Policies, practices, and programming for access, affordability, degree completion, and career preparation
  3. Community and well-being for graduate students

Graduate & Postdoctoral Training

  1. Graduate and postdoctorate pipelines for scholars
  2. Comprehensive funding strategies, including internal and external fellowships
  3. Mentorship, training, engagement, and scholarly writing

Operations Strategy and Innovation

  1. Staff development and a culture of excellence
  2. Continuous improvement of business operations and technologies
  3. Data analytics, stewardship, and sharing

Contact Us to Learn More

Graduate School Contact

Phone: 614-292-6031

250 University Hall
230 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210