Graduate administrators

In departments and degree-granting programs, the graduate administrator serves as the key representative responsible for a broad array of services and resources for graduate students. Responsibilities generally include the following areas:

• Admissions and orientation
• Registration
• Grade reporting
• Advising and counseling
• Class schedules
• Financial appointments
• Policy implementation
• Corporate recruiting
• Thesis processing
• Degree lists and graduation

Please do not hesitate to contact individuals at the addresses provided, or either of the facilitators of the Graduate Administrators Roundtable, a group that works closely with the Dean for Graduate Education.

This material was last updated in August 2011. For future updates, please contact Esther Austin at eaustin@mit.edu.