Cultivating Graduate Student Success

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The ºÚÁÏÃÅ works hard to support your success as a graduate student.

During your time at DU, you and your classmates thrive as researchers, writers, community leaders, teaching assistants, and integral parts of our 50 centers and institutes. You reap the rewards of our innovative 4D Experience, which deepens your intellectual growth and promotes personal discovery. This multi-dimensional academic approach sparks curiosity and fuels your future adventures.

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Graduate Student Resources

At DU, we value the entirety of your well-being. To help you thrive, the such as advising, career support, disability services, counseling, and more.ÌýÌý

Access to these resources and a supportive environment enrich the quality of your student life experience, spur personal growth and development, and empower you with practical tools to achieve greatness in your post-graduation endeavors.

Academics That Propel Your Future Forward

Our 200+ graduate programs are grounded in four core learning outcomes that define what you accomplish and the competencies you develop through your unique DU graduate school experience. Although each program translates these objectives into different measurable results, grad student graduates with:Ìý

  • Advanced theoretical and disciplinary knowledge and skills through discovery, application, and expression.
  • Professional and ethical identity, values, and leadership.
  • Intercultural, local, and global engagement.
  • Critical intellectual engagement.Ìý

Explore DU’s and how they translate into your success story.

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Advancing Your Career

Once you complete your degree program and graduate from the ºÚÁÏÃÅ, you embark on a new career path. Whether you decide to tackle a new leadership position or switch to a different industry, we support your professional growth.Ìý

To help you along this journey, DU’s Career & Professional Development is committed to equipping you with career skills and experience that empower your professional aspirations. We work with companies, nonprofits, startups and other organizations to help connect our graduates with job opportunities. We also host networking events and provide career coaching for our alumni well after graduation. More than 25% of employed master's students found their jobs through DU connections, and we're eager to help you join that number.

As a graduate student or alumni, you can attend our networking events, receive feedback on your resume, CV and cover letter, meet with a career coach to distill your professional goals, and find your next job, share your expertise or become a mentor via .

Regardless of your needs, DU’s Career & Professional Development is eager to help you navigate your post-graduate career search.Ìý

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Explore DU's Alumni Network

As an alum of the ºÚÁÏÃÅ, you join a community of distinguished individuals many of whom have gone on to become secretaries of state, teachers, CEOs, business owners, leading researchers, and much more.

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Through this expansive network, you can stay in touch with thousands of alumni, make vitalÌý, and gain access to a wide variety of resources and experiences, including regional networks, affinity groups, volunteer opportunities, education resources, alumni travel, insurance programs, and much more.

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Obtaining Excellence Through Inclusivity

At DU, we recognize our graduate student body is filled with individuals from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and experiences. To ensure all students can learn, grow, and succeed in a more equitable, inclusive environment, we are investing in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for the well-being of our students, faculty, staff, and community.

By establishing actionable measures and upholding accountability, together, we can achieve a more inclusive DU.

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