Graduate Program Documents and Forms
Handbook for Graduate Study in English (PDF)
Graduate Study Timeline ()
Campus Resources for Graduate Students
Literature in English Research Guide
Your Guide to Fellowships and Grants
Graduate Division Filing & Form Submission DEADLINES ()
Graduate Student Professional Development Guide ()
Graduate Mentoring ()
Year 1
Character and rationale for Language Exams
Preliminary Rationale for Language Study Form
First-Year Review of Course Work Form
Year 2
Second-Year Review Procedures
Second-Year Review Adviser's Guidelines
Second-Year Review Meeting Guidelines
Second-Year Review of Coursework Form
Pre-Orals
Orals and Advancement to Candidacy Procedure - Flow Chart
Orals Policies and Procedures ()
Department Orals Application
Application for the Qualifying Exam (Orals) for the Graduate Division - part of the Higher Degree Committee eForm in .
- Completed application must be received by the Graduate Division at least 3 weeks before the proposed examination date.
- Job Aid for making changes to an already submitted Qualifying Exam Committee
Post-Orals
Application for Candidacy for the Doctoral Degree (Grad. Div.) - part of the Higher Degree Committee eForm in .听
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Prospectus Policies and Procedures
Prospectus Grad Chair Approval
Prospectus Conference Approval
Dissertation Committee Scenarios
Job Aid for making changes to an already submitted Dissertation Committee
Dissertation Writing
The Graduate Writing Center assists graduate students in the development of academic skills necessary to successfully complete their graduate programs and prepare for future faculty and professional positions. This unit offers workshops on topics such as academic writing, grant writing, dissertation writing, editing, and preparing articles for publication, in addition to writing groups and individual consultations on these topics for graduate students ()
Dissertation Filing
Dissertation Filing Guidelines and Policies (Graduate Division)听()
Job Search
Letter Service Interfolio
How to submit letter of recommendation online ()
Interview AV instructions ()听
Student Travel/Entertainment Reimbursement Forms
All travel reimbursement requests must be submitted to the Graduate Advisor before direct entry into the .
If your trip starts on July 1, 2024听through June 30, 2025, it would fall under the 2024-25 academic/fiscal year.
If your trip starts on July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, it would fall under the 2025-26 academic/fiscal year.
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Graduate Student Computer Lab Policy
Use of the computer lab is voluntary.
All registered graduate students may have access to the computer lab.听 If you are unable to log in to these computers, please contact the Graduate Adviser.
The university provides a number of commercial software products on your personal computers for free as 91抖阴 Berkeley students. This includes the entire Adobe Creative Cloud and听Microsoft Office 365 suites. You will find links to these products here:听听
The Library has laptops you can check out for up to 14 days:听听
The continues to be available Monday through Friday by phone at (510) 642-HELP and email at sts-help@berkeley.edu.听 Remote support by Zoom is available on a limited basis.
Student Discounts on Technology:听
The Graduate Assembly has joined with the AS91抖阴 to purchase campuswide student subscriptions to the听New York Times听and the听Wall Street Journal听All currently registered graduate students are eligible.听The subscriptions offer full online access to all news content from both papers. Instructions on how to activate your subscription (and what to do if you are already a paying subscriber) are provided听