Graduate education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
After a transition spanning several months, the Graduate School will move administrative homes on July 1, 2024, from a component of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to reporting to the Office of the Provost.
The Graduate School will welcome Beth Meyerand, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the Departments of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, to the role of associate dean later this month.
UW–Madison has committed to increasing minimum graduate assistantship stipends for the next four years.
Minimum stipend amounts for graduate student teaching, research, and project assistants will increase by 14% for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Over the past 10 years, campus investments in graduate assistant stipends have resulted in a 79% increase in the minimum stipend for teaching assistants (TAs), a 52% increase in the minimum stipend for annual research assistants (RAs), and a 76% increase in the minimum stipend for annual project assistants (PAs).
Marcia (Marcy) J. Carlson, Sewell-Bascom Professor of Sociology at UW–Madison, has been appointed associate dean of the Graduate School. She has served as associate dean in an interim capacity since October 2022.
To improve the quality and clarity of our shared priorities in graduate education, the Graduate School started a collaborative process in 2022 to develop a strategic plan for graduate education at UW–Madison. The process engaged the graduate education community and Graduate School staff through focus groups and surveys, and the resulting vision, mission, values, priorities, and initiatives for 2023-2028 follow.
The Graduate School has published its 2022-23 Annual Report detailing the organization’s accomplishments and highlighted initiatives from the past year.
Abbey K. Thompson has been appointed Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Funding in the Graduate School beginning December 15. She has been serving as assistant dean in an interim capacity since May 2022.
Minimum stipend amounts for graduate student teaching, research, and project assistants will increase by 10% for the 2023-2024 academic year.
“This increase continues our investment in graduate assistants, who are integral to the university’s teaching and research missions,” said Graduate School Dean William J. Karpus.
The Graduate School has published its 2021-2022 Annual Report. Led by Dean William J. Karpus, the Graduate School enrolls approximately 20 percent of the student body at UW–Madison, or over 10,000 master’s and doctoral students, and guides students from application to enrollment to graduation.