Welcome to the Graduate Engineering Council's official website. The purpose of GEC is to serve the needs of the Engineering Graduate Students at The University of Texas at Austin. We a registered student organization at The University of Texas at Austin, officially sponsored by the Cockrell School of Engineering. If you have any suggestions, complaints, or comments about the Cockrell School or your department, please submit them via our online comment form.

GEC's Annual GAIN (Graduate And Industry Networking) Conference is our capstone event. Please visit our GAIN Website to find out more information about registering your company, paper and poster submission, volunteering, and much more!

 If you are a new graduate student at UT, Welcome!  We have created an online orientation packet just for you.   One of GEC's most popular services is the Travel Grant, awarded twice a year to help graduate students cover travel expenses. For more money, check out our list of graduate fellowships.  Or, consider mentoring an undergraduate student for a chance to earn a $500 travel stipend from the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program. Also, if you use Google Calendar, be sure to subscribe to the GEC Calendar.

For students interested in the planning for the Brackenridge Tract, check the Faculty Committee's presentation at: http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2009-2010/reports/brack_tract.html

- The GEC Officers

UTexasGEC@gmail.com

The core values of The University of Texas at Austin are learning, discovery, freedom, leadership, individual opportunity, and responsibility. Each member of the university is expected to uphold these values through integrity, honesty, trust, fairness, and respect toward peers and community.

-UT Honor Code