Graduate Student Handbook
Welcome to the AGS Grad Student Handbook!
Why visit here?
Looking for fun activities near campus? Or entertaining places to visit in Los Angeles or San Diego? Or maybe you need information about UCI health and wellness services? Fellowships, grants and housing? Resources for parents? You can find them all here in the Grad Student Handbook. Explore the handbook and find useful information that can help you have a better grad life at UCI.
Places
Here, you can find information about places to eat, transportation services you can use, activities to do in LA and San Diego, fitness, family fun, sports and many other fun stuff.
Health & Wellness
If you need any information regarding the health services UCI provides, please visit this section. We have also included some useful tips about your nutrition and food security needs.
Professional Development
From academic degrees to formal coursework, attending conferences, and informal learning opportunities situated in practice, are all included in this section.
Finances
There are many financial resources that can help you in grad life. You can apply to Internal fellowships for your studies or get fundings from AGS for you events. Visit this section for more details.
Housing
There are 10 student housing communities on the UCI campus, tailored to meet the needs of a diverse student population. Find brief notes about them in this section.
Parents
This section is dedicated for parents to find resources for child care, health care and other services. You can connect to these helpful resources through here and get informed about them.
Immigration
For international students, we have compiled a list of links where they can use to get information about visa status, tax issues and other related topics.
Sexual Harassment
This is a good place to find resources which you can contact and get help regarding sexual harassment issues. With respect to any problem there is a link to follow up on the issue.
Having trouble finding something at UCI? Here's a good place to start!
- This website is intended to be a helpful tool to get you started in your search for resources on and off campus at UCI.
- The Grad Handbook is maintained by members of Associated Graduate Students (AGS) and is not intended to replace or supersede official source information found on official university websites. Rather, we try to include source links and the most updated information from these websites and put them in one location.
- This is a collaborative resource! If you have any suggestions for edits or additions to a page - from cool places to go on our Social page to helpful resources to know about on our Immigration page - please contact us to let us know. There are buttons to message us at the bottom of most pages, and you can find out more information about contacting AGS on the Associated Graduate Students page on this site and our official website.
Suggest Changes!
Think we're missing something important, or having trouble with a broken link on one of our pages? Please send suggestions for changes or additions! AGS members will review your suggestions and add them ASAP. Your input is appreciated and will help make this a better resource for fellow Grad Students!