NEXT Graduate Scholars

NEXT Graduate Scholars focuses on partnering across the institution to innovate in the graduate education space. Examining our student needs and institutional structures, supporting student success, and pursuing opportunities to strategically enhance graduate education are foundational to creating a new paradigm for public research education.

Recruitment & Onboarding: Create a frictionless experience for students before and after they arrive at UC. 

Student Success: Support students in all aspects of graduate life through efforts such as stipends, mental health support, mentoring, and international student services.

Curricular Innovation: Create transformational opportunities for exceptional scholarship through a presidential fellowship program, career and professional development, and microcredentials.