- Campuses :
- Twin Cities
- Crookston
- Duluth
- Morris
- Rochester
- Other Locations
College of Liberal Arts
cla@umn.edu
Student Info: 612-625-2020
cla@umn.edu
Student Info: 612-625-2020
Graduate Programs
Resources for faculty and staff
CLA and Graduate School responsibilities and processes (chart)
Graduate Education Policies
- Admission for Master's and Doctoral Degrees
- Readmission and Changes to Master's or Doctoral Degree Objectives
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Plans Approved by the Board of Regents: Twin Cities, Rochester
- New Administrative (Educational) Policies
Course and Program changes:
- Instructions for proposing new courses
- Instructions for proposing new programs
- Instructions for proposing program changes
- Checklist for creating new Undergraduate/Graduate Major and/or Minor
- New Academic Program Proposal Form
Leave of Absence Application (LOA):
- LOA Processes Page
- University Wide Policy on Leave of Absence
- Sample Letter
- LOA Request Form
- LOA Reinstatement Request Form
Graduate Faculty
- CLA Faculty with Graduate Faculty Status
Roster of faculty with Graduate Faculty Status in the College of Liberal Arts. - Appointing Faculty External to the University to Committees
Information on required procedures for appointing faculty external to the University of Minnesota, to Graduate Preliminary Oral/Dissertation Committees
- Adding faculty to the CLA roster
Application for adding faculty to the CLA Faculty Roster
Intersections: GradTracker
Information for your Graduate Students
- Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP)
- CLA DOVE Summer Research Fellowship
- Summer Tuition Benefits for Graduate Student instructors and TAs
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute CLA Teaching Fellows
Other Resources
- Graduate Education Transition Information about the Graduate School Transition
- Graduate Education Transition: Student Processes (ASR)
- Grants and Research Funding
Information about internal and external grant opportunities. The grants and fellowship database includes post-doc fellowship opportunities and external grants for which graduate students are eligible - Prospective Graduate Students
- Current Graduate Students
- U of M Graduate School
- Interdisciplinary research centers
The responsibilities of the CLA Graduate Programs office include:
- Working with faculty, staff, graduate students, directors of graduate studies and other consultative bodies to enhance the excellence of the college's graduate programs and to ensure student success;
- Serving as the college's liaison to other collegiate units with whom the college shares joint graduate programs;
- Facilitating graduate program and accreditation reviews;
- Enhancing the financial support for CLA graduate students and graduate programs;
- Leading collegiate efforts to enhance the diversity of CLA's graduate students; and
- Serving as the college's liaison to the Graduate School
Contact Us
Location: 113 Johnston Hall
Phone: 612-626-4686
Fax: 612-626-6855
- Alex Rothman
Associate Dean - Wendy Friedmeyer
Assistant To the Associate Dean
