New Graduate Student Orientation
Welcome Graduate Students!
The Office of Graduate Studies provides a virtual orientation experience conducted through a Canvas course. We strongly recommend that you complete the course before academic classes begin as it contains important information on academic matters, important policies, library basics, and student success resources.
We are also offering optional online "New Student Q&A Sessions" if you have any additional questions that were not answered in the course content.
For Canvas Course information or if you plan to attend a Q&A session, please click on the corresponding semester and link below.
For Students Starting in Winter 2025:
The following are steps in the orientation process for students starting in Winter 2025. If you have any questions about Orientation, please email the Office of Graduate Studies at [email protected].
To complete the course, login to our Professional Development Canvas instance using your assigned umich username and password. Once authenticated, you should be able to click this link and enroll in the course "Winter 2025 P.D. - Graduate Orientation." Once you enroll, the Orientation course will be available to you in your Canvas course list to access in the future.