Grad Organizations - Graduate Student Life

Graduate Student Life
Stamp Student Union 1121A
Graduate Student Suite
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 314-9544 Phone
(301) 314-9634 Fax
yckim2@umd.edu

The Coordinator of Graduate Student Life, in addition to advising the Graduate Student Government, provides institutional support to the 70+ registered graduate student organizations. The Coordinator works with students to help them start new organizations, find funding, and help them navigate any campus bureaucracy they might encounter.

There are almost 500 registered student organizations including over 70 registered graduate student organizations at the University of Maryland. While some organizations tend to be more graduate or undergraduate in focus, all are open to any registered University of Maryland student. The primary distinction, is that graduate organizations have more graduate members than undergraduate and all of its officers are graduate students. Graduate organizations and undergraduate organizations also are funded through separate activity fees. As a graduate organization you can apply for funding through Graduate Student Government (see the GSG financial affairs page for more information).

While most graduate students join graduate organizations, approximately 15% of graduate students are involved with at least one Undergraduate organization. Graduate students are also involved in two University governance organizations:
Graduate Student Government and the University Senate.

In reality, there are other graduate organizations on campus that simply haven't registered. There is no requirement to register, but only those graduate organizations that are registered through the Office of Campus Programs can access Graduate Activity Fee money managed by Graduate Student Government and substantial organizational benefits (e.g., free room reservations, free web hosting).

Use the Student Activities Reporting System to set-up a new student organization or re-register an existing organization.