For New Students

• Virtual Orientation
• International Students
• Student Organizations
• On-Campus Employment
• Future Professoriate Program
• MyNIU Training

For Returning Students

• Reentry Application (PDF)

Deadlines

• Drop/Add and other Academic Deadlines (PDF)
• Graduation Deadlines (PDF)

Withdrawal Information

• General Information
• Coversheet

Graduate Catalog

• Online Graduate Catalog

Forms

• Examination Report
• Oral Defense Report
• Schedule Change Form
• Time Conflict Permit
• Request for Oral Defense of Dissertation

Grants, Assistantships, and Fellowships

• Graduate Student Travel Grant Request for Proposals (PDF)
• Graduate Student Travel Grant Application (PDF) 
• Assistantship Application (PDF)(2-sided, print back to back on one sheet)
• Extra Employment for Graduate Assistants
• Fellowships
• Graduate Student Grants and Fellowships Office

Graduation

• Thesis and Dissertation
• Dissertation Defense Schedule
• Certificate of Completion (PDF)
• Defer or Reactivate Application for Degree
• Application for Degree - Application is now made through MyNIU
  

Online Forms

• Change of Major Request
• Transfer Credit Request
• Extension of Limitation Request
• Deferral of Graduation Request
• Leave of Absence Request
• Overload Petition
• Underload Petition
• Approval of Doctoral Dissertation Director

Graduate Student Advisory Committee

• Members, 2011-12