Welcome!

The University of South Florida has a strong commitment to the education of future generations of scholars, researchers and leaders in professional fields and is an exciting and rewarding place to study at the graduate level.

USF offers 100 master's and specialists programs, 43 doctoral programs, a doctor of medicine, several dual degree programs and more than 100 graduate certificates. We also offer many opportunities for non-degree seeking students. The school works closely with the Office of Research and Innovation offering unique research opportunities for students. The university also provides many meritorious graduate students with teaching and research assistantships offering competitive stipends and tuition reimbursement. We support doctoral students through a number of competitive and distinguished fellowships.  We also house the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs that serves all postdoctoral scholars at USF.

I hope you will take the time to learn more about graduate education and USF. Our beautiful campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee, and Lakeland (Polytechnic) await you.

Best wishes

Karen D. Liller, PhD
Dean of the Graduate School and
Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation

Graduate News

• 2012 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Awards
• The Spring Edition of the Graduate Voice Newsletter is now available to view online
• USF Grad Program Helps Entrepreneurs
• Article Questions Graduate Student Grades
• USF Wins Grants to Study What Helps Minority Ph.D. Students in Sciences Succeed
• Robin Telford, USF PhD candidate in Public Health, has been awarded Social Security Research Stipend to Improve Disability
• Three doctoral students in physics have each been invited separately to attend the 62nd Nobel Laureates Meeting in Lindau, Germany
• Student Green Energy Fund Proposal Deadline Approaching
• Graduate School Dean, Dr. Karen Liller, Publishes Second Edition of Book
• GSA Honors Dr. Peter Harries As An Exceptional Reviewer for 2011
• Graduate education and engineering programs earn spots on U.S. News & World Report rankings of best online education opportunities
• USF Takes Second in CA Technologies International Case Competition Finals
• National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific summer institutes for U.S graduate students - 2012 application now open
• USF is ranked #19 overall and #8 among public universities
• Graduate Faculty Mentor Awards
• Scholarship-for-service opportunity for graduate students, SMART Scholarship Program
• Ten Simple Rules for Building and Maintaining a Scientific Reputation