Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff Graduate School Handbook

The handbook provides information regarding Graduate School services, processes, and relevant policies.

2024-25 Handbook

Faculty Forms and Resources

Find forms that your students will need during their graduate career, as well as forms you can use for Graduate Council requests and graduate assistantships.

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Graduate Council

The Graduate Council is responsible for formulating, reviewing, disseminating, and monitoring the implementation of policies and procedures concerning graduate education at NDSU. 

Council members

At the February 7, 2023 meeting, Council approved requiring an enrollment minimum of 6 credits to hold a fall/spring graduate assistantship (unless a student is graduating). This graduate assistant policy change will go into effect beginning fall 2024 (and will appear in the 2024/2025 Catalog).

The policy change is part of the 2023 Report of the NDSU Graduate Council report on the 2022 Tuition Waiver Working Group Recommendations and Proposals, found here.

Recruitment Toolkit

We’ve created a guide for developing a graduate recruitment plan, to help you identify, engage, and convert top graduate prospects.

Read the guide

Admission and Hiring Deadlines

Fall Entry

June 1 Last day to admit international students
July 1

Last day to process contracts for graduate assistants - domestic and international

Last day to admit funded domestic students

First Monday after summer semester ends

Earliest start date for graduate assistants

September (census day)

Last day to admit non-funded domestic students

Spring Entry

November 1

Last day to admit international students

November 15

Last day to process contracts for graduate assistants - domestic and international

Last day to admit funded domestic students

First Monday after fall semester ends Earliest start date for graduate assistants
February (census day)

Last day to admit non-funded domestic students

Summer Entry

Summer Entry  
April 1 Last day to admit international students
April 15

Last day to process contracts for graduate assistants - domestic and international

Last day to admit funded domestic students

First Monday after spring semester ends Earliest start date for graduate assistants