Resources For Graduate School Planning
| Online Graduate Program Search | Graduate Admissions Tests |
| International Graduate Programs | UT-Specific Resources |
| Financial Aid | Specific Types of Programs |
Online Graduate Program Search
Grad Schools.com allows you to search for programs by university name or by academic subject. There's also lots of information on financial aid and an interesting section on distance learning.
Peterson's Guides to Graduate and Professional Programs provides a comprehensive list of programs organized by academic field and discipline. It provides basic information about the program including names of graduate advisors and liaisons.
Graduate School Guide has a database you can search by location and academic subject as well as a Q & A section on applying to graduate school.
Review.com is a division of Princeton Review. It can help you search for schools, manage the application process, and find the funds to pay for it all.
U.S. News and World Report has a site that ranks graduate schools, including medical, law, business, engineering, and education programs. You can type in a school and do a search to get the ranking or information like admissions or financial aid. Please note that parts of this website require registration and payment.
E-Learners lists many resources related to online degrees, both graduate and undergraduate, and certificates, and classes.
International Graduate Programs
Career Owl lists international programs alphabetically by name.
Universities Worldwide allows you to search for schools by country.
Educational and Social Science Library provides links to sites that rank international graduate programs.
Graduate Schools and Postgraduate Courses Worldwide contains articles on international graduate study and information on specific schools in the UK and Europe.
U.S. Department of Education maintains a site describing its international education programs.
Financial Aid
FAFSA Online allows you to register for the government's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Financial Aid provides a wealth of information about grants, loans, scholarships, and other sources of money to pay for graduate school.
Financial Aid Resources provides extensive links to organizations that can help you fund graduate school.
Minority Scholarships is a directory of scholarships for underrepresented students.
Graduate Admissions Tests
The GMAT maintains a site with information on how to prepare for the exam, truths and myths about MBAs, profiles of MBA programs, and financial aid.
The GRE also has a site where you can register for the test, get study tips, and take a practice exam.
The MCAT site has everything you need to know about the Medical College Admission Test for medical school.
The Law School Admission Council site contains testing dates for the LSAT, online registration, and practice tests.
UT-Specific Resources
UT's Office of Graduate Studies has a site containing everything you could possibly want to know about applying to graduate programs at UT.
Want to know what grad school is really like? The Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program offers an internship for UT undergraduates who want to learn about the unique aspects of graduate school that make it different from the undergraduate experience. The program helps link students with faculty members and grad students in their area of academic interest and provides an internship for academic credit. There is also an IE Job/Career Resources page that addresses academic jobs, non-academic careers, CVs, and interviewing.
GRE prep courses are offered at the UT Learning Center.
The CEC is here to help with your Personal Statements. Our counselors are ready and willing to review your personal statements for content. For grammar and proofreading: Undergraduates can use the Undergraduate Writing Center, and graduate students can use the Graduate Student Writing Service.
In addition to the resources offered by the Career Exploration Center, resources for students interested in health professions schools and programs can get help with the application and preparation process at the Health Professions Office. For students interested in Law school, additional resources are also available at some of your college Career Services offices. Check with your individual college’s Career Services to speak to a pre-law advisor.
For students who are interested in conducting undergraduate research to better prepare for graduate school, Eureka is a great resource for learning what research is being conducted on campus and identifying researchers you'd like to contact.