Welcome to diversity resources for graduate students. UCLA welcomes graduate students from across the U.S. and around the world to become part of a challenging and creative intellectual community. Our graduate population reflects diversity of intellectual interests, as well as representation from different cultures, races/ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, gender, socio-political perspectives, religious affiliations and sexual orientation/identities. Here you will find many programs and fellowship opportunities at UCLA and within the UC system to enhance and support graduate education.

Graduate Division

The Graduate Division serves as the administrative core for graduate recruitment and admissions and works to ensure that the education graduate students receive continually strives for the highest quality.

     Graduate Division
     Graduate Division-Diversity
     Admissions
     Academic Programs
     Financial Support

Graduate Preparation

UCLA has a range of programs that provide academic support services to assist undergraduates successfully apply to graduate school, transition to graduate life, and become leaders in their fields.

     Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
     Summer Program in Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
     Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS)
     Career Based Outreach Program (CBOP)

Graduate Support

UCLA and its academic departments and centers offer many fellowships and grant awards to help ensure access to graduate study for students who have experienced significant socioeconomic disadvantages or overcome other major educational or physical disadvantages in their pursuit of higher education.

     Cota-Robles Fellowships  
     Graduate Opportunity Fellowship Program (GOFP)
     Institute for American Cultures (Pre-& Post Doctoral)
     Diversity Initiative for Graduate Students in Social Sciences (UC DIGSSS)     

Graduate Students Associations

A wide range of graduate student groups aim to serve the academic, social, and professional development needs of the currently enrolled graduate students from different cultural, linguistic, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

    American Indian Graduate Students Association
    Armenian Graduate Students Association, UCLA
    Asian American Studies Graduate Student Association
    Black Graduate Student Association
    Ethos 
    French Graduate Student Conference
    Graduate Christian Fellowship
    International Graduate Student Association
    Korean Graduate Student Association
    Lambda Graduate Student Network (LGSN)
    Mexican Graduate Student Association
    STEM-PLEDGE