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Graduate Student Success is Built Together

The Graduate Education Excellence Awards recognize the faculty, graduate students, and staff whose work helps graduate students flourish at the University of Oregon.

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Microcredentials

26%

Students of Color

16%

International Students

57%

Master's Students

43%

Doctoral Students

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Graduate Employment

Teaching, research, and administrative appointments provide financial support while helping you build professional experience.

GEs receive a competitive compensation package, including a monthly salary, full-time tuition waiver, mandatory fees subsidy, health insurance premium coverage, and subsidized health insurance premium coverage for dependents.

All GEs at the UO receive labor union representation.

GE Job Openings

Mandatory Training for New GEs

3,390

students enrolled in graduate and law programs

83%

doctoral students funded with Graduate Employee appointments

$2M+

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Graduate Student Success is Built Together

The 2026 Graduate Education Excellence Awards recognize the faculty, graduate students, and staff who create mentorship, community, and student support systems across the UO.

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2026 Grad Flock Graduates Reflect on Their Time at the UO

Five graduating graduate students reflect on their time at the UO.

A group of community members codesign a water filtration system with UO grad student Adam DeHeer.

Duck Entrepreneur Launches Oregon Business with a Green Mission

For Waterleaf founder and CEO Adam DeHeer, MLA '19, the seeds of sustainable entrepreneurship were first planted as a UO graduate student researching public sanitation in South America.

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