Resources for New Graduate Students

Welcome to our program!  To help get you started, here are some useful resources for you.

• Graduate College Welcome (a resource-rich website; go here first!)
• COVID-19 Policies and Responsibilities  
• ISSS Website for international students (go to "Students" menu item)
• How to register for classes (Office of the Registrar)
• Bursar's office

SAVE THE DATE!  The new student orientation will be August 20, 2021, for those starting AE @ Illinois in Fall, 2021.

More details will be provided to you by e-mail soon.   If you would like to view the materials from Fall 2020, please continue below.

Just before the start of each fall and spring semester, the Department hosts a welcome event.   The most recent one is below.

On August 21, 2020, the Department held an orientation for new and returning graduate students.  The below links contain a recording of the orientation, and the information that was presented.

• Agenda
• Recording of the orientation (hosted on mediaspace.illinois.edu; @illinois.edu login required)
• Slides from Professor Bodony (Welcome, MS, PhD program)
• Slides from Professor Merret (MEng)
• Slides from Professor Freund (Welcome from the Department Head)
• Slides from Ms. Katherine Snyder (Resources from the Office of the Dean of Students)
• Slides from Mr. Gyu-Sub Lee (AE GSAC)