Graduate Student Services

Welcome to the Graduate Student Affairs Office

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Graduate Student Affairs Office provides a complete range services for all graduate students in an M.S. or Ph.D. program, as well as for potential students interested in joining a graduate program in engineering. The Samueli School is dedicated to the philosophy of meeting tomorrow’s technological challenges by providing the highest quality engineering education and research today.

From recruitment and admission, to degree conferral and graduation, our office provides many services for new and continuing graduate students. As you navigate towards degree completion, our main function is to provide general counseling and advice for you.  We also collaborate with the various departments on many student-related issues. Our office serves as the final school-wide place of approval for petitions, advancements to candidacy, degree conferrals, and other processes.

Office Location and Mailing Address
Attn: Graduate Student Affairs
University of California, Irvine
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
101 ECT
Irvine, CA 92697-2750

Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PST, Monday – Friday.
Office closed noon - 1:00 p.m. for lunch
Voice: (949) 824-4334    
Fax: (949) 824-3440
Email: soegradinfo@soemail.eng.uci.edu

The Graduate Student Affairs Office is located in 101 ECT, along with Undergraduate Student Affairs.

The Role of a Faculty Graduate Advisor

A graduate advisor is a faculty member in the respective academic unit who is the official representative of the graduate dean in matters affecting graduate studies in the faculty graduate advisor's academic unit.  A close working relationship is established between the advisor and the Office of Graduate Studies. The graduate dean depends upon the experience and judgment of the graduate advisors, and upon their recommendations, in matters requiring the graduate dean's action. The Graduate Division staff provides information to the advisors on a continual basis and responds to requests for special assistance.

The faculty graduate advisor is responsible for supervising graduate study in their department, and for helping each graduate student identify an individual faculty advisor and mentor. In many academic units, the advisor is instrumental in the appointment and supervision of graduate student teaching assistants, associates, readers, and tutors. There is also an Associate Dean for Student Affairs, John C. LaRue, who coordinates many of the functions which affect graduate students. Dr. LaRue works in conjunction with the Dean and Department Chairs.

Current HSSoE Graduate Advisors

Arts, Computation, and Engineering:
Simon Penny
Email: penny@uci.edu

Biomedical Engineering:
Abe Lee
Email: aplee@uci.edu

Frithjof Kruggel
Email:  fkruggel@uci.edu

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering:
Vasan Venugopalan
Email:  vvenugop@uci.edu

Civil Engineering:
Maria Feng
Email: mfeng@uci.edu

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science:
Payam Heydari
Email: payam@uci.edu

Environmental Engineering:
Bill Cooper (Program Director)
Email: wcooper@uci.edu

Materials and Manufacturing Technology:
Chin Lee (Program Director)
Email: cclee@uci.edu

Materials Science and Engineering:
Martha Mecartney
Email: martham@uci.edu

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:
Donald Dabdub (Continuing Students)
Email: ddabdub@uci.edu

Faryar Jabbari (Entering Students)
Email: fjabbari@uci.edu

Networked Systems:
Hamid Jafarkhani
Email:  hamidj@uci.edu

Graduate advisors review and sign-off on most of your paperwork during your program of study. This approval includes petitions for part-time study, leaves of absence, transfer of coursework, and thesis committee membership. They also approve your program of study, coursework, and advancement to candidacy. Graduate advisors are available to discuss any issue related to your matriculation as a graduate student at UC Irvine, or to refer you to the right place on issues not handled under their jurisdiction.

Additional Information

Graduate Student Handbook
The 2007-08 Graduate Student Handbook contains pertinent information as you navigate through your program.

International Student Services
For newly admitted and continuing international students, the following forms may be necessary to complete throughout your graduate studies.

The University and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering have a variety of deadlines that are the responsibility of individual graduate students. Please see the 2007-08 deadlines on the Graduate Division site. 

Required forms can be found at the UC Irvine's Graduate Division site for general campus financial aid, and other information for graduate students such as:

• Current Students
• Diversity Students
• International Students
• GSHIP Waiver/Medical Release
• Financial Aid
• Research Activity
• IRS - Tax Filing