Upcoming Events:
Spring 2025 New Graduate Student Orientation
The Spring 2025 New Graduate Student Orientation will be held on January 16, 2025.
The orientation will be held from 10 AM - 12 PM in VBT 124 and via Zoom. Please do join us in person so that you can meet other new graduate students. We're looking forward to seeing you there!
Please follow instructions here to register.
CSU STEM-NET Research Talks
CSU STEM-NET sponsors online research talks by STEM faculty throughout the system. There are typically 3-4 talks per semester from a wide range of STEM disciplines.
You can see a schedule of events and register to view the talks here:
https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/research/stem-net/Pages/webinar-and-virtual-events.aspx
STEM-NET is a multi-campus collaboration, or affinity group, working with all 23 CSU campuses and areas of STEM research and education.
STEM-NET connects and strengthens faculty research and educational collaborations across the CSU system and across disciplines. It expands opportunities for active learning, innovative pedagogy, and supports CSU faculty in developing grant proposals with potential for scaling and sustainability with high impact and fundability.
College of Business and Economics Information Sessions
The College of Business and Economics regularly offers information sessions describing their graduate programs. You may meet with program directors and learn more about how a Cal State East Bay graduate degree can enhance your career. Information Sessions are held virtually via Zoom
More information is available on the CBE website here: https://www.csueastbay.edu/cbegrad/events.html
Master of Social Work Information Sessions
The Social Work Department warmly invites and encourages prospective applicants to attend one of our information sessions to learn more about our program. A schedule of information sessions is available here.PAST EVENTS:
Graduate Student and Graduate Educator Celebration
Please join us for a graduate student and graduate educator event to celebrate the end of the semester on Tuesday, December 3rd from 11:30 pm - 1 pm. This event will be held in-person in the University Union 311 (old Union, second floor). Stop by and enjoy some cookies and cake. We'd love to meet you in-person and give you the opportunity to meet other graduate students and graduate faculty!Please register here so that we know who will be coming.
Hope to see you there!
GEF/Pre-Doc/CDIP Information Sessions
Are you considering pursuing a Ph.D. after completing your bachelor’s degree? The CSU funds three programs, described below.
The Graduate Equity Fellowship Program seeks to increase the diversity of students completing graduate degree programs at Cal State East Bay, encourages continuation towards doctoral programs, and promotes consideration of university faculty careers. Applicants must be admitted to a state-supported CSUEB Master's program as a classified or conditionally classified student, have an undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or greater, a graduate GPA of 3.25 or greater, show financial need, and enroll in 8 units or more per semester during academic year 2024-2025. Additional requirements apply. Successful applicants receive grants ranging from $500 up to $2000 per year. The application deadline is May 1st, 2025.
Students selected for the California Pre-Doctoral Program receive $5,000 to explore and prepare to succeed in doctoral studies through faculty mentoring, scholarly research opportunities, travel to visit doctoral-granting institutions, membership in professional associations, and attendance at professional conferences, and also funds a summer research experience at a doctoral-granting institution. Undergraduates and graduate students are eligible to apply. However, you must be enrolled at CSUEB in Spring 2025, and also be enrolled for at least one semester of the academic year 2025-2026. The application deadline is mid-February, 2025.
In addition, there is a Health Professions Track to the Pre-Doctoral Program. The Health Professions Track (HPT) differs in its focus, and follows a separate application and review process. The HPT is designed for students interested in obtaining health professional doctorates with an explicit research component.
The Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) provides financial assistance in the form of a $5,000 dissertation fellowship to help pay tuition, living expenses, etc. plus additional $2,500 grants to support research efforts and $1,500 grants up to two times a year for conference travel for CDIP fellow and mentor. There is also an available optional loan program. These awards are available to doctoral students who are interested in applying and competing for CSU instructional faculty positions after completion of the doctoral degree. The application deadline is mid-February, 2025.
All three programs are designed to increase the diversity of persons qualified to fill instructional faculty positions in the CSU. To learn more, please attend one of our information sessions.
You may attend both either in-person in VBT 137 or via Zoom.
Tuesday November 5th, 2024 from 11:30 am-1:00 pm, VBT 137 or Zoom link
Wednesday November 20th, 2024 from 4:00-5:30 pm, VBT 137 or Zoom link
A separate information session covering the Health Professions Track of the Pre-Doctoral program will be held:
November 14th, from 12:30 - 1:15 pm, Room 178 Collaborative Hub - CORE Building.
More information about the programs is also available at https://www.csueastbay.edu/graduate-studies/graduate-opportunities.html
Graduate Student Connections Events
Please come join us for a graduate students connections event. Come on by on Wednesday, October 30th and grab some candy and drinks. You can meet and mingle with your fellow graduate students. We'll be meeting in UU MPR A from 11:30-1:00.
Please register here so that we know who will be coming.
Hope to see you there!
Fall 2024 Graduate School Fair
Thursday, October 24th, 2024
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
The California State University, East Bay, Office of Graduate Studies invites interested participants to our Fall 2024 Graduate School Fair.
Representatives from over 50 graduate programs from Cal State East Bay, and a selection of CSUs, UCs, and private universities will be available to answer questions about their graduate programs, admission requirements, and more.
The event will be held in-person in UU MPR on the Hayward campus.
Please follow the link below to visit our Graduate School Fair website and to register for the event:
Cal State East Bay Fall 2024 Graduate School Fair
If you have questions about the Graduate School Fair or graduate programs in general, please contact the CSUEB Office of Graduate Studies at gradstudies@csueastbay.edu
Fall 2024 Pathway to Graduate School Workshops
Are you interested in graduate school?
Please join us for a set of workshops on Tuesday, September 17th from 11 am - 1 pm to help you learn about graduate school and decide if it is right for you. There will be sessions with Graduate Studies, Admissions, Financial Aid, and Career Empowerment.
This event will be held in-person in VBT 137 but you may also join the workshops via Zoom (Zoom link).
Note: Please register for the event so we know how many people to expect.
Recordings of presentations from this event are available on the Prospective Students page.
If you have questions about the event, please contact the Office of Graduate Studies at gradstudies@csueastbay.edu
Fall 2024 New Graduate Student Connections Event
All new graduate students (admitted Fall 24),
Please join us for a new graduate student connections event on Tuesday, August 27th from 12 pm - 1 pm. This event will be held in-person in the University Union Bayview room (second floor above MPR). We'd love to meet you in-person and give you the opportunity to meet other new graduate students!
We'll have light refreshments, giveaways, and some games to play.
Note: Please register for the event so we know how many people to expect. You may also register on MyCompass.
If you have questions about the connections event, please contact Student Life at slic@csueastbay.edu or the Office of Graduate Studies at gradstudies@csueastbay.edu
Fall 2024 Graduate Student Orientation
All new graduate students,
Please join us for a graduate student orientation on Friday, August 16th from 10 am - 12 pm. You may register for the orientation through MyCSUEB. You may attend in-person in the University Union MPR room or via Zoom. We'd love to see you in-person so that we can meet you and you can meet other new graduate students!
If you choose to attend via Zoom, the link is: https://csueb.zoom.us/j/5805443697
Our orientation program is designed to provide you with the information to actively engage with the campus community, inform you about campus resources, policies, leadership opportunities, and more!
More details are available here: https://www.csueastbay.edu/orientation/index.html
Note: Please register for the orientation through MyCSUEB. Choose the "Applicant" tab and then "Student Orientation" as shown in the attached image.
If you have questions about the orientation, please contact Student Life at orientation@csueastbay.edu or the Office of Graduate Studies at gradstudies@csueastbay.edu
CSU-Wide Grad SLam
Please support our graduate-level Grad Slam winners as they compete in the CSU-Wide Grad Slam held virtually by Cal State Long Beach on Friday May 3rd from 10:00am - 2:00 PM. Registration and more information is available here: https://www.csulb.edu/graduate-studies/csu-grad-slam
Grad Slam 2024
Grad Slam Research Presentation Competition
Cal State East Bay Grad Slam 2024
The event will take place in-person on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 in the University Union MPR room - 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm.
Please join us in-person or via Zoom. Zoom link is: https://csueb.zoom.us/j/89322804379
Applications are now closed. The deadline to apply was Friday, March 8th, 2024.
Please see this link for eligibility and application. Grad Slam 2024
Also, you can view a video of the 2023 Grad Slam competition.
Spring 2024 Virtual Graduate School Fair
Thursday, March 14th, 2024
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
The California State University, East Bay, Office of Academic Programs and Services invites interested participants to our Spring 2024 Virtual Graduate School Fair.
Cal State East Bay offers over fifty professional and research graduate programs. Learn more about the programs and talk to the Graduate Coordinators of the individual programs.
On the day of the fair, you may join Zoom meetings to talk to representatives from each program.
Please follow the link below to visit our Graduate School Fair website and to register for the event:
Spring 2024 Virtual Graduate School Fair
Graduate Information Day
To help prepare for the grad fair, we are also offering a set of workshops on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 from 10 am - 2 pm. These workshops will also be held via Zoom. You may register for the workshops here:
CSUEB Virtual Information Day 2024 Registration
10:00-11:00 Is Graduate School Right for you? Kevin Brown - Director of Graduate Studies
11:00-12:00 Cal State Apply - Graduate Applications Jasmin Magallanes - Associate Director, Admissions
12:00-1:00 Cost of Attendance and Financial Aid Lyle Fullmer - Financial Aid
1:00-2:00 The Right Essay (Statement of Purpose) Jesse Foster - AACE
On the day of the workshops, you may join using this Zoom link: https://csueb.zoom.us/j/83639072998
The link is the same for all the workshops, and you may drop in and out of them based on your availability. If you are new to Zoom, please click here for instructions on joining a Zoom meeting.
If you have questions about the Graduate School Fair, Graduate Information Day, or graduate programs in general, please contact the CSUEB Office of Graduate Studies at gradstudies@csueastbay.edu.
Fall 2023 Graduate School Fair
Thursday, October 26th, 2023
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
The California State University, East Bay, Office of Academic Programs and Services invites interested participants to our Fall 2023 Graduate School Fair.
Representatives from over 50 graduate programs from Cal State East Bay, and a selection of CSUs, UCs, and private universities will be available to answer questions about their graduate programs, admission requirements, and more.
The event will be held in-person in UU MPR on the Hayward campus.
Please pre-register for the event here.
Also, you may access the Graduate School Fair website to view more information about the programs that will be attending the fair, and to prepare (ex. see suggested questions for recruiters.) A list of participating programs is available here.
If you have questions about the Graduate School Fair or graduate programs in general, please contact the CSUEB Office of Graduate Studies at gradstudies@csueastbay.edu
AACE will also be hosting another Graduate School Survival Guide, a set of sessions to help you learn about graduate school. There will be sessions with Graduate Studies, Admissions, and AACE. The workshops will be held on Tuesday, October 24th via Zoom to help you prepare for the Graduate School Fair.
https://csueb.zoom.us/j/88078301540
11:00-11:30 Tuesday, 10/24 Graduate School Experience
Fall 2023 New Graduate Student Orientation
CSU Grad Slam Graduate Research Presentation Competition
The event will take place via Zoom on Friday, May 5th, 2023 - 10:00 pm – 2:30 pm
The top finishers of our campus Grad Slam, Preeti Sundaramurthi (M.S. Biological Sciences) and Tapasya Madhusudhan Solu (M.S. Computer Science) will be competing in this CSU-wide competition. Please support them by attending the event.
You may register for the event here: https://grad.sdsu.edu/csu-grad-slam
There are 2 rounds of the competition and you can see the schedule at the link below. Ms. Sundaramurthi will be competing in preliminary round 3, and Ms. Solu will be competing in preliminary round 4.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vYpcChZIefnnJuqXmCWbsgWY8KA6S6vt/edit
Best of luck to our Cal State East Bay graduate students!
More information on our campus Grad Slam is available here: Grad Slam 2023
Grad Slam 2023
Grad Slam Graduate Research Presentation Competition
Cal State East Bay Grad Slam 2023
The event will take place in-person on Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 in the University Union MPR room - 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Applications are Open!
Now accepting applications for Grad Slam. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, March 1st, 2023.
Please see this link for eligiibility and application. Grad Slam 2023
Spring 2023 Virtual Graduate School Fair
Thursday, March 16th, 2023
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
The California State University, East Bay, Office of Academic Programs and Services invites interested participants to our Spring 2023 Virtual Graduate School Fair.
Cal State East Bay offers over fifty professional and research graduate programs. Learn more about the programs and talk to the Graduate Coordinators of the individual programs.
On the day of the fair, you may join Zoom meetings to talk to representatives from each program.
Please follow the link below to visit our Graduate School Fair website and to register for the event:
On the day of the fair, you may join Zoom meetings to talk to representatives from each program.
If you are new to Zoom, please click here for instructions on joining a Zoom meeting.
If you have questions about the Graduate School Fair or graduate programs in general, please contact the CSUEB Office of Graduate Studies at gradstudies@csueastbay.edu/
Fall 2022 Graduate School Fair
Thursday, October 27th, 2022
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
The California State University, East Bay, Office of Academic Programs and Services invites interested participants to our Fall 2022 Graduate School Fair.
Representatives from over 50 graduate programs from Cal State East Bay, and a selection of CSUs, UCs, and private universities will be available to answer questions about their graduate programs, admission requirements, and more. A list of participating programs is available below.
The event will be held in-person in UU MPR.
Please pre-register for the event on Handshake. The Handshake link is: CSUEB Graduate School Fair.
If you have questions about the Graduate School Fair or graduate programs in general, please contact the CSUEB Office of Graduate Studies at gradstudies@csueastbay.edu
AACE will also be holding another version of their Graduate School Survival Guide, a set of sessions to help you learn about graduate school. There will be sessions with Graduate Studies, Admissions, and Financial Aid. The workshops will be held on Tuesday, October 25th via Zoom to help you prepare for the Graduate School Fair.
- 10:15am - 11:15am PDT: Graduate School Workshop: What is Graduate Studies?
- 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT: Graduate School Workshop: Admission Process
- 12:15pm - 1:15pm PDT: Graduate School Workshop: Financial Aid Process
Graduate Fair Resources
Our next Graduate School Fair will be held in Fall 2022. In the meantime, please see the resources below to learn about CSUEB Graduate Programs, Graduate School Admissions, Cost of Attendance and Financial Aid, and Graduate Admissions Tests.
Presentations from the Fall 2021 Graduate School Fair
Is Graduate School Right for you? (video)
Cost of Attendance and Financial Aid (slides)
Presentations from the Spring 2020 Pathway to Graduate School Event
Fall 2022 Graduate Student Orientation
All new graduate students,
Please join us for a virtual graduate student orientation on Thursday, August 11th from 10-11 am. You may register for the orientation through MyCSUEB. More details are available here: https://www.csueastbay.edu/orientation/index.html
Graduate School Survival Guide: Spring 22 Edition
For clickable links to Zoom sessions, see this page: Graduate School Survival Guide.
You are invited! Spring 2022 Graduate Student Orientation and Mixer
GEF/Pre-Doc/CDIP Information Sessions
Are you considering pursuing a Ph.D. after completing your bachelor’s degree? The CSU funds three programs, described below.
The Graduate Equity Fellowship Program seeks to increase the diversity of students completing graduate degree programs at Cal State East Bay, encourages continuation towards doctoral programs, and promotes consideration of university faculty careers. Applicants must be admitted to a state-supported CSUEB Master's program as a classified or conditionally classified student, have an undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or greater, a graduate GPA of 3.25 or greater, show financial need, and enroll in 8 units or more per semester during academic year 2021-2022. Additional requirements apply. Successful applicants receive grants ranging from $500 up to $2000 per year. The application deadline is May 1st, 2022.
Students selected for the California Pre-Doctoral Program receive $3,000 to explore and prepare to succeed in doctoral studies through faculty mentoring, scholarly research opportunities, travel to visit doctoral-granting institutions, membership in professional associations, and attendance at professional conferences, and also funds a summer research experience at a doctoral-granting institution. Undergraduates and graduate students are eligible to apply. However, you must be enrolled at CSUEB in Spring 2022, and also be enrolled for at least one semester of the academic year 2022-2023. The application deadline is February 1st, 2022.
The Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) provides financial assistance in the form of a student loan to a limited number of individuals pursuing doctoral degrees. The program seeks to provide loans of up to $30,000 to doctoral students who are interested in applying and competing for CSU instructional faculty positions after completion of the doctoral degree. The loans are forgivable for students who return to teach in the CSU after receiving their doctoral degree. The application deadline is February 1st, 2022.
All three programs are designed to increase the diversity of persons qualified to fill instructional faculty positions in the CSU. To learn more, please attend one of our information sessions, which will be held virtually via Zoom on:
Thursday, November 4th, 2021, from 12:15-1:45 PM (https://csueb.zoom.us/j/83007808057?pwd=RTRlTXNQS0dJZzZSZ3lUUmdDRFBwUT09)
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021, from 3:30-5:00 PM (https://csueb.zoom.us/j/89927078317?pwd=S3RnSXVKRjJyYVRDZ0ZyMWRiNWlpdz09)
More information about the programs is also available at https://www.csueastbay.edu/graduate-studies/graduate-opportunities.html