Student Services
Graduate Student Services
The university provides strong support for graduate students, including a new office with a full-time assistant provost for graduate student affairs. That office maintains an open, friendly lounge where graduate students from different programs and schools can meet and interact; it also organizes a broad range of events, from “house-hunting weekends” in the summer to an array of professional and social events during the academic year.
Health Insurance
The university has recently negotiated a significant upgrade in the quality of graduate student health care. The most up-to-date information can be found at the health center Web site.
Graduate Student Association
The Graduate Student Association serves as a bridge between the graduate-student body and the administration. It provides a social space for graduate students from various departments to meet and exchange ideas of mutual interest.
Campus Housing
A small number of residence hall spaces, which are assigned by the assistant dean for admissions, are available to graduate students. For more details, see the campus housing Web site.
Off-Campus Housing
Nearly all graduate students live off campus, primarily in Waltham or in the Cambridge-Somerville area. The university organizes two apartment-hunting weekends each summer, providing housing and transportation to assist incoming students to find a suitable apartment. In addition, an off-campus housing office helps students to locate appropriate, affordable apartments. For more details, contact Robin Hennessey, assistant director of off-campus housing, or visit the off-campus housing Web site.
Disability Resources
The university provides reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Once accepted, a student must document a learning, physical or psychological disability at Brandeis to receive appropriate services. For details, see the disabilities services Web site.
Psychological Counseling
Confidental psychological counseling services are available to Brandeis graduate students through a variety of means. Students who have paid the health-services fee may receive professional assistance for personal or emotional problems. Those who have not paid the health-services fee may receive information about off-campus resources or referrals for assistance. For details, see the counseling center Web site.