For more information on the program, including fellowships, go to the Graduate page of the department's main website.
While the Graduate Student Handbook is being updated, please contact the Graduate Program Coordinator ([email protected]) with any questions you may have.
If you are not sure which staff member to contact with a question, take a look at the staff responsibilities chart!
- First Year Student Information
- Poli Sci TA Handbook
- 2022-23 Poli Sci Graduate Program Handbook
- Parent Support
Academic
- Alternatives to POL 8106
- Preliminary Written Exams
- Proposing Summer Courses
- Prospectus Meeting Form
- Update Your CLA Directory Profile
- Use the CLA Profile Guide to get started editing and for additional help
- log in to the CLA Profile System
Career
- Grads on the Market
- Non-Academic Career Paths
- Professional Development Videos 2020
Financial
- Colloquia Visits and Related Events Process
- Competitive Graduate Research Fellowships
- External Grant and Fellowship Resources
- Graduate Student Summer Stipend Policy
- Grants, Fellowships, and Research Funding via CLA's Research Development Services
- I-9 Verification Steps
- Political Science Graduate Student Emergency Funding
- Reimbursement Request Form
- Student Fees
- Student/Vendor Reimbursement Request Procedure
- Travel Support 2022-23
- UMN Student Emergency Funds
- UMN Travel Information
- Visa Renewal Expenses Offset for International Students
- Visits and Events Process
Office Space and Computers
Other Policies and Resources
- 2021 PoliSci TA Resource List
- Business Cards
- Course Evaluations
- Graduate Office Representatives
- Graduate Student Services
- LATIS Research
- Mental Health Resources
- Parent Support
- PoLab Printing
- Red Folder - Helping Students in Distress
- Research Institutes
- Sexual Harrassment, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Relationship Violence
- TA Guidelines
- The Graduate School
- UMN Policy Library