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UC graduate and professional students, your feedback matters! Take the 2023 UC Graduate Student Experience Survey to help improve the university’s understanding of the graduate student experience. With results disaggregated by student level, discipline, and other background characteristics, the survey covers a comprehensive range of topics, including advising, a top priority for students and campuses. Your confidential responses will contribute to institutional knowledge and drive positive changes for graduate students. Don’t miss this opportunity to make a difference and improve UC’s graduate experience!

Click here (https://ucal.us/ucgsesucb) to take the survey and visit this link (https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/_files/survey-documents-graduate/2021-ucgses-advising.pdf) for the results on advising, a top priority area for students and campuses in 2021.

Example Impact of the survey: The 2021 UC Graduate Student Experience Survey covers various aspects of graduate and professional student experiences at the University of California. Advising emerged as a top priority area for students and campuses to focus on. Around 80% of graduate students were satisfied with the mentorship and advising they received during the 2020-2021 academic year. Advising satisfaction varied by student characteristics, with transgender, non-binary, and genderqueer-identified students reporting the lowest satisfaction. Satisfaction with mentorship and advising were linked to better engagement, timely degree completion, positive career prospects, and reduced depressive symptomology.

Confidentiality

Your responses to this survey are confidential, and the study results will be reported only as aggregate data. Any quotations from responses to open-ended questions used in reporting will be reviewed to ensure that your identity cannot be ascertained.