The Office of Graduate Studies oversees the graduate programs in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. This office is responsible for graduate policies and procedures, recruitment, enrollment and progression of graduate of students, and graduate student financial support including teaching assistantships and tuition remission. Graduate student admission is handled jointly with the Office of Student Services in the College. Online application to the Graduate Program at FAU is completed through the Office of Graduate Admissions and Studies; although some programs may also require application directly to the college program in addition to the university application. The College offers the following graduate programs:

• Typically, Master's programs should be completed in 2 years and PhD programs in 5 years.
• Doctoral students on Teaching Assistantships receive a full stipend and full tuition remission, usually for a period of up to 5 years. Students on Research Assistantships may different depending on the advisor and grant fund availability.
• Master's students are not guaranteed an assistantship, stipend or tuition remission. The availability depends on the program and availability of assistantships.

The GSACD is made up of graduate students from each of the graduate programs in the college and meets to discuss various issues pertaining to graduate student life in the College. The committee organizes events, discusses problems and is a channel for communication to the dean of the college. The Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research sits ex officio on the committee as an advisor to the committee, and acts as the liaison between the dean and committee. Currently the Chair of this committee is Elizabeth Courtney White (Psychology).

New graduate program proposals and graduate New Course Proposals or Changes in Course Title should first be approved by the department and then submitted to the College Graduate Programs Committee for approval. Once approved by the college committees, the proposal is forwarded to the university graduate programs committee for approval, then to the UFS for approval.

The College Graduate Programs Committee is usually composed of the department and program graduate directors elected by each department. At its first meeting each Fall, the committee elects a chairperson who also serves and represents the college on the university graduate programs committee—a committee of the UFS.

Information about all the Graduate Programs at FAU, Application Procedures, and special information for Current Students, International Students, Faculty and Staff, and the Graduate Council, Committees, and Student Association. For more information please visit http://www.fau.edu/graduate/.