Graduate Forms & Advising Resources

General Advising Forms and Resources

• Official Forms
• Graduate Student Annual Evaluation Process
• New Graduate Student Resources
• Graduate Advising Office
• CS Graduate Student Handbook [PDF]

Advising for Registration - By Degree

• PhD General Advising for Registration
• MS General Advising for Registration
• MCS General Advising for Registration

International Students

• EPI Exam Requirements
• CPT Training Process
• OPT Training Process
• International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS)

Graduate College Information

• The Graduate College
• The Graduate College Handbook
• The Graduate College Fellowship Finder

Graduate Program Staff

Director of Graduate Admissions and Advancement, Professor Brian Bailey
bpbailey@illinois.edu 

Assistant Director of Graduate Programs, Viveka P. Kudaligama
1222 Siebel Center,  (217) 300-2276, kudaliga@illinois.edu

Graduate Admissions/ Senior Graduate Academic Advisor, Kara MacGregor
1224 Siebel Center,  (217) 333-9706, kmacgreg@illinois.edu

Graduate Admissions/Graduate Academic Advisor, Maggie Metzger Chappell
1220 Siebel Center,  (217) 244-3179, mmetz2@illinois.edu

Online Programs/Program Specialist and Academic Advisor, Desiree Marmon
1220 Siebel Center,  (217) 300-8137, dmarmon@illinois.edu

Online Programs/Program Specialist and Academic Advisor, Christine Martinez
1220 Siebel Center,  (217) 265-7595, cmartinz@illinois.edu

The Academic Office staff can assist students or answer questions regarding:

• course registration
• assessing academic progress
• degree requirement and course planning
• thesis format checks
• qual, prelim, and final exam requirements and scheduling
• Graduate College petitions (transfer of coursework, degree time extensions, etc.)
• transferring in or out of the Department of Computer Science

For International Students Only

• I-20 extensions or changes
• CPT: Curricular Practical Training
• OPT: Optional Practical Training