Grad Admissions

On a brisk spring morning in 2018, Saravana ’03 M.S. and Katherine ’03 M.S., ’05 Ph.D. Kumar said goodbye to their two young children and left their home in Minnesota on one of the most high-stakes road trips of their lives. Their destination was a hospital in Quebec City where a 77-year-old patient was preparing […]

Lauren Hultquist, a Master of Arts in Psychology student, received the top award in the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for her presentation “Keyboard Warriors,” an examination of the nature of online anonymity, including its effect on dark personality traits. The event, sponsored by the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning, […]

The Fall 2024 Accelerate to Industry (A2i) workshop series concluded last month, having connected 60 Charlotte graduate students to thought-provoking and career-enhancing presentations from distinguished experts representing Novant Health, TIAA, Pesta, Finnie and Associates, LLP, 704 Shop, and Siemens Energy. A2i is a workforce development program that allows graduate students to explore diverse career paths […]

In late October, dozens of UNC Charlotte graduate students presented at the preliminary rounds for 3 Minute Thesis (3MT), a competition developed by the University of Queensland that challenges graduate students to succinctly summarize their research for a non-specialist audience in 3 minutes or less. The concept for 3MT is simple, but daunting. The trick […]

UNC Charlotte has been recognized as one of the top 30 universities in the United States for career outcomes and return on investment for international students, according to the 2024 F1 Hire Career Outcome University Ranking, released Oct. 16. The ranking, compiled using federal data sources by the international career management website F1 Hire, considers […]

Dr. Terry Xu, Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Programs, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, was selected to receive this year’s Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for her leadership in maintaining a thriving graduate program during a tumultuous period. Dr. Xu is credited with maintaining consistency and high academic standards and transparency in Ph.D. qualifying […]

Students learn from case studies, interviews, real-world coursework In construction, a capstone completes a building or monument. It is an essential part of the structure — and also an important symbol. Likewise, a capstone class crowns students’ studies symbolically and in practical terms. This is certainly the case with UNC Charlotte’s 10.5-month fast-track Master of […]

Thomas Schmidt’s 75-foot “Connected” echoes Charlotte’s electrical grid. Employing student and alumni assistants, art professor Thomas Schmidt has created and installed a magnificent large-scale work in the Duke Energy Plaza, the company’s new headquarters at 525 South Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte. The 75-foot wall installation, comprised of some 175 porcelain panels and 50 mirrors, […]

Agus Sudjianto, a highly accomplished risk management and quantitative methods expert with extensive experience in the financial services industry, is becoming an Executive in Residence for the School of Data Science. He will also be co-teaching a class on MLM with Professor Robert Fox this fall at SDS. Agus recently retired as Executive Vice President […]

Joseph Campos, formerly Associate Director of Admissions for Queens University, has joined the Graduate School as Assistant Director of Recuitment. Campos has over 20 years of experience in enrollment management, workforce development, and global partnerships. He will lead efforts to expand and strengthen Charlotte’s graduate international recruitment and enrollment strategies. He holds a B.S. in […]