The Graduate College of Oklahoma State University strives to be a leader in graduate
education best practices. The Graduate College facilitates the success of graduate
faculty and graduate students and ensures the quality and integrity of graduate degrees,
enhancing the University's reputation as a premier land-grant university. The Graduate
College prepares the diverse, creative, intellectual leaders, who will contribute
positively to our global educational, cultural, economic and social environments.
Mission
The Graduate College of Oklahoma State University fosters an intellectual environment
that leads to the creation, acquisition, and dissemination of knowledge; nationally
and internationally recognized graduate programs; the success of the research enterprise,
and the recruitment and retention of outstanding, diverse graduate students and faculty.
Through a service-oriented, shared-governance approach, the Graduate College provides
central support for the recruitment, admission, matriculation, graduation and placement
of graduate students. Promoting excellence in graduate education best practices, the
Graduate College stewards institutional graduate resources and is an integral part
of the Oklahoma State University.