Links & Resources

• Registration Fee Deadlines
• OSU Registrar's Office Academic Calendar
• OSU Admissions Office website
• OSU Graduate School website
• Responsible Conduct of Research guide

Forms & Handbooks

• Microbiology Graduate Studies Handbook
• Microbiology Code of Conduct
• OSU Graduate School Handbook
• Microbiology Rotation Agreement Form
• Microbiology General Procedures & Office Services [pdf]
• Microbiology annual review form [pdf]
• Microbiology PhD Graduate Elective Courses [pdf]
• OSU Graduate School Forms Help (for assistance with GRADFORMS)
• Request for Short or Long Term Leave of Absence Form

Candidacy Exam Information

• Candidacy Exam Timeline
• Microbiology Exam Guidelines [pdf]
• Microbiology Microbiology candidacy exam proposal evaluation form
• OSU Graduate School Doctoral Exam Information
• GradForms website (Used to submit Application for Candidacy Exam)

Dissertations and Theses Information

• OSU Graduate School Preparation and Submission of Dissertations
• OSU Graduate School Graduation Checklist
• GradForms website
• OSU Graduate School graduation deadlines

Resources

• Graduate Associate Benefits
• OSU Purchasing and eTools
• Ohio Library and Information Network
• Buck ID card services
• Life Sciences Network Information
• Transportation and Parking services
• OSU Student Health Insurance Program
• Columbus Campus OSU housing for Graduate Students
• Off Campus Housing for Graduate Students
• Additional Resources for International students:
  • Optional Practical Training (OPT) for F-1 Students
  • ​OPT Extension for STEM Students-STEM OPT (To be requested after receiving the OPT)

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