The Graduate Student Handbook serves as a comprehensive guide to graduate education at the University of Washington. It is designed to support graduate students in navigating the academic, administrative, and community aspects of graduate study across all three UW campuses.
Resource Type: Academic
Quantitative Tutoring Center (Tacoma)
The Quantitative Tutoring Center has both online and in-person tutoring. Tutoring and workshops are free to all UW Tacoma students, faculty, and staff. Subjects supported are Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Science, Accounting, Business, Physics, and more.
Writing Center (Tacoma)
The Writing Center supports the UWT community with writing at all levels in an inclusive and collaborative environment. The center has professional staff members and student writing tutors representing a variety of majors.
Graduate students or undergrads working on upper-level assignments, applications, personal statements, creative writing, or disciplinary citation styles may find it helpful to work with someone with a similar background.
Quantitative Skills Center (Bothell)
Under the Learning Commons, the Quantitative Skills Center (QSC) promotes quantitative reasoning through peer tutoring and faculty development. We aim to help develop skills and confidence in quantitative reasoning.
Writing & Communication Center (Bothell)
Under the Learning Commons, the Writing & Communication Center (WaCC) supports students of all abilities, at any stage of the reading, writing, or presentation process. Our aim is to help students become stronger, more effective, and more confident writers and communicators.
Statistical Consulting Services (Seattle)
Faculty and graduate students in the Consulting Program of the Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics offer free statistical advice to University of Washington faculty, staff, and students through scheduled 50 minute consulting appointments during academic quarters. They provide assistance with:
- the design of studies and experiments, including the preparation of grant proposals
- data visualization and presentation
- choice and application of statistical methods, and the interpretation of results
- development of specialized statistical methods in some cases
The consultants have experience primarily with the R statistical analysis system, but they work with clients using whatever statistical package is most convenient for them. However, the service is for study design and data analysis advice, not for software tutorials or code review.
Research Commons (Seattle)
The Research Commons is a place to collaborate and connect with fellow students and faculty on research projects, a hub of support for graduate student research, and a venue for workshop and presentation opportunities.
Consultation services include:
- graduate funding information service
- citation management
- digital projects
- study, collaboration, and presentation spaces
Odegaard Writing and Research Center (Seattle)
The UW Libraries Odegaard Writing and Research Center (OWRC) offers writing tutor support, informational guides, and podcasts about writing at the graduate level. The OWRC also offers an opportunity for graduate students to join a semi-formal writing accountability group for individuals working on long-term writing projects.
UW Libraries
Home to the largest library collection in the Pacific Northwest region, UW Libraries are a diverse network of exceptional spaces, collections, services and teams that support teaching, learning and research across all UW campuses. With deep expertise across subject areas including publishing, digital scholarship, data services and more, the Libraries provides access to resources and information that are essential to UW innovation and impact – on campus and around the globe.
Learn about each campus library: