Frequently Asked Questions

Please visit The Graduate College’s Strategies for Remote Learning page.

Please visit the Office of Disability Services for more information.

The Graduate College allows for comprehensive exams and thesis/dissertation defenses to be held in person or virtually. Please contact your academic department and/or review the Graduate Catalog for more information.

In addition to information provided by the Counseling Center, The Graduate College has compiled some mental wellness-related resources on our strategies for remote learning page.

The university is requesting that all students, faculty, and staff who test positive for COVID-19 or who are identified as a close contact report in Bobcat Trace. This is a new secure web application for reporting positive COVID-19 cases and will guide our contact tracing efforts at Texas State. For more information, please visit the university's COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Response Steps page.

For the most up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination information, visit the Student Health Center.

Graduate students can reach out to the Student Health Center’s patient advocate, Assistant Director Elsa Thorn, to discuss issues related to their insurance plan. You may contact patient advocate services at 512.245.2161 or visit their website to view their services in more detail.

In some disciplines, COVID-19 has a greater impact on research activities than others. All graduate students, though especially those whose research and/or progress towards their degree is negatively impacted by COVID-19, are encouraged to reach out to their research advisor, graduate advisor, and to The Graduate College to discuss potential changes to research timelines, the scope of the work, research methodology, course sequences, etc. Check with your research advisor and/or graduate advisor regarding research in laboratories.

Please visit the university's IRB website for more information.

Teaching and instructional assistants can participate in training sessions. Please visit the faculty training opportunities page for more information.

Please contact Institutional Compliance and Ethics/ADA Compliance for information regarding workplace accommodations.

• Bobcat Cares is intended to assist students with emergency costs that arose due to the Coronavirus or any component of their cost of attendance.
• Emergency Funding Assistance, available from the Dean of Students Office, is also available for graduate students. Students can apply for the funds via the Emergency Funding Request Form.
• Graduate students who face financial hardship can also participate in free professional financial coaching. The university has partnered with a program from the US Department of Education, which offers free financial coaching to students (both undergraduate and graduate). This coaching is done by professional financial advisors/counselors. It is entirely confidential; no information is provided back to the university. The link to the program is on the Bobcat Gold page under “financial coaches”. It might be useful to talk to them about potentially consolidating credit card debt, etc.
• In addition, Bobcat Bounty provides food assistance and links to other resources.

The university is requesting that all students, faculty, and staff who test positive for COVID-19 or who are identified as a close contact report in Bobcat Trace. This is a new secure web application for reporting positive COVID-19 cases and will guide our contact tracing efforts at Texas State. For more information, please visit the university's COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Response Steps page.

Please visit the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) website for updates and contact information.

Please review the International Student and Scholar Services' (ISSS) operations in response to COVID-19 for information related to SEVIS, international travel, personal well-being, OPT/STEM OPT, USCIS, and more.

For more information regarding the format and timing of our events, please see our Graduate Information Events page.

The Graduate College is offering a virtual campus tour, and Undergraduate Admissions is offering on-campus and virtual tours, which are open to graduate students. Please note that The Graduate College will not be offering on-campus tours until further notice.

Many of the graduate programs allow an applicant to defer admission to a future semester. Please contact The Graduate College at gradcollege@txstate.edu to inquire whether this is an option in your program.

Please contact The Graduate College at gradcollege@txstate.edu to inquire whether you can start the program while in your home country, and/or to inquire if you can defer admission to a future semester.

If you have additional questions, contact us at gradcollege@txstate.edu.