Our Mission Statement
The Graduate Student Council (GSC) is the governing Graduate Student Body consisting of representatives from all degree-granting programs in the Graduate College.
Addressing the specific needs of graduate students, GSC organizes academic seminars and workshops, supports students with travel and project awards, unites them with meaningful social and cultural events, and represents the UIC graduate student body in the many different organizations and events.
2025-2026 GSC Meeting Dates
The Graduate Student Council will convene for monthly general body meetings each month on Wednesday from 5 pm-7 pm beginning in September with Executive Committee meetings to immediately follow.
- September 3, 2025
- October 1, 2025
- November 5, 2025
- December 3, 2025
- January 14, 2026
- February 4, 2026
- March 4, 2026
- April 1, 2026
INELIGIBLE Departments
The following Graduate Departments at UIC are INELIGIBLE to receive travel and conference awards from the GSC due to lack of representation. If you have any questions or concerns about this please reach out to uicgraduatestudentcouncil@gmail.com.
- Clinical Exercise Physiology
- Materials Engineering
- Environmental and Urban Geography (MA)
- Linguistics (MA)
- Spanish (MAT)
- Statistics (MS)
- Health Professions Education (MHPP)
- Medical Physiology (MS)
- Patient Safety and Leadership (MS)
- Architecture Design and Criticism
- Graphic Design
- Museum and Exhibition Studies
- Education Policy Studies
- French and Francophone Studies
- Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine
