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This blog is intended for stu­dents admit­ted to the Civil & Envi­ron­men­tal Engi­neer­ing grad­u­ate pro­gram for Autumn 2013.  We will address some of the most com­mon ques­tions here, and will be adding updates dur­ing the next few months. 

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Lorna Latal
Grad­u­ate Advi­sor (Research Track)
Civil & Envi­ron­men­tal Engi­neer­ing
Uni­ver­sity of Wash­ing­ton
ceginfo@uw.edu 		 Jen Ross
Grad­u­ate Advi­sor (Pro­fes­sional Master’s Pro­gram)
Civil & Envi­ron­men­tal Engi­neer­ing
Uni­ver­sity of Wash­ing­ton
Jenross1@uw.edu 

International Students — Official Transcript Requirement

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Inter­na­tional stu­dents are required to pro­vide an offi­cial tran­script with degree state­ment to the Grad­u­ate School. You may bring it with you and take it to the Grad­u­ate School when you arrive as long as it is in the sealed enve­lope from the uni­ver­sity and includes an Eng­lish trans­la­tion (if it’s not in Eng­lish). The Grad­u­ate School is in the Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Build­ing on the Seat­tle cam­pus.  You can find it on the cam­pus map when you arrive.

International Student Orientation — FIUTS

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If you are an incom­ing inter­na­tional stu­dent, be sure to take part in the Inter­na­tional Stu­dent Ori­en­ta­tion in Sep­tem­ber, offered through FIUTS (Foun­da­tion for Inter­na­tional Under­stand­ing Through Stu­dents).  Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the ori­en­ta­tion is not required, but is strongly recommended. 

For more infor­ma­tion, go to:
 http://www.fiuts.org/students/orientation/fall-2013-orientation

 

 

Master’s Degree

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All stu­dents in the master’s pro­gram will receive the Mas­ter of Sci­ence in Civil Engi­neer­ing degree. The degree (and the diploma) are iden­ti­cal for all master’s stu­dents, there is no dis­tinc­tion made on tran­scripts or the diploma indi­cat­ing if the stu­dents has com­pleted the Pro­fes­sional Master’s or Research (the­sis) pro­gram. It is the same for all master’s stu­dents. The diploma does not indi­cate the spe­cialty area (i.e. it will not indi­cates struc­tural engi­neer­ing, trans­porta­tion engi­neer­ing, etc.).

 

Housing for Graduate Students (Off-campus)

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Off-Campus Hous­ing Affairs (OCHA) is the Uni­ver­sity of Washington’s student-run source for off-campus hous­ing needs and issues.  OCHA pro­vides a FREE ser­vice to Uni­ver­sity of Wash­ing­ton stu­dents who are in search of off-campus hous­ing.  OCHA has list­ings of avail­able houses, apart­ments, stu­dios, shared hous­ing sit­u­a­tions, sub­lets, and hous­ing wanted, which is avail­able to UW stu­dents on our web­site at: http://housing.asuw.org/

The office acts as a clear­ing­house, sim­i­lar to the clas­si­fied ads sec­tion of your daily news­pa­per.  It is up to you to con­tact the poten­tial land­lord or room­mate directly and make fur­ther inquiries.

You will need your UW NetID and Pass­word to access the listings.

Off-Campus Hous­ing Affairs
218 Con­don Hall
Phone: (206) 543‑8997
Fax: (206) 616‑8027

Housing for Graduate Students (On-Campus)

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See the fol­low­ing note from UW Hous­ing and Food Ser­vices regard­ing grad­u­ate stu­dent on-campus hous­ing options.

Con­grat­u­la­tions on your accep­tance to Grad­u­ate School or a Pro­fes­sional Pro­gram at the Uni­ver­sity of Washington!

There are so many things to think about, and one of those big deci­sions might be find­ing a place to live.

You could spend a lot of time on Craigslist search­ing for apart­ments OR you can take full advan­tage of your Husky expe­ri­ence and live in an apart­ment on the UW cam­pus. Some of the ben­e­fits of cam­pus liv­ing include:

  *   Indi­vid­ual contracts-no need to scram­ble look­ing for roommates

  *   Flex­i­ble pay­ment plans for stu­dents with Finan­cial Aid

  *   A vari­ety of sin­gle rooms in two-, three-, four-, and six-bedroom (mini-studio apart­ments available

  *   Fam­ily hous­ing and mixed-gender apart­ment options available

  *   Con­ve­nient access to classes

  *   One all-inclusive monthly bill-no addi­tional cable, Eth­er­net or util­ity bills to pay

  *   Respect for your independence

  *   A UW stu­dent com­mu­nity that sup­ports your aca­d­e­mic success

  *   Safe envi­ron­ment pro­tected by elec­tronic key­card entry and UW Police

It’s easy! Just visit our web­site at www.hfs.washington.edu/grad

You can apply online in just 10 min­utes and you’ll have plenty of time for the things that mat­ter. Apply now! 

Ques­tions?

Join our Live Chat on Face­book https://www.facebook.com/UofWhfs 

Demand is high and space is lim­ited, so stu­dents are encour­aged to apply early. Pri­or­ity is given to fam­i­lies with lim­ited finan­cial resources. Please email ceginfo@uw.edu if you need any ver­i­fi­ca­tion of enroll­ment to prove you are eligible.

On-campus hous­ing options are offered through:
Hous­ing and Food Ser­vices
301 Schmitz Hall, Box 355842
206–543-4059
hfsinfo@u.washington.edu

Office Hours: Mon–Fri, 8 am–5 pm

Cam­pus hous­ing options:

  • Cedar Apart­ments - Cedar Apart­ments is located in our vibrant West Cam­pus com­mu­nity. The open-center build­ing design offers spaces to relax, study and social­ize.  Cedar offers spa­cious two– and four-bedroom apart­ments and stu­dios, with fully-furnished kitchens and a shared bath­room for every two bedrooms.
  • Com­modore Duchess Apart­ments* — Unfur­nished stu­dio and one-bedroom apart­ments hous­ing sin­gle and married/registered same-sex cou­ples who are stu­dents at the UW.  Most of the apart­ments have hard­wood floors, and all have large win­dows and receive lovely nat­ural light.
  • Mer­cer Court Apart­ments - Open­ing in autumn 2013, Mer­cer Court offers a vari­ety of apart­ments well-suited for stu­dents desir­ing a more pri­vate envi­ron­ment.  Mer­cer Court’s units are spa­cious, with fully-equipped kitchens and pri­vate and semi­pri­vate bath­rooms. With easy access to the Burke-Gilman Trail, the Uni­ver­sity District’s Ave. and Seattle’s Metro Tran­sit sys­tem, Mer­cer Court offers stun­ning views of Portage Bay and Lake Union.
  • Nord­heim Court - The award-winning Nord­heim Court’s loca­tion allows you to bus, bike or walk to cam­pus. Sit­u­ated right next to the Uni­ver­sity Vil­lage and near the Burke-Gilman Trail, Nord­heim Court pro­vides easy access to din­ing, shop­ping and enter­tain­ment.   Offer­ing stu­dio, two and four bed­room apartments.
  • Rad­ford Court* - Enjoy views of Mag­nu­son Park and Lake Wash­ing­ton from a beau­ti­ful park-like set­ting lined with large shade trees. Apart­ments come in a vari­ety of floor plans includ­ing one bed­room (some with loft spaces) and two or three bed­rooms, in both flats and town houses. You can have room­mates includ­ing non-UW room­mates. Apart­ments are unfurnished.
  • Stevens Court* - Located south­west of cam­pus near the Burke-Gilman Trail, Stevens Court Apart­ments con­sist of 4– and 6-bedroom fully-furnished apart­ments for grad­u­ate stu­dents enrolled at UW-Seattle. Rooms are assigned for the full year, with no din­ing requirement.
  • Blake­ley Vil­lage and Lau­rel Vil­lage* — Two– and three-bedroom apart­ments for reg­is­tered full-time stu­dents at the Seat­tle cam­pus who are mar­ried or are reg­is­tered same-sex domes­tic part­ners, with or with­out children.

Faculty Advisor Assignments

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All incom­ing stu­dents will be assigned a tem­po­rary fac­ulty advi­sor later this sum­mer, after admis­sions has been final­ized. This usu­ally takes place toward the end of August, or early Sept.   You will then arrange to meet with your advi­sor between Sept. 16 (when fac­ulty are back on pay­roll after the sum­mer) and the begin­ning of the quar­ter (Sept. 25), to go over your pro­gram plan for the year. 

You can go ahead and reg­is­ter for classes when you are able (PMP stu­dents will reg­is­ter through PCE — see the PMP Infor­ma­tion Cat­e­gory in this blog), all oth­ers will reg­is­ter through MyUW on or after your reg­is­tra­tion date. You can choose classes from your area of inter­est, and any­thing 400–500 level is gen­er­ally OK.  After you meet with your fac­ulty advi­sor you can make changes to your sched­ule if needed dur­ing the first week of the quar­ter with­out any late fees.

Note: Full-time study for grad­u­ate stu­dents is 10 Credits.

PMP Registration Process

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Stu­dents who have been admit­ted to the Pro­fes­sional Master’s Pro­gram will reg­is­ter through the Pro­fes­sional and Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion Office (PCE).  Reg­is­tra­tion forms will be sent out from PCE by email to all stu­dents who have indi­cated they are accept­ing admis­sion in their online appli­ca­tion, and have paid their Enroll­ment Deposit.  Reg­is­tra­tion forms will likely be sent in the next cou­ple of months.  

PMP stu­dents who were pre­vi­ously enrolled in UW will not be reg­is­ter­ing through MyUW.

Pay­ment of all course fees, stu­dent fees, and reg­is­tra­tion fee, will be due at time of reg­is­tra­tion.  Stu­dents who will be receiv­ing finan­cial aid will also need to com­plete the Pay­ment Agree­ment form, which will be sent with the reg­is­tra­tion form.  Instruc­tions will be pro­vided with the reg­is­tra­tion forms.

Cost of the PMP

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If you’ve been admit­ted to the Pro­fes­sional Master’s Pro­gram, the charge will be $500 per credit (the same for Wash­ing­ton Res­i­dents and Non-residents), plus stu­dent fees. The degree is 42 cred­its, so the cost of the degree is about $21,000, depend­ing on how many cred­its are taken.  For PMP stu­dents, stu­dent fees are cur­rently based on the num­ber of cred­its per quar­ter. Cur­rent stu­dent fees for 7–18 cred­its are $246, $41 Tech Fee, $76 for U-Pass and $42 Reg­is­tra­tion Fee.    

Stu­dent fees are set by the uni­ver­sity and may increase for the 2013–2014 aca­d­e­mic year. The rates will be pub­lished some time in June.