Get a good start to your first semester at UT as a graduate student with our fall orientations.

Orientations 2025

The New Graduate Student Orientation will take place on August 5 from 8:30am–noon. The New Graduate Student Orientation is designed to provide all new graduate students with the information they need to get a good start in their program. This program includes presentations on financing graduate education and research, student health insurance, professional development, and much more.

The New Graduate Teaching Assistant/Associate Orientation is designed to prepare graduate students (most of whom are new to the university) to succeed as an instructor. There are sessions on inclusive teaching processes, library resources for instructors, student conduct, student success, and others. This orientation will take place on August 7, from 8:30am–noon.

Recordings of the sessions are accessible as Graduate and Professional Student Resources and Graduate Teaching Assistant/Associate Resources. If you did not get the Grad Vols Orientation Guide, you can download a copy of the guide.

Got questions about the 2025 GradVols Orientations? Contact grad-orientations@utk.edu.