Current Student Resources

Here you’ll find all the information needed to advance through your graduate education, whether online or on-campus. 

new student orientation
student life
progressing through your program
professional development services
graduation & commencement
graduate student government

International Programs

Student Financials

Insurance Information

Forms & Documents

Thesis Resources

frequently asked questions

The main difference is the number of credits you must enroll in within a specific time period in order to maintain continuous enrollment. With full-time status, you have to register every fall and spring semester at a minimum of 6 credits, until your degree is awarded. With part-time status, you have to register for at least one 3-credit course each academic year.

The part-time status allows for taking the occasional semester off without breaking the continuous enrollment policy or completing the request to take a leave of absence.

Master’s degrees must be completed within a six-year period regardless of your enrollment status (full or part-time).

Doctoral degrees must be admitted into candidacy (successfully completed their comprehensive exams) within the first four years from the time of admission and the dissertation defended within four years of being admitted into candidacy for a total of 8 years maximum to complete a doctoral degree.

title ix information

The University of Maine Policy Manual – Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Relationship Violence, Stalking and Retaliation, and Title IX Sexual Harassment can be found here: https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/policy-manual/section-402/

Deputy Title IX Coordinator: Cameron (Cam) McDonnell

Title IX and Institutional Equity Services Coordinator: Elizabeth (Liz) Lavoie

UMaine’s Title ix website

Graduate School Events

Dissertation Defense: Avery England
Avery England, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in  Chemistry, will be defending her dissertation titled ” High-Speed Microfluidic Mixers for Controllable Nanoparticle Synthesis”. Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link […]
Thesis Defense: Jillian Herlinger
Jillian Herlinger, a candidate for Master of Science in Earth and Climate Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled “Paleoceanographic Reconstructions of Laurentide Ice Sheet Meltwater in the Gulf of […]
Thesis Defense: Laura Pinover
Laura Pinover, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources, will be defending her thesis titled “Impacts of extreme climate events on tree regeneration in the Northern Forest.” Zoom […]
Thesis Defense: Maeve Noone-Price
Maeve Noone-Price, a candidate for Master of Science in  Forest Resources, will be defending her thesis titled “How White Pine Weevil (Pissodes Strobi [PECK]) Damage to Eastern White Pine (Pinus […]
Thesis Defense: Kit Carpenter
Kit Carpenter, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Science, will be defending their thesis titled, “A Study In Fur: Using Mechanistic Modeling and Local Ecological Knowledge […]
Thesis Defense: Ashley Howes
Ashley Howes, a candidate for Master of Science in Microbiology, will be defending her thesis titled, “CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF POLYMORPHIC TOXINS IN PHAGE-ENCODED ESX-SECRETED TOXIN SYSTEMS ON WHIB7 EXPRESSION […]