Graduate education at UCLA cannot reach its full potential without a full commitment to supporting the diverse population that thrives on our campus today. Whether your first point of contact with UCLA is our Diversity, Inclusion, and Admissions (DIA) team or with an individual department, our units work together to make the application process easy, welcoming, and accessible. The Division of Graduate Education hosts, supports, and coordinates with a variety of on-campus, UC-wide, and national programs to support current and prospective graduate students from diverse backgrounds. For information on diversity as it relates to the application process, please visit Diversity in Graduate Admissions.

Diversity and Inclusion Programs at UCLA

• Competitive Edge: Summer Transition Program to the Doctorate
• Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
• Graduate Undergraduate Mentorship (GUM) Program
• Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
• UCLA Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program
• UCLA McNair Research Scholars Program

Diversity Resources at UCLA

• UCLA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
• UCLA’s Center for Accessible Education (CAE)
• UCLA’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center
• Bruin Resource Center
• Diverse Student Groups at UCLA

UC-Wide and California Diversity Initiatives

• Chancellor’s Statement on Diversity
• California Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NSF-AGEP)
• UC-HBCU Initiative
• UC Guidelines For Addressing Race and Gender Equity in Academic Programs in Compliance with Proposition 209
• Regional Conferences, Events and Resources