Key Policies and Procedures

• University Policies
• Graduate Student Appeal and Grievance Procedures
• Student Parental Accommodation Protocols
• Student and Student Life Policies

Graduate Student Handbook Suite

The Graduate Student Handbook Suite is a collection of the following documents that will inform and support your studies at Carnegie Mellon. You are encouraged to familiarize yourself with the entire Suite, as each component offers important information to guide your graduate experience and outlines critical processes and policies. Each handbook serves as a contract, of sorts, between you, the university, and your program and/or college. 

• The University-Wide Graduate Student Handbook 
• Your Program Handbook (distributed by your program)
• The Word Student Handbook
• Your College Handbook (distributed by your college, if applicable)

Individual Development Plans

Individual Development Plans (IDPs) are meant to promote professional and personal growth by formally documenting goals and facilitating dialogue, collaboration, and accountability between advisors and advisees. 

• IDP for Doctoral Students
• IDP for Postdocs
• IDP Supplement for Advisors