A handbook for students
This site serves as a digital handbook for use throughout your student journey. Bookmark this page to quickly access essential academic, professional, and wellbeing resources, as well as important information about graduate student responsibilities. Begin exploring our pages to discover all that CSU has to offer you.
Steps Once Admitted
New Student Orientation
Completing Your Program
Moving Forward!
Our financial aid resources provide assistantship, health contribution requirements, residency, and other information to help you navigate personal finances. You are also encouraged to consider your well-being and explore Medical and Counseling Resources.
Advancing in Your Program
As a CSU graduate student, you are part of the legacy that started in Fort Collins in 1870. We are extremely proud to be a land-grant institution and Carnegie Research University, known for exceptional research and community. We look forward to the impact you will make with your graduate education! Please let us know if we can help support you and your studies.
Use the following resources to build momentum and stay on track to complete your degree.
Safety at CSU
The safety site is the university’s resource for current and past safety alerts as well as information on how to receive emergency text alerts. We recommend you bookmark this page to easily find how to report a concern, plan for emergencies, and more.
In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, Colorado State University publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report each year on or before Oct. 1. This report includes current safety and security policies and procedures, contact information for various university and community resources related to crime prevention and survivor assistance, information about university policies on drug and alcohol use, as well as crime prevention programs, fire safety information, and crime and fire statistics for the previous three years on reported crimes that occurred on university properties or non-university properties that are controlled by CSU. View a digital copy of the report, or you can request a printed copy through the Clery Compliance Office at [email protected]