Graduate Student Orientation - SOE

Welcome to the School of Engineering!

If you received an acceptance letter from Dean Karen Panetta and are beginning an engineering program, you are required to attend the School of Engineering's Graduate Student Orientation. The schedule below is for incoming School of Engineering graduate students. Please contact enggradstudies@tufts.edu if you have any questions.

If you are an incoming Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student, please visit the GSAS Orientation webpage.

SOE Graduate Student Orientation

Friday, January 17, 2025 | 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Location: Medford Campus, location to be shared upon registration

Check-in and a Resource Fair will be from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the orientation presentation is from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Attendance is mandatory for all School of Engineering graduate students matriculating into their program in Spring 2025. We encourage in-person participation, but we will allow the option to participate via Zoom if needed for remote learners. The program will also be recorded for asynchronous viewing if there is an extenuating circumstance.

AIT Academic Integrity Training will also need to be completed by all new graduate students. A link to the training will be sent to your Tufts email. You are required to complete the training before you matriculate into your graduate program.

SOE Teaching and Research Assistant Orientation

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Location: Medford Campus, location to be shared upon registration

School of Engineering TA/RA training has in-person and online components. Online training will open on Canvas on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. In Canvas, there are 3 modules that TA/RAs need to view and pass to be eligible for payment. Training must be completed with passing grades by January 27, 2025. All SOE students who are in a new position as a TA or RA are required to attend orientation and take all training.

International Graduate Student Orientation

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Location: Barnum Hall Room 104, 163 Packard Ave, Medford.

International Graduate Student Orientation will introduce incoming international students to Tufts International Center staff. You will meet other incoming international graduate students, learn about your student visa and how to maintain your immigration status while studying at Tufts, and explore campus resources. Lunch will take place at American Flatbread following the orientation session. Please contact Tufts International Center (internationalcenter@tufts.edu) if you have any questions regarding visas or campus arrival.

Tufts Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) Training

Tufts Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) provides a mandatory training about the University's Non-Discrimination Policy, Sexual Misconduct Policy, affirmative consent, reporting, and resources & support for all incoming graduate students. Training information will be announced.

Student ID Cards

Tufts University Identification Cards will be available for pick-up by appointment. If you haven’t already done so, log into the Tufts ID card photo upload site and submit your photo. Your appointment will be cancelled if your photo has not been submitted and approved in advance (within 24 hours). Please bring a government issued ID to your appointment. Pick-up will be in Suite 101D at 574 Boston Avenue.

Schedule a Tufts ID appointment

Other Training for the School of Engineering

Incoming students will be sent virtual resources and materials, which will help orient you to graduate life and will be a resource you can use throughout your first year. This virtual resource will complement in-person and/or virtual orientation events which will be hosted by your academic department. Questions should be directed to the dean’s office at enggradstudies@tufts.edu.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Thank you,

Dr. Karen Panetta
Dean of Graduate Education for the School of Engineering, Tufts University
Distinguished Professor, Tufts University

Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Secondary Appointments, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Student Orientation Fall 2025

The School of Engineering Graduate Student Orientation schedule for Fall 2025 will be announced at a later date. Attendance is mandatory for all SOE graduate students matriculating into their program. Events and training sessions include:

Orientation for all newly matriculating graduate students within the School of Engineering.
AIT Academic Integrity Training for Graduate students. A link to the training will be sent to your Tufts email. You are required to complete the training before you matriculate into your graduate program.
TA/RA training, which must be completed with passing grades, and the due date for completion will be announced. All SOE students who are in a new position as a TA or RA are required to attend orientation and take all training.
Tufts Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) provides a mandatory training about the University's Non-Discrimination Policy, Sexual Misconduct Policy, affirmative consent, reporting, and resources & support for all incoming graduate students. Training information will be announced.
Incoming students will be sent virtual resources and materials, which will help orient you to graduate life and will be a resource you can use throughout your first year. This virtual resource will complement in-person and/or virtual orientation events which will be hosted by your academic department. Questions should be directed to the dean’s office at enggradstudies@tufts.edu.