Getting Started: Forms and Resources for New Bioenigneering Graduate Students

This checklist has been created to assist new graduate students. Included are key items and information that may be needed shortly before and after you arrive. You should review these tools and forms with staff to determine the appropriate items needed as you begin your employment and studies.

These links will take you to a new site and will open in a new tab or window. Most of this information comes from the Graduate Student Life Handbook, Office of Information Technology, and Department of Transportation Services web sites. These sites are packed with information about living, working, socializing, and studying at and near the University of Maryland.

The Basics

• Get Directions to Campus
• View an Online Campus Map
• Download a Printable Campus Map (PDF, 3.2 MB)
• Get a Graduate Student ID
• Locate Housing
• Apply for a Parking Permit
• Learn About all of UMCP's Transportation and Parking Options
• Attend Orientation Programs

Academics and Enrollment

• Register for Classes
• Pay Your Tuition and Other Bills
• Order Textbooks

Technology

After you have been entered into our personnel & human resources system, you can:

• Set up a Directory ID
• Establish an E-mail Account
• Obtain Campus Network Access
• Activate a Print Account
• Purchase a Computer
• Learn to Access Dial-Up Internet
  

• Obtain appropriate building and room access using issued keys and your ID card
• Obtain a telephone extension
  

Payroll Forms

• W-4 (PDF)
• Direct Deposit Form (PDF)
• I-9
• Online Earnings Statement (PDF)
• Application for Social Security Card (PDF)
• Citizen Status Form (PDF)
• 8233 (International Fellows) (PDF)
• W-8 (Non-Resident Fellows) (PDF)
• W-9 (Resident Aliens or Permanent Residents) (PDF)

For Graduate Students with Children

• Explore Child Care Options
• Find Local Primary Schools

See also:

• Graduate Program Handbook and Forms »