Student Benefits
Find support at every step of your professional journey. Get a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive as a Northeastern graduate student.
Forge your own path
As a Northeastern grad student, you’ll find the flexibility and resources you need to make your goals a reality. You’ll also find a diverse community with students hailing from 136 countries—from those who have recently completed their undergraduate studies to experienced professionals balancing school with their careers and more.
No matter your path, you can find flexibility in our programs, making it easier to achieve your career goals in balance with other life commitments.
You can:
- Study full or part time.
- Choose online, on-campus, or blended course formats.
- Enjoy added flexibility from self-paced learning tools, like prerecorded lectures for on-demand viewing and a variety of options for test administration.
- Tailor your curriculum and experiential learning opportunities to your professional interest areas.
Find support at every step
You’ll spend a short number of years as a graduate student and a lifetime as a Northeastern graduate. Our support teams are here to assist you at every step, from application to graduation and beyond. You’ll gain access to dedicated enrollment counselors, academic advisors, and co-op advisors who are all eager to provide you with tips, tools, and resources you need to stay on track toward graduation.
You’ll also find unparalleled career resources—from our Career Design programs, where you can experience weekly coaching labs, to NU PLACE, where historically marginalized learners receive support that helps dismantle barriers to access.
Explore some of the student resources available to grad students:
- Enrollment counseling
- Co-op advising
- Career development and design
- NU PLACE
- Disability Access Services
- Global Student Success
- Academic advising (visit our college websites to connect with their advisors)
Join a global network that opens doors
Plug into our global community with members who live and work in 181 countries across the globe. You can network with mentors and peers in your industry, leverage connections to help you find co-ops or your next role, liaise with industry leaders, and discover resources for your own ventures.
“The biggest advantage of being a Northeastern alum is the global network and the relationships that a student is able to form during their time both inside and outside of the classroom. ”
—Devina Raithatha '22, MS in Computer Science, Khoury College
Turn your passion into purpose
Entrepreneurship
Our students have gone on to lead companies, found their own businesses, develop policy for impact, and make groundbreaking discoveries in their fields with the skills they’ve gained at Northeastern. With 26 unique initiatives and organizations, our entrepreneurship ecosystem can connect you with the resources, funding, and incubation space to help you jump-start your own venture. These ventures have raised more than $1 billion in the last 15 years.
Learn more about our entrepreneurship ecosystemResearch
You can also engage in transformative research in your discipline and develop solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues at one of our 50-plus research centers and institutes. Collaborate and innovate in our cutting-edge labs, and take advantage of the $296.3 million in external research awards funded in 2023–2024.
Learn more about graduate research
“If you're looking to improve yourself, improve the community around you, and be surrounded by supporting staff members, faculty, and students, [Northeastern] is the place to be. ”
—Hannah Crawford '23, MS in Environmental Science and Policy, College of Science