Interdisciplinary research is seen by many higher education experts as the future of graduate education and the professoriate. The Graduate College’s emphasis on interdisciplinary programs helps keep the University of Iowa in the forefront of graduate education nationwide.

The Graduate College oversees 12 departments and programs, providing an academic home for groundbreaking interdisciplinary work across the UI campus.

Personnel wishing to request for a faculty affiliation in their interdisciplinary graduate program may do so via workflow.