Graduate Academic Affairs

Michael Paul Galvin Tower, 2nd Floor
312.567.3300
aa@iit.edu
www.iit.edu/ugaa

Kevin W. Cassel, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

The services provided by Academic Affairs enhance the educational experience of Illinois Tech students.  In partnership with the Office of Enrollment and Student Affairs and other campus partners, Academic Affairs coordinates a holistic ecosystem of support systems to promote student success through professional advising and academic support staff.  Within the context of this emphasis on student success, the Office of Academic Affairs enforces and implements academic policies, monitors student progress, and provides a variety of academic support services for all graduate students from the time of admission to graduation. These include academic advising; evaluating transfer credits; conducting academic program audits; overseeing academic standing and matriculation reviews; assessing student petitions; reviewing course repeats for a change of grade; monitoring academic progress; certifying student’s eligibility for degree conferral; granting an official leave of absence or an official withdrawal from the university; completes preliminary and final academic audits, oversees degree certification and thesis examination, and enforcing graduate academic policies. In addition, this office reinstates former students to the university and maintains the official academic files for all students. Degree Works, the online degree audit system, is monitored and maintained by the Office of Academic Affairs.