Get Help from GEPA
Graduate Students:
For most inquiries related to your academic status and needs, the GRADUATE COORDINATOR from your home academic department/program will be best able to assist you.
If you need to look up the contacts for your graduate program, please access our Department/Program Contacts Look-Up Tool. (Single Sign-on required and if you’re off campus, you’ll need to use VPN.)
For other inquiries, GEPA staff contact information can be found here.
Postdoctoral Scholars:
To discuss appointments, reappointments, pay, benefits and other HR related matters, contact Jennie Salomon at opsa@ucsd.edu. For career advising, questions about professional development workshops, assistance developing an Individual Development Plan (IDP), or other training and development matters, contact Heather Dillon at postdoc@ucsd.edu
General Information:
For general information, call 858-534-3555 or email gepageneral@ucsd.edu.
For graduate admissions/application questions, call 858-534-3554 or email gradadmissions@ucsd.edu.
If you are unsure whom to contact, feel free to attend GEPA’s virtual walk-in hours to get assistance. Winter quarter 2026 virtual walk-in hours are as follows:
- Mondays from 1:00-3:00pm
- Wednesdays from 9:00-11:00am
- Fridays from 9:00-11:00am
Zoom link: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/93225553060
Contact Admissions
Mailing Address
University of California San Diego
Student Services Center, 4th Floor
9500 Gilman Drive #0003
La Jolla, CA 92093
Admitted students: If you have attended and earned a degree from an institution outside of the United States, you are required to complete and submit a Course-by-Course evaluation, as detailed in your applicant status portal. We are unable to provide exceptions to this requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Department & Program Contacts
Faculty and staff contacts for each graduate program/department are found here. VPN is required if accessing from off-campus.
Non Discrimination Statement: In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories. More information about Proposition 209 can be found here. More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.