# Get Help from GEPA

**Source**: https://grad.ucsd.edu/about/get-help/index.html
**Parent**: https://grad.ucsd.edu/admissions/

## Zoom office hours on Monday, March 16, 2026 from 1:00pm-3:00pm is cancelled

**PLEASE BE ADVISED: Division of Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) Zoom office hours for Monday, March 16, 2026 from 1:00pm-3:00pm is cancelled. We will resume our regular Zoom office hours schedule on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 from 9:00am-11:00am.**

# 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](https://student-db.grad.ucsd.edu/grad_dept_prog_contacts). (*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](https://grad.ucsd.edu/about/meet-the-team/all-staff-listing.html).\

## **Postdoctoral Scholars**:

To discuss appointments, reappointments, pay, benefits and other HR related matters, contact Jennie Salomon at [opsa@ucsd.edu](mailto: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](mailto:postdoc@ucsd.edu)

## General Information:

For general information, call 858-534-3555 or email [gepageneral@ucsd.edu](mailto:gepageneral@ucsd.edu). \
For graduate admissions/application questions, call 858-534-3554 or email [gradadmissions@ucsd.edu](mailto: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

### Email

[gradadmissions@ucsd.edu](mailto:gradadmissions@ucsd.edu)

### Phone

858-534-3554

### Mailing Address

University of California San Diego \
Student Services Center, 4th Floor \
9500 Gilman Drive #0003 \
La Jolla, CA 92093

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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

### Academic Affairs

[Read the FAQs](https://grad.ucsd.edu/academics/student-faq/index.html)

### Admissions

[Read the FAQs](https://grad.ucsd.edu/admissions/admission-faq/index.html)

### Financial Support

[Read the FAQs](https://grad.ucsd.edu/financial/financial-faq.html)

## Department & Program Contacts

Faculty and staff contacts for each graduate program/department are found here. VPN is required if accessing from off-campus.

[Find Contacts](https://student-db.grad.ucsd.edu/grad_dept_prog_contacts)

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