Youngstown State University College of Graduate Studies

Youngstown State University is an urban research university that highly values teaching, so the focus is on you and your professional development.

Graduate programs are designed to provide student growth in both theory and practice. As a state-assisted metropolitan university, the instructional mission of Youngstown State University is focused on the educational, scholarship, research, and service requirements of residents and students of northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, as well as a broader region, including all of Ohio and its s

urrounding states. This mission is designed to meet a variety of needs, including those in the industrial, professional, business, educational, social, and cultural areas. In support of this mission, the fundamental responsibility of the School of Graduate Studies and Research is to make quality graduate education available to all qualified persons desiring it. Graduate study at Youngstown State University provides an integrated program of advanced study leading to discipline mastery and an understanding of related subjects. A thorough training in research skills and/or professional applications associated with the base of knowledge for each discipline is implicit in all graduate programs. Because of the very nature of graduate work itself, a more than average investment and initiative in learning, inquiry, research, and scholarship will be required on the part of candidates for an advanced degree. Thus, the School of Graduate Studies and Research seeks to develop and maintain programs of high stature that achieve appropriate professional accreditation and attract quality students to the University. Graduate programs that yield students who have mastered their discipline require a faculty of teacher-scholars who are active in their respective fields of study, whether they are professionally oriented or involved in more traditional scholarship, research, and creative activities. Individuals who meet these requirements constitute the graduate faculty. The School of Graduate Studies and Research supports the continued development of faculty scholarship and serves as the principal point of coordination for both internally- and externally-funded programs at Youngstown State University. These coordination efforts are directed at obtaining the resources necessary to mount and maintain scholarly and educational programs of excellence and, in some cases, to target specific areas for regional and/or national prominence.

10/22/2025

Meet Aicha Sawaneh, a proud YSU graduate student with an inspiring story! 🎓

Graduate Spotlight: Aicha Sawaneh Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

09/03/2025

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03/21/2025

Congratulations to our 2025 Graduate Research and Creative Showcase awardees.

03/10/2025

Have you heard about New Frontiers? A new video series that showcases groundbreaking research and innovation in graduate studies at YSU. Stay up to date with new videos coming out all the time!

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02/05/2025

Earning your degree spring term? Be sure to complete the graduation application before Friday (2/14/2025).

01/26/2025

01/01/2025

Spring semester is right around the corner and we can’t wait to meet you! Here is a New Year’s toast to a very happy and prosperous new year and new semester! See you ‘Guins around campus!

01/01/2025

Wishing all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!

12/16/2024

Celebrating Excellence: Commencement Fall 2024!

2024 Fall Commencement December 15th Todays Commencement schedule The Undergraduate Ceremony will be held at 1:00 p.m.The Graduate College Ceremony will be held at 4:30 p.m.

12/09/2024

YSU announces Fall 2024 Commencement speakers Youngstown State University will hold two Commencement ceremonies Sunday, Dec. 15 in the Beeghly Physical Education Center. Gary Brantley and David Metzler will speak at 1 p.m. during the Undergraduate Commencement ceremony, followed by Ashley Totin and Tyler Fenton at 4:30 p.m. at the Graduate Comm...

11/22/2024

We held our 2024 Three Minute Thesis Final Competition last night. All of the finalists excelled in the competition.

1st Place:
Katie Chludzinski
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Constantin Solomon
Performance Optimization of a Continuously Variable Transmission

2nd Place:
Gelareh Naghibi Saleh
Computing and Information Systems
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alina Lazar
Structured Pruning Graph Neural Networks Models for Inference Acceleration

People’s Choice:
Taslima Akter
Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Holly Martin
Mechanical properties of 3D printed high performance ceramics and their bi-materials parts via vat polymerization

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1 University Plz
Youngstown, OH
44555

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm