How to Find the Right Information on the UVM Website for Your Role

The UVM website (uvm.edu) organizes its most useful links by audience, so the fastest route is to start from the "Quick Guide" section and pick the group that matches you: prospective undergraduates, prospective graduate and professional students, current students, faculty and staff, or alumni and community. From there, each audience has its own set of links to admissions, costs and financial aid, academic programs, student life, or employee resources. If you already know what you need, the main navigation and search will get you there faster than browsing.

Start With Your Role

The Quick Guide is the site's main sorting tool. It splits visitors into five groups, and each one leads to a different cluster of pages.

If You're Applying

The homepage highlights an early application option: apply by November 1 and you receive both your admission decision and your financial aid award before the end of the year. The page states there is no cost to apply, with a "Start now" link leading into the application.

For undergraduates, the admissions path branches into first-year and transfer routes, with separate pages for costs, financial aid, and scholarships. You can also explore areas of study, undergraduate majors and minors, and undergraduate research before committing.

Graduate and professional applicants go through a different set: Graduate College Admissions, Graduate College programs, the Larner College of Medicine, and professional and continuing education. Funding your graduate degree and graduate housing are listed separately, which matters if cost and housing are part of your decision.

If You're Already a Student

Current students get a working set of links rather than admissions material: Brightspace (the course platform), university housing and dining services, student financial services, the Center for Health and Wellbeing, the Center for Academic Success, graduate student resources, the Office of Accessibility Services, and the Career Center. MyUVM is the portal entry point for account-based services.

If You Work at UVM or Want To

The faculty and staff section covers employment and workplace needs: finding a job at UVM, benefits, employee discounts, Human Resource Services, the Employee Assistance Program, and the employee wellness center. Governance and academic support links include the Faculty Senate, Staff Council, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Office of the Provost.

If You're an Alum or Neighbor

Alumni and community links point to the University of Vermont Foundation and UVM Connect, the alumni networking platform. The site also lists intercultural excellence and international partnerships and programs across several audience sections, so those pages are reachable from more than one starting point.

Other Ways In

• Main navigation — use it when you know the category (admissions, academics, research) but not your audience grouping.
• Search — best for a specific page, person, or program name.
• UVM News — the homepage surfaces current stories, such as local news research, a medical alum returning to practice, and a digital twins research award, if you want a sense of what the university is working on before you dig into logistics.
• Visit and virtual tour — listed under prospective undergraduate resources if you want to see the Burlington, VT campus before deciding.

Common Sticking Points

• The Quick Guide is easy to scroll past. If you land on a page that doesn't fit your situation, scroll back to the audience list rather than using the main menu, which is organized by topic instead.
• Undergraduate and graduate admissions are separate systems with separate pages. Don't assume an undergraduate deadline or funding page applies to a graduate program.
• Some resources appear under more than one audience (for example, intercultural excellence and Burlington, VT links), so a link you found under one role may also be listed under another.