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The ECE Department fully supports our graduate students who become new parents during their graduate career. We urge students that are about to become parents to contact the Graduate Advising Team to discuss various support options.
The A list of current policies and options for Graduate Students is below.
Cockrell School of Engineering Family Friendly Policy can be found HERE, and the wider UT policy on various types of leave can be found HERE.
https://cockrell.utexas.edu/academics/graduate-education/family-friendly-policy
Graduate School Family and Childcare Statement (scroll down for more related links, for example, graduate students are eligible to put their kids in the University Child Development Center):
https://gradschool.utexas.edu/grad-life/families-childcare
Handbook of Operating Procedures (HOP): Parental Leave
https://secure2.compliancebridge.com/utexas/public/getdoc.php?file=5-4330
HOP: Foster Parent Leave
https://secure2.compliancebridge.com/utexas/public/getdoc.php?file=5-4320
HOP: Emergency Leave
https://secure2.compliancebridge.com/utexas/public/getdoc.php?file=5-4130
HOP: Family and Medical Leave
https://secure2.compliancebridge.com/utexas/public/getdoc.php?file=5-4310
HOP: Preventing Discrimination Against Pregnant and Parenting Students
https://secure2.compliancebridge.com/utexas/public/getdoc.php?file=3-3021