Services and Benefits
As a member of the GSAS alumni community, QMSS alumni are entitled to the following benefits and services:
Alumni Email
Web-based email and email forwarding
Academic Resources
Library access, courses, podcasts, travel study trips, etc.
Columbia Alumni Arts League
Special benefits and discounts at various cultural institutions
Discounts
Discounted purchases, services, and financial products
Transcripts and certification
Transcripts and certifications of enrollment and degrees
Career Resources
Career development and management is a lifelong process which continues beyond graduation from Columbia University...
GSAS Compass (Career Serviced): GSAS Compass helps doctoral and master’s students in the Arts and Sciences to identify, work toward, and achieve their post-graduation career goals. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that fosters exploration, nurtures diverse interests, and assists in preparing GSAS students for a range of careers that are well suited to their individual skills, interests, values, and personalities. Above all, we empower students to harness their academic training in any career path they pursue.
GSAS Connect (Exclusive Job Board): GSAS Connect is your online career management hub. Log into your profile to schedule a career advising appointment, RSVP for a Compass event, explore our Resource Library, and search for jobs and internships.
QMSS Jobs Bulletin: QMSS sends out weekly job postings to current students and alumni. Contact <[email protected]> to be added to the mailing list.
QMSS LinkedIn Group: Connect with QMSS alumni and current students on LinkedIn. Requests to join the group will be approved within one week.
QMSS LinkedIn Page: Follow the QMSS Page on LinkedIn to see updates, events, and job postings that we think might interest you!
Columbia Alumni on LinkedIn: QMSS alum can also connect with over 30,800 Columbia alumni from the broader university community via LinkedIn. To join the Columbia alumni group automatically, use your Columbia e-mail address and set it as your default LinkedIn address. You can also request to join without a Columbia address, but it will take up to five days to be approved.)
Alumni Directory: Search the directory of all Columbia alumni. Update your Alumni Directory listing.
Other Columbia Job-hunt Resources: Check out COlumbia Univeristy's many resouces for alumni when they are on the job martket, now and in the future!
GSAS Alumni Association
The goals of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association are: to establish maintain, and nurture the community of GSAS alumni; to foster and encourage ongoing engagement of alumni with the academic and institutional initiatives of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; to support the interests and needs of current graduate students in GSAS; and to assist the Dean of the Graduate School in enhancing the prestige and effectiveness of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Students become members of the GSAS Alumni Association automatically upon receipt of a postgraduate degree from Columbia University. As members of the association, alumni are entitled to all the privileges offered by life-long membership in this intellectual and social community. The association only asks that alumni maintain an interest in the present and future of the Graduate School, and that they consider sustaining the academic, professional, and social opportunities provided by GSAS and its Alumni Association to its current and future student populations.
Keeping in Touch
If you're changing careers, addresses, places of employment or have any other updates please don't forget to update your information on the GSAS Alumni page. We would love to hear from you as well, so don't hesitate to stop by, call, or email. Remember that our seminars are always open to the public.
If you want to find fellow QMSS students/alumni, connect with them through our Facebook group or our LinkedIn page.
QMSS Alumni Newsletter: QMSS sends out updates and job postings to alumni on a weekly basis. Contact <[email protected]> to be added to the mailing list.
Giving
QMSS depends on private and institutional gifts of all sizes to bolster the strength of its programs. The support of alumni and friends helps keep QMSS among the best programs of its kind in the country. Now, as the face of data analysis continues to change dramatically, contributions from our supporting alum help QMSS stay on the cutting edge.
QMSS faces a broad range of needs to remain competitive. Your support, regardless of size, helps to meet these needs. Donations are tax deductible and we encourage you to check with your company about "matching funds."
To make a donation, vistit the QMSS Columbia University Giving page. From the 'Select a Destination' Menu, select "Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) gift" option.
Where does my Support Go?
There are many ways your support can help QMSS continue to train our next generation of data analysts and quantitative researchers. The following options represent some of our most pressing challenges.
Students
Scholarships help attract the most promising students to QMSS. Competition for the best and the brightest is intense. Merit-based scholarships help bring some of the best students in the world to QMSS and help to defray the cost of education for talented students in need.
Faculty
QMSS faculty impact on our world through their research and their influence on our students in the classroom. Support directed to course offering diversification and research funds enable QMSS to recruit and retain highly recognized scholars and teachers.
Program Initiatives
QMSS program initiatives, like its Research Assistantship support program give students the opportunity to work on cutting edge research, while providing the Columbia research community with much needed research capacity. Contributions help QMSS to continue and expand its funding for paid assistantships for years to come.
QMSS alumni are integral to the success of our program and its students. We would love to hear from you, so don't hesitate to stop by, call, or email and remember that our seminars are always open to the public!
If you want to find fellow QMSS alumni, connect to them through our Facebook group or our LinkedIn page: Columbia University QMSS (here you'll find QMSS alums and current students).
In addition to QMSS resources we encourage alums to visit the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Alumni site which even more additional information and resources.