ÖGEM (Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching) Graduate Student Academic Support Office aims to help support graduate students in developing the skills neccessary to be successful in graduate school and in developing the skills they will need to be successful researchers and academicians in the future. The office was developed as part of the Future Faculty Development (ÖYP) capacity building project. The objective of the office is to provide support services based on the six core skills graduate students need to develop that have been identified in the literature listed below.

• Research Conduction
• Teaching and Mentorship
• Communication Skills
• Research project management and organization
• Professionalism
• Personal Development (Time Management, Stress Mangement)