Student Support

Stress is a part of life, especially student life. There are a lot of places you can go when you need somebody to talk to. You are always close to someone in the Stanford community who cares about your well being and can help.

Counseling and Psychological Services | View »
Counseling and Psychological Services offers evaluation and brief counseling, including personal, couples and group therapy. Any registered Stanford student is eligible. There is no fee for an initial evaluation or short-term counseling.

Vaden Health Center | View »
Vaden provides a wide variety of medical, health promotion and counseling services to students. The staff is there to help.

Dean of Students Office | View »
The Dean of Students Office is concerned with the overall quality of student life at Stanford for all undergraduate and graduate students. The Dean of Students Office supports teaching, learning, research and service.

The Bridge Peer Counseling Center | View »
The Bridge Peer Counseling Center provides free confidential counseling to the Stanford community 24 hours a day, by phone and on a drop-in basis.

Office for Religious Life | View »
The Office for Religious Life is collectively committed and devoted to ensuring lively, thoughtful and supportive contexts for Stanford students, faculty and staff who wish to pursue spiritual interests.

Graduate Life Office | View »
The GLO is a comprehensive resource for information and advice regarding all aspects of graduate student life. It administers the residential program, helps students manage personal difficulties, works closely with graduate student organizations, participates in campus-wide initiatives that address graduate student needs and concerns, and sponsors Universitywide welcomes.

Office of Undergraduate Advising and Research | View »
UAR is staffed by professional academic advisors who are available to meet with you throughout your undergraduate career. Advisors can help you maximize your undergraduate academic experience by assisting you with such objectives as planning your curriculum, choosing courses, developing long-term academic plans, choosing a major, and preparing for graduate or professional studies. They can help you leap the hurdles and obstacles in your academic path.

Freshman Dean’s Office | View »
The Freshman Dean's Office welcomes and integrates freshmen into the Stanford family from acceptance of admission through the end of the first undergraduate year. It does so by addressing students' individual transitional needs, connecting students to resources and opportunities, and cultivating an understanding of Stanford's history and traditions. The office is also a resource for transfer students and parents.

Bechtel International Center | View »
Through a variety of social, cultural, and educational programs, the I-Center facilities are utilized to involve both domestic and foreign students and scholars in the life of the University and the community, and to bring them together in activities of mutual interest. The I-Center emphasizes the international and multicultural dimensions of the University through its counseling and programmatic services, as well as through the contributions to campus life by the many nationalities represented.

Diversity and Access Office | View »
One of the goals of the Diversity and Access Office is to advance Stanford University's commitment to diversity, and to ensure that Stanford employees and prospective members of the institution are not discriminated against because of race, color, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or medical condition.

Similarly, there are many offices on campus who serve the needs of students based on ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation or gender:

• Asian American Activities Center
• Black Community Services Center
  
• El Centro Chicano
  
• Native American Cultural Center
  
• LGBT Community Resources Center
  
• Women’s Community Center