For Students
Ready to be a part of the Graduate Exhibition?
Registration for the 2025 Graduate Exhibition is now open! Share your scholarly achievements - and receive great feedback - all while competing for cash prizes.
Exhibition Categories
Eligibility
- Must be a degree-seeking Penn State graduate student. Students in law, medical, and physician assistant degree programs are not eligible to be exhibitors.
- Open to graduate students from all Penn State campuses.
- Penn State employees who are graduate students can participate but are not eligible for awards
Awards and Prizes
First ($1,000), second ($500), and third ($250) place prizes will be awarded for each category below.
- Design
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
- Performance
- Research Poster: Arts and Humanities
- Research Poster: Engineering
- Research Poster: Health and Life Sciences
- Research Poster: Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Research Poster: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- Video
- Visual Arts
The University Libraries also sponsors a Data Visualization Award with first and second place, and honorable mention.
The visual arts and performance categories will also include a $100 People’s Choice Award recipient, voted on at the event and sponsored by the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA).
Important Dates
View the 2025 Graduate Exhibition schedule and important dates below.
Deadlines
Monday, January 13, 2025
- Registration opens. Watch for an email that week with more details.
Friday, March 7, 2025
- Deadline to submit registration and receive free poster printing
- Deadline to register for the performance category
Friday, March 14, 2025
- Deadline for students to register for the visual arts category
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Student deadline to request updates to poster session (need for table, power, etc.)
- Deadline to register for the poster, design, and video sessions
Event Schedule
Monday, March 24 to Friday, March 28, 2025
- Video judging will take place online
Friday, March 28, 2025
- Poster Session and Visual Arts: 1:00-4:00 p.m., HUB-Robeson Center, Alumni Hall and Visual Arts Gallery
- Performance Night: 7:00-9:00 p.m., Recital Hall
Friday, March 28 to Sunday, April 27, 2025
- Visual arts exhibits will be displayed at the HUB-Robeson Gallery
Award Recipient Recognition
All recipients of first-place awards for the Graduate Exhibition will be invited to be recognized at a special lunchtime awards ceremony on Monday, April 21, in the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
Preparing to Register
Follow these steps as you get ready to register. View more detailed registration tips below.
Get your faculty adviser's approval
Review the Graduate Exhibition Rubrics
Plan your exhibit and a five-minute presentation for a general audience
Get email addresses for faculty adviser(s) and any co-presenters or co-performers
Prepare your abstract, statement of importance, and, if applicable, a statement for the DEI award
Get compliance protocol numbers, and know if your project contains intellectual property
What Can I Present?
Graduate students can participate in the Graduate Exhibition at any stage of their time at Penn State. Honing public communication skills can benefit you throughout your career, and we strive to make the Graduate Exhibition a safe and comfortable space. Presenting in the beginning of your research can help you think about your research question in different ways. Getting feedback in the middle or toward the end allows you to practice highlighting the importance or impact of your work.
Rubrics
View the below rubrics to better understand how your exhibit will be judged.
Add to Calendar
Use the links below to add this event to your calendar.