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    Discover Your UVA

    Shape your student experience with the support of the UVA community. Access UVA resources, get involved and connect with others!

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    Get Involved

    Explore ways to get involved in the school, university, and community while at UVA Engineering.

Academic Support

Advanced Research Computing

Research Computing empowers researchers to achieve more through the use of cutting-edge computational resources, training, and consultation. Services include high performance computing, data analysis, image processing and visualization, bioinformatics, cloud solutions, and storage.

UVA Library System

The Library offers a range of services (and workshops too!) to help graduate students with research, class instruction, publication, and teaching. Learn more below, and remember to Ask a Librarian if you have any questions!