{"id":11679,"date":"2024-08-21T13:24:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T17:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/soe\/?page_id=11679"},"modified":"2024-09-09T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T14:17:33","slug":"prospective-graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/soe\/prospective-graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id11679_6b55bd-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id11679_6b55bd-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id11679_6b55bd-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:80px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:55px;padding-bottom:45px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id11679_6b55bd-c0 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id11679_6b55bd-c0 > 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14\"]{font-size:40px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_217e6c-14\"><strong>Prospective Graduate Students<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06\"]{font-size:20px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_5e38b2-06\">Discover the many exciting options available for our graduate students. A common theme across our graduate programs is strong technical training in Econometrics and opportunities to build valuable research skills through hands-on projects alongside your advisor and peers.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9\"]{font-size:20px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9\"]{margin-top:-15px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11679_0fc5c4-b9\" data-aos=\"fade\" data-aos-duration=\"1200\" data-aos-once=\"true\">We invite you to become part of 91¸£Àû\u2019s School of 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