Currently we serve about 2500 graduate students. The Graduate Students Association provides a range of social and cultural events, financing for departmental events and interdisciplinary academic activites. The GSA also apppoints graduate students to univerisity committees and represents graduate student interests to the Office of Graduate Studies. Through the University of California Students Association, the GSA represents the needs of UCSD graduate students to the UC Regents and the Office of the President . The GSA is governed by a Council of representatives from each department.
All departments have at least two representatives.
Departments or schools with over 100 graduate students have three representatives, those with over 200 graduate students have four representatives. Proxies are allowed, but must be submitted in writing by one of the representatives from that department at each meeting. The Council elects a six member executive board .