The Graduate and Professional Student Association is authorized by the Board of Regents. This student governing organization has been established to enhance the University of New Mexico's academic and intellectual environment for students and to promote their rights, interests and professional development through representation, advocacy and direct services. The president of the GPSA is a non-voting advisor to the Board of Regents.

The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) is the recognized graduate and professional student government at UNM. All graduate students, including business, law and medical students, are members of the Graduate and Professional Student Association. As enumerated in its Constitution, the objectives of the GPSA are to represent and to serve the graduate and professional students of the University of New Mexico.

Information on the GPSA can be obtained from the Pathfinder, the UNM Student Handbook, or through the GPSA Web site at: http://www.unm.edu/~gpsa.