Counseling and Testing Services are designed to help students improve personal, academic and professional skills related to academic success. Counseling Services offers personal and group counseling, academic skills training, testing (GRE, GMAT, MAT, MCAT, TASP), workshops and vocational testing and counseling.

Career Services assists students in establishing or advancing careers in their degree fields and in finding jobs while they are enrolled in school. Career Services offers job search assistance, mock interviews and resume critiques, resume referrals and on line job listings.

Cooperative Education is a planned learning experience designed to prepare students for careers by integrating work experience with academic study. The UHCL Co-op Program offers two work plans. The alternating plan allows students to alternate semesters of full-time classes with cooperative education work experiences. The parallel plan allows students to work part-time while attending classes. Students must be degree seeking and meet academic eligibility requirements as defined by individual schools. Cooperative Education offers a way to make money while in school, a way to gain on the job experience, flexible work schedules and opportunities in many areas of interest.

The Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Services and Dean of Students provides students with advocacy, information and help with any phase of campus life. The Dean of Students is responsible for interpreting and implementing student life policies, resolving disputes and disciplinary problems, and handling student-to-student grievances. The rights and responsibilities of students are published in Student Life Policies. Standards of student conduct are enforced to ensure the safety of individuals, protection of property, and the continuity of the educational process. Copies of Student Life Policies are available from the Office of the Dean of Students and the Student Life Office.

The Health Center serves students, staff and faculty by fulfilling two primary functions.

Disability Services actively addresses and promotes disability awareness within the UHCL campus community through programs and services designed to meet the academic and professional needs of individuals with disabilities.

The mission of the Office of Multicultural Services is to assist students to become successful, well rounded, educated, and accepting individuals. Programs and activities are offered to promote cultural pluralism and help meet the academic, cultural and personal needs of students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The Office also provides advocacy and support to all students. Program and services are available at no cost to any student.

International Student Support Services provide programs and services to help address students' individual, cultural and social needs. The International Student Services Coordinator works with individual students to ensure that their needs are being met and that they make a smooth transition to university life at UHCL.

SIAO, located across from the cafeteria, serves as the general information center, coordinates New Student Orientation and facilitates UHCL's scholarship program. Student, faculty, staff and visitors can find information regarding admissions procedures, campus events and directions to offices and departments. New Student Orientation is sponsored at the beginning of each semester, orientating new students to the overall campus community. SIAO recruits and trains 40 student leaders to serve as hosts to their peers while gaining valuable leadership skills. SIAO acts as the clearinghouse for all scholarship information, advertises available awards, maintains over 90 accounts and offers several scholarship workshops to interested students.

The Student Life Office provides programs and services that enrich and support students' educational experiences at UHCL. Areas of specialization include student organizations, student government, cultural arts, women's resources, intramural sports, student publications and university-wide programming. Services provided throughout the office include ID operation, locker rentals, drop-off service, camping rentals, vending machine refunds, posting approval and ticket sales.