Requirements for Graduation

The Graduate School issues a calendar each year showing dates by which students who are in the last semester or session of their graduate program must meet requirements for graduation and submit forms. Graduate students are responsible for meeting deadlines. Students must file their applications for diplomas with the Office of Graduate Enrollment Affairs by the published diploma application deadline date.

The university issues diplomas at the end of each semester or session. Students who have applied for a diploma but are not able to complete the degree requirements as planned must inform the Office of Graduate Enrollment Affairs as soon as possible. These students must then reapply in the semester or session in which they expect to graduate. Students do not need to pay another diploma fee, but they must register for at least one credit per semester or session until graduation and pay a renewal fee.