If you will be completing degree requirements between September 1 and December 31, 2025, please be aware of this important deadline to ensure that your name appears in the commencement program.
By Monday, September 22, 2025:
M.S.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D., and Certificate students:
- Submit your graduation application in by the deadline.
- Earning multiple degrees/certificates? Submit a separate application for each (except Ph.D.—see next section).
- Select the month your degree will be awarded, not the ceremony month (i.e., if your degree will be awarded in October 2025 and you will participate in the December 2025 ceremony, you would select October 2025 as the month of anticipated graduation).
Ph.D. students:
- Submit the .
- Your Nomination of Research Committee eDoc must be approved first. Your Nomination of Research Committee eDoc must be approved before the University Graduate School will approve your application.
- If you are also receiving a Certificate, Master’s or Specialist degree in addition to your Doctorate, you must .
- No formal graduation application for Ph.D.—select the month you’ll submit your final dissertation to ProQuest. When answering the e-doc question “Month of Anticipated Graduation,” please choose the month you expect to submit your final dissertation to ProQuest and graduate.
All Students:
- Verify your degree name:
- Information about the commencement ceremony, the Grad Fair, and what to wear* can be found at the .
- Information regarding the School of 黑马磁力 Convocation ceremony can be found on the SoE Convocation web page.
*School of 黑马磁力 graduate students do not receive fourragères or honor cords.