I Have Met the Graduation Requirement Ounces Do I Need to Do It Again

Declaring Intent to Graduate

• When do I go eligible to employ for graduation?
• How do I use to graduate?
• When is the Graduation Application due?
• What is the catalog twelvemonth and why is information technology important?
• How practise I cheque for duplicate transfer courses and why is this important?
• How do I cheque for repeated U of U courses and why is this important?
• What should students exercise who want to change their graduation date, but have been denied graduation or already renewed or reapplied to a future semester?
• Can students complete more than one emphasis?

Changing a Current Application

• How can a educatee change something in one case the Graduation Application has been submitted?
• What should students do upon realizing they are not going to complete requirements even though they have already applied to graduate?
• How tin can I add together a small-scale subsequently I turned in my graduation application?
• I have not completed my minor requirements but all the same desire to receive my degree.  What exercise I practice?

Registrar'south Part Evaluations and Caste Conferral

• What happens after a graduation application is submitted to the Registrar'south Part?
• What does the Graduation Evaluation Process entail for undergraduate students?
• When does a student need to have all work completed for a degree?
• When should transfer work be posted to a student'due south record in order to graduate on time?
• When is it reasonable for an undergraduate student to seek an exception to the residency requirement?
• When will the degree be posted to my records (transcript)?
• Is at that place whatever mode to expedite the evaluation process?
• What/when is the Conferral date?
• Who qualifies for Honors at graduation?
• How practice I bank check the status of my graduation awarding?

Diplomas

• When will I receive my diploma?
• Can I get a diploma if at that place is a concord on my records?
• How practise I change the name for my diploma?
• How do I update my address for my diploma?
• How can I go a replacement diploma?

Utah Asia Campus

• I program to graduate at the decision of the Asia Campus Spring semester. When will my degree be awarded?
• If I am graduating at the conclusion of the Asia Campus Spring semester, why practice I need to wait for Summer semester to end?
• I need to bear witness that I have completed my degree, I am unable to wait until end of the summer semester. What options do I have?

Additional Questions

• Tin a pupil complete a minor afterwards he has graduated?
• Tin can a student pursue a second available's degree?
• Who may participate in commencement and convocations exercises?

Declaring Intent to Graduate

When practice I get Eligible to apply for graduation?

In most cases students seeking a Undergraduate degree become eligible to use for graduation one time xc credit hours accept been completed. There are some occasions when a student will not reach 90 credits but will be ready to graduate.

If a student wants to graduate and needs eligibility to utilise online through CIS, the pupil needs to email graduation@utah.edu from the student's UMAIL. The electronic mail needs to request eligibility to utilize online and a brief caption of the programme to complete requirements past the end of the semester he/she intends to graduate. The asking to add together eligibility needs to exist received by the graduation division at to the lowest degree 24 hours prior to the application deadline for the intended graduation term. Back to Top

When is the Graduation Awarding Due?

*Applications received by March 1st will take names included in the Spring Convocation Programs.

After the due date, belatedly applications will be accepted with a $25 late fee. Back to Top

What is the catalog year and why is information technology important?

The catalog year is associated with the academic year that a pupil declares their major/minor. Yet, students can use any of the five active catalog years: the current academic year and the four previous years. A new catalog year begins every Autumn and expires every Summer. Considering requirements change from year to year it is important that students and advisors ensure that the correct catalog year is listed in the student'due south record, on their caste audit, and on their application for graduation. Back to Elevation

How do I bank check for duplicate transfer courses and why is this of import?

In most cases students may just receive credit for taking a course once.  While processes may catch most duplicate courses transferred from other institutions sometimes these are not caught considering of slight differences in names or numbering conventions or timing of when the duplicate grade is taken at the U.  Once a indistinguishable form is detected it will be removed from your record which may negatively touch on your plans to graduate.  Therefore, early detection of duplicate coursework from other institutions is extremely helpful.

Using Degree Audit (formerly known every bit My Degree Dashboard), review the Summary of Transfer Credit and Summary of Courses Taken at the University of Utah sections to see if any courses look similar they may be potentially equivalent based on number and naming conventions (see case below).  If indistinguishable coursework is suspected and both courses are showing last grades, then complete the Indistinguishable Course Notification course and submit it to the Registrar's Office, Graduation Division.  Note: the coursework taken at the U is always kept regardless of when the course was taken.

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How do I check for repeated U of U courses and why is this of import?

In most cases students may just receive credit in one case for a grade.  Automated processes discover most repeated courses and a student'due south records is flagged so that the form is only counted ane time towards graduation. However, occasionally because of timing and how grading occurs 2 or more than equivalent courses may not be flagged as repeated on a student's record.  Once detected, the repeated course will be flagged and any equivalent prior courses volition no longer count towards graduation.  Some situations where this may occur include:

• When a educatee gets an "I" (incomplete) or "T" (work in progress) grade on the recent attempt which then converts to a final grade at a later point
• If a student record is migrated from a legacy organisation to the current arrangement
• When a course is added tardily through a petition process

Using Degree Inspect, review the Repeated Courses section.  If courses take been flagged properly they should exist listed with a ">X" after the grade.  If courses are listed without the ">X" symbol then it needs to exist reported to the Registration Division every bit shortly as possible:

• Online: consummate a Repeated Class Notification grade via the Campus Information Services
• In Person: visit the Registrar'southward Office in the Student Services Building, second flooring, window #thirteen

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What should students exercise who desire to change their graduation appointment, but have been previously denied graduation or have already renewed or reapplied to a hereafter semester?

If an undergraduate educatee has already used his 1 free renewal or has been denied graduation for a prior semester and so he must complete the reapplication process. This includes submitting the reapplication form and paying a $25 fee. The due appointment is the last 24-hour interval of classes for any given semester.

Graduate students wishing to change their graduation term or have been denied graduation can reapply for graduation without a fee. Back to Top

Can students complete more than than 1 emphasis?

Yep, if the major has been approved for multiple emphases. One time a graduation awarding is on file for a pupil an emphasis can be dropped or added with a formal request from their umail business relationship to graduation@utah.edu Before the concluding day of classes. Back to Peak

Changing a Electric current Application

How can a student change something once the Graduation Awarding has been submitted?

One time students apply for graduation, any changes to their record must be done past either the Graduation Division, or the Registration and Records Division.

Undergraduate students can use the Notification of Graduation Alter class (PDF) to asking the following changes:

• Update Degree Type including Honors Degrees
• Add/Remove a modest.
• Update Itemize year
• Add/Driblet an emphasis
• Withdraw an awarding

Graduate Students can utilize the Annunciation/Modify of Graduate Emphasis form (PDF) to declare, modify, or remove an accent.

Please contact graduation@utah.edu from your umail account for more information. Dorsum to Top

What should students do upon realizing they are not going to complete requirements even though they have already practical to graduate?

If this occurs and has never occurred before, undergraduate students should alert the Graduation Division by sending a formal request through their umail business relationship to graduation@utah.edu asking to renew their graduation application to a specific future semester.  Undergraduate applicants are only allowedone renewal of their initial graduation application and the request must be submitted before the end of the initial application term.  Note:  students who have already used this option or have been denied graduation must consummate the reapplication process and pay the corresponding $25 reapplication fee. Back to Meridian

How can I add a minor later on I turned in my graduation application?

Complete the Notification of Graduation Alter form and then submit information technology to the Graduation Partition of the Registrar's Office. Back to Top

I accept not completed my modest requirements but even so desire to receive my degree.  What do I practice?

Ship an email from your umail account to graduation@utah.edu requesting to drop your minor.  Indicate your name, ID number, major, and graduating term.  Candidates may also drop a minor in person at the Registrar'due south Function (window #15). Back to Elevation

Registrar's Office Evaluations and Degree Conferral

What happens after a graduation awarding is submitted to the Registrar'due south Part?

For undergraduate students applying past the due appointment, 3 evaluations are done before a degree is awarded. All evaluations follow the Graduation Evaluation Process. Nosotros check and written report any duplicate or repeated courses at this point. The beginning is an Initial Evaluation – students are sent a simple electronic mail referring them to check the Caste Audit report that we have generated for them. The second is the Provisional Evaluation and merely students who have deficient requirements are sent an e-mail listing those deficiencies and instructions for changing their graduation term. The last evaluation is washed at the end of the semester – students volition receive a Umail indicating their status has changed to "awarded" or "denied." Denied students are given instructions on how to reapply.  Awarded students are mailed their diploma.  Although the final evaluation process takes approximately 4-6 weeks to complete, degrees are awarded daily and diplomas are mailed weekly during this time. Back to Top

What does the Graduation Evaluation Process entail for undergraduate students?

The Graduation Division uses the Degree Audit report to evaluate each undergraduate student for graduation. This begins by verifying the pupil'southward major, caste type, emphasis (if applicable), minor(due south) (if applicable), and catalog year. We then verify that the Hours/GPA in PeopleSoft friction match the Hours/GPA on Caste Audit. If they exercise not, other steps are taken to correct the record before we continue the evaluation. Nosotros then review repeated U of U work and check for duplicate transfer credit that may accept been misapplied. Nosotros verify that all requirements have been met; whatever deficiencies (blood-red x's) on Caste Audit will crusade the student to be denied graduation. GPA honors and certificates are evaluated earlier they are posted to a student's tape. Dorsum to Height

When does a student have to take all of their work completed for a degree?

In order to qualify for graduation for a specific term students must have all work completed and turned in past the conferral date of that semester. For Summer/Fall students, this would be the terminal day of finals for the graduating term. Back to Superlative

When should transfer work exist posted to a student'south record in gild to graduate on time?

All transfer work from other institutions needs to be posted to the student's University of Utah tape by the final 24-hour interval of classes.  The Office of Admissions oversees this process and it takes approximately 6 to viii weeks; therefore, students who are transferring in work during their last term should apply to graduate the following term. Transfer work that is not posted past the last 24-hour interval of classes for the final semester volition effect in the student being denied graduation and afterward having to complete the reapplication process. Students studying abroad during their final semester besides face up this state of affairs if their grades are non on the records by the end of the graduating term. Back to Summit

When is it reasonable for an undergraduate educatee to seek an exception to the residency requirement?

All undergraduate students must earn at to the lowest degree 30 semester credit hours from the University of Utah and at least 20 of the last thirty semester credit hours earned towards a educatee'due south degree must be earned from the University of Utah.  The Academy's Graduation Committee has approved certain exceptions for this requirement including:

• Transferring 15 or fewer concluding credits from an canonical learning abroad or international exchange program (does non utilise to U of U courses held at the Asia Campus or other off-campus location);
• Transferring more than the allowed ten credits when those credits are non being used to fulfill graduation requirements; and
• Being confronted with an involuntary change of residence (attributable to armed forces obligations, health, marriage, etc.) when the student is inside 30 credits for graduation and has earned at to the lowest degree 90 credits from the University of Utah.

An Application for Residency Requirement Exception must be filed with the Registrar'south Part along with proper documentation prior to the last day of the educatee'southward anticipated graduation term.

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When will the caste be posted to my records (transcript)?

The process for final evaluation takes approximately 4-half dozen weeks to complete subsequently the finish of each term, simply degrees are awarded daily and diplomas are mailed weekly during this time.  In one case your degree has been awarded, you will be sent a notification through your Umail account. Official transcripts that are processed after receipt of the Degree Awarded Umail, will include your graduation data. Back to Top

Is there any way to expedite the evaluation process?

No, the Graduation Division is not able to evaluate students individually; however degrees are evaluated and awarded as rapidly equally possible. The process for final evaluation takes approximately 4-six weeks to consummate after the cease of each term, but degrees are existence awarded and diplomas mailed daily during this time.  Once your caste has been awarded, you will be sent a notification through your Umail business relationship. Dorsum to Top

What/When is the Conferral engagement?

The conferral appointment is e'er the last 24-hour interval of finals in Fall and Summer or the Commencement day in Spring.  This is the graduation appointment listed on the diploma and transcripts. Back to Top

Who qualifies for Honors at Graduation?

Students must run across the hours and GPA requirement in club to qualify.  Electric current information can be plant on our website, Honors at Graduation.

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How do I check the status on my graduation awarding?

If you applied for graduation for the current commencement year, y'all tin check your condition by logging onto Campus Information Services and selecting "View Graduation Status" under the Graduation carte du jour.  Graduation Review Condition volition indicate one of the following:

• Awarding Received: Indicates that you lot have applied to graduate.
• Initial Evaluation in Progress: The Graduation Sectionalisation is reviewing your academic record.
• Needs Boosted Review Eval Pending: The Graduation Partition has questions about your tape and additional information is needed before the review can exist completed.
• Initial Evaluation Complete: The Graduation Partitioning completed an evaluation comparing your academic record with your Degree Audit (formerly known as My Degree Dashboard).
• Conditional Review – In Progress: Occurring in your expected graduation term, the Graduation Partitioning will review your bookish record
• Contact Advisor(s): Deficiencies have been noted in your expected graduation term.  Contact your counselor to consider if you should filibuster graduation or if your requirements can still be completed this term.
• Review Consummate On Track: The Graduation Sectionalisation has noted that your Degree Audit (formerly known as My Degree Dashboard) shows all requirements are either completed or are in progress.
• Review Complete Fix to Award: The Graduation Partitioning has noted that your Degree Audit (formerly Known every bit My Caste Dashboard) shows all requirements are completed.
• In Final Review: The Graduation Division volition be reviewing your Degree Audit to make up one's mind if your degree can exist awarded.
• Fix to Award: The Graduation Division has noted that all requirements are complete and your caste will be awarded at or later on the conferral date.
• Awarded Degree: The Graduation Division has certified that all requirements are completed and your caste is now function of your educatee record.
• Denied – Contact Counselor(s): The Graduation Partition was unable to certify completion of all requirements.  Contact your counselor(south) to hash out reapplying for graduation in a future term.

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Diplomas

When will I receive my diploma?

Diplomas are typically ordered within a week of your degree being awarded after review by the Graduation Division.  They are sent to the mailing address electric current on CIS at that fourth dimension.  Once the diploma is ordered yous tin cheque on the condition past inbound your personal information at this link:  https://www.michaelsutter.com/utah.  For those living locally, your diploma volition most likely arrive within 2 weeks later your degree is awarded. Back to Tiptop

Can I get my diploma if there is a concord on my records?

If the hold restricts release, your diploma cannot be released until the hold has been removed. Diplomas volition not be issued until all financial obligations to the University of Utah have been cleared. Back to Height

How do I change the name for my diploma?

Every bit outlined hither, the University recognizes that students may wish to employ a name other than their legal name in most university systems or communications. Every bit such, prior to graduation, it is possible for a student to asking to use a Preferred Proper name on their diploma according the information beneath.

To update the Preferred Name in CIS, please follow these steps:

1. Login to CIS and then get to the Student Homepage tile.
2. Click on the Contour tile, which is the 1 with your name and UNID on it, and then click on the Preferred proper name type row.
3. Enter the new name information. (Last names cannot be changed via this method).
4. Click the salve button.
5. Notify the Graduation Partitioning (graduation@utah.edu) in writing that you lot desire to use your Preferred Name on your diploma. This must exist done by the last 24-hour interval of classes for the semester the pupil is expecting to graduate. In addition, to take the Preferred Name included in the Spring Convocation Programs, these steps must be completed by March 1st.

Delight NOTE: A Diploma Name may be adapted prior to graduation post-obit the instructions above and criteria beneath. Nevertheless, one time a pupil graduates, any subsequent requests to modify the Diploma Name must be done past following the process to change the Official Name (Primary Name) via the Change of Personal Information Class. Applicants who are also Academy of Utah employees must contact the Payroll Reporter for their department to officially alter their proper name on Academy records.

Additional Information:

Diploma Proper noun:

By default, the Diploma Name is a pupil'due south Principal Proper name unless the student requests a change. A Diploma Name may not accept a prefix, however, a suffix can be added upon written request without it beingness listed on the Primary Proper name.

• Instance: John Smith Jr.

Below are the guidelines through which a Diploma Name may be adjusted prior to the final twenty-four hour period of classes for the semester the student is expecting to graduate.

Preferred Name:

A preferred name may be listed on a diploma as long as the pupil has designated that Preferred Name in their contour using the Pupil Homepage. The Preferred Name may include a preferred center name.

Starting time Name:

If a pupil has non designated a Preferred Name, a first name may be shortened in instances in which there is a commonly used short-version of the name that is recognizable as a part of the Chief Name.

• Examples: Daniel/Dan, Frederick/Fred, Suzanne/Suzy, or Kathryn/Katie/Kate.

Centre Proper name:

If a pupil has not designated a eye proper noun as part of their Preferred Name, a middle name may be adjusted per a student'due south written request to the Graduation Division without requiring an official change to the educatee'due south Chief Proper noun in these circumstances:

• Middle names may be shortened to an initial.
  • Example: Elizabeth -> East or E.
• Middle names may be lengthened every bit long as the total middle name was listed as part of the student's Master Proper name at some point in the pupil'south history at the Academy of Utah.

If a student would like to add a middle name to their Primary Name, a Alter of Personal Data Class should exist sent to Registration and Records with the necessary documentation.

Concluding Name:

The terminal proper name that is used on a diploma must coincide with a student's Primary Proper name. If a terminal name needs to be changed, a Alter of Personal Information Form should be sent to Registration and Records with the necessary documentation.

Absolute Characters:

The Diploma Proper name may exist adjusted to have accented characters. The Notification of Graduation Change Form should be submitted to identify the characters that the student is wishing to accent on the Diploma Name.

 Should you encounter any situations that are unique or if you have questions, please achieve out to the Graduation Division of the Role of the Registrar (graduation@utah.edu). Back to Superlative

How do I update my address for my diploma?

Log on to the Campus Information Services to change your mailing address.  Your diploma will exist sent to the mailing address nosotros have on file for yous at the time you are cleared for graduation. Back to Top

How tin can I get a replacement diploma?

Academy alumni may asking a replacement or boosted diploma from the Registrar'southward Office, Graduation Division.Back to Top

Utah Asia Campus

I program to graduate at the conclusion of the Asia Campus Spring semester. When will my degree be awarded?

Students who are finishing their last semester at the Asia Campus during the Jump semester will have their degree conferred at the conclusion of the Summer semester.

If I am graduating at the conclusion of the Asia Campus Bound semester, why do I demand to wait for Summer semester to stop?

Prior to awarding a degree, students must complete all coursework necessary for that caste. The Asia Campus Spring semester does not stop until later the conferral engagement for the Spring semester for all campuses. Since in that location can only exist one conferral date per semester, students completing their degree at the conclusion of the Asia Campus Spring semester are awarded degrees at the conclusion of the Summer semester.

I demand to evidence that I have completed my caste, I am unable to await until cease of the summertime semester. What options practice I have?

Students in this state of affairs can request a Argument of Degree Completion from the Graduation Partitioning as before long as grades have posted from the Asia Campus Spring Semester.

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Additional Questions

Can a pupil complete a minor later they have graduated?

No. A Academy minor can simply be received at the same time the student graduates with a major. The minor is an aspect to a degree and non an entity by itself.  Students should declare the minor with the appropriate department before applying for graduation.  Additionally,

• Teaching minors must be completed in conjunction with a didactics major.
• Students tin complete more than ane minor at a time.
• If a minor is not consummate upon graduation information technology tin simply exist awarded if it is attached to some other major completed at a after date.
• Both the major and minor must be consummate during our concluding evaluation for a caste to be awarded. They will non be awarded separately.
• If a student decides not to consummate the minor and would like their caste awarded with just their major they must formally asking through umail to graduation@utah.edu to driblet their minor earlier the stop of the term.

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Can I pursue a second bachelor's degree?

A student who has previously earned a available's caste from the University of Utah or from another accredited establishment is eligible to pursue a second Available of Arts or Bachelor of Scientific discipline degree in a dissimilar subject area.  The major of the second degree cannot exist the aforementioned as the previously awarded degree.  For example, a student who has earned a BA in Psychology cannot pursue a BS in Psychology.

Students should consult with a departmental counselor to decide whether a 2nd bachelor'southward degree or a graduate program better meets their needs.

Students wishing to earn a 2d bachelor'southward degree must fulfill the post-obit requirements:

• All requirements for the major
• Residency Hours Requirement
• American Institutions*
• Quantitative Reasoning (QA and QB)*
• Lower Partition Writing*
• Upper Division Communication/Writing*
• Variety*
• International Requirement*
• Minimum two.00 GPA
• Current requirements for BS, BA, BFA, BSW, BMus, Passenger vehicle*

*Not required if completed in the outset bachelor'south caste.

If a educatee has completed a available'due south caste outside the U.S. and the degree is recognized past the University, Intellectual Exploration courses are automatically fulfilled.  All other requirements are evaluated separately. Back to Top

Who may participate in commencement and convocation exercises?

Starting time exercises are held at the end of each Bound semester. Since Offset is held once a yr, all candidates/graduates from that commencement year and the following Summer are allowed to participate in Showtime (i.e. for May 2022 Commencement candidates/graduates for Summertime 2021, Fall 2021, Leap 2022, and Summertime 2022 may participate and nourish). Regarding attendance at Convocation, Summer candidates are encouraged to speak with their college to verify which year's Convocation information technology is preferred that they attend.

Notation: Summer candidates who participate in the Showtime or Convocation earlier they really graduate are not recognized in Convocation programs until the following Bound semester ceremonies subsequently they graduate (i.e. a Summertime 2022 candidate who participates in the Spring 2022 Commencement or Convocation will not be recognized in the program until the Spring 2023 Get-go and Convocation ceremonies).

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Graduation

Pupil Services Building
Second Flooring,
Window 16
Phone: (801) 581-5808
Fax: (801) 585-7860

Office Hours

Monday 8am-5pm
Tue 10am-5pm
Wed 8am-5pm
Thu 8am-5pm
Fri 8am-5pm

Mailing Address

Graduation Segmentation
201 Due south 1460 Eastward Rm 250N
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9056

E-mail: Graduation@utah.edu

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