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Graduation Preparation

All undergraduate students are expected to submit a Petition to Graduate to the Office of the Registrar approximately one calendar year prior to their expected graduation. Completing your Petition well in advance of the quarter when you plan to graduate is important for several reasons: it provides an opportunity to make sure that you haven’t overlooked or misunderstood any graduation requirements—and that you understand how your courses fit department, college, and university rules. It is also a good opportunity to talk with your academic advisors and think about how you’d like to spend your final year as an undergraduate student. 

Before petitioning to graduate, please review your Degree Progress Report in CAESAR and/or your Degree Audit in MAS to ensure that your courses are counting where you expect them to in your degree requirements.

Prepare to graduate

• Graduation petition procedure and forms
• Undergraduate registration requirement
• Transfer and test credit information
• Add or remove a dual degree

Important deadlines

Students must submit their online graduation petition form to the Office of the Registrar by the following deadlines:

(Please note that an incomplete petition for a given quarter which has not been submitted to the Office of Registrar in a timely manner after the deadline will be automatically pushed to the Office of the Registrar for review and processing.)

Graduation Petition Deadlines

All incomplete grades, including "K” grades, must be resolved before a student’s graduation. No grade changes are accepted after graduation.

Last day to confer degrees by term

Summer 2025 - Friday, September 19, 2025

Fall 2025 - Friday, January 3, 2026

Winter 2026 - Friday, April 10, 2026

Spring 2026 - Monday, July 6, 2026