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Prior to completing a Graduation Application, students should consult with their academic advisors, check their Degree Audits, and reference the appropriate Academic Catalog to make sure all graduation requirements will be met prior to the graduation date.
Overview
Current Deadlines
Spring 2016 graduation applications are no longer available online.
The Summer 2016 graduation application will be available online beginning Monday, February 01, 2016.
Did you miss the deadline? Do you think you are eligible to graduate?
Do you need to make changes to your graduation application or cancel your application?
You must declare any majors/minors/certificates prior to being allowed to apply for graduation in that program. If you need to declare a major/minor/certificate and or change your major/minor/certificate, see: Declaring or changing a major or certificate program prior to submitting your request to apply for graduation.
Graduation applications are generally available beginning the 5th week of the current term (not the graduation term) through Friday of the 4th week of the graduation term.
For additional information on dates and deadlines, please refer to Academic Dates & Deadlines.
For Commencement information, please refer to the Commencement website.
Instructions
Double Major or Dual Degree
Students pursing more than one degree seeking program must submit the online graduation application for EACH program. Follow the instructions below for each program for which you are applying to graduate. Please note:
- Students must declare any/all programs before they can apply to graduate in any/all of them; see Declaring or changing a major or certificate program for more information.
- To graduate with more than one degree seeking program, the requirements for both programs must be completed by the graduation date (this does not apply to Certificates and/or AA degrees).
- If requirements for all undergraduate programs will not be met by the graduation date, graduation should either be delayed until all requirements are met, or the program that will not be completed should be dropped.
- See Declaring or changing a major or certificate program for more information on removing a program.
- After graduation, if a student decides to continue pursuing a program that was previously dropped, they must reapply through the Office of Admissions as a second degree seeking student.
- Please see the Academic Catalog for more information regarding second degree seeking requirements.
Undergraduate, Master's, Specialist Degrees, & Certificate Programs
Associate of Arts (AA Degrees)
Coming Soon! Automatic Associate of Arts Degree Awarding! See the Graduation Guide on the Registrar's Office website for details!
Certificates
Students pursuing a Certificate (at any level) must declare their Certificate using the Declaration of Certificate form.
To apply for graduation (completion) in a certificate program, student's should submit the online graduation application following the steps outlined above. You will choose your certificate program from the list of curricula outlined in Step #4.
Doctoral Programs
Candidates for Doctoral Degrees should complete and submit the paper Doctoral Application for Graduation (paper form ONLY; not available online) to the Graduate Studies Office in the College of Professional Studies by the appropriate deadline.
Doctoral graduation applications are available in the Office of the Registrar, Bldg. 18, Pensacola Campus or by emailing graduation@uwf.edu.
Minors
- There is no application for graduation for a minor(s).
- Minors are only awarded concurrently with a Bachelor's degree.
- Students who have declared a minor and who have met all requirements for the minor by the graduation date, will automatically have the minor awarded at the point of degree conferral.
- If you have declared a minor(s), but will not meet the requirements by the graduation date, you must either postpone your graduation or remove your minor.
- To remove your minor (you no longer wish to receive the minor), use the Change of Major form (linked above in the AA section, or see Declaring or changing a major or certificate program ) to remove/delete the minor(s).
- To postpone/cancel your graduation application (to continue requirements for your minor/program), please notify graduation@uwf.edu or contact the Office of the Registrar for assistance.
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