Note: All theses/dissertations must be submitted electronically.

If you plan to graduate during SPRING 2013, please adhere to the following deadlines:

If you have applied for Spring Semester graduation and find you will not be able to meet one of these deadlines, you must notify the Graduate School prior to the deadline, or your file may be placed on inactive status. Write the Graduate School, 320 E. Clayton Street, Suite, 400, Athens, GA 30602-4401, or e-mail: gradinfo@uga.edu.

Graduate students must register for a minimum of three hours in at least two semesters per academic year (Fall, Spring, Summer), including 3 hours of graduate credit that is required for registration during the semester in which degree requirements are completed.

To review the Graduate Enrollment policy, please click here.

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January 18, 2013
Final date for graduate students to submit an Application for Graduation for May 2013 Graduation.

Application for Graduation

January 18, 2013
Final date for submitting program of study forms to the Graduate School for graduation in May 2013. An approved Advisory Committee form for Master of Arts, Master of Science, and all doctoral Candidates must be on file by this date.

Program of study forms

Advisory Committee forms

January 18, 2013
Final date for submitting applications for admission to candidacy to the Graduate School for doctoral candidates who plan to graduate in May 2013. If you were not admitted to candidacy prior to October 1st, 2012, you must register for 10 hours Spring 2013.

Application for Admission to Candidacy

March 1, 2013
Final date for submitting requests for transfer of credit, with accompanying transcripts, to the Graduate School for students graduating in May 2013.

Request for Transfer of Credit

March 15, 2013
Final date for doctoral students to submit information for Commencement program for May 2013 graduation

Doctoral Graduation Ceremony Information Form
(EdD, PhD, DMA, DrPH only!)

April 8, 2013
Final date for submitting one complete copy of a thesis or dissertation for a format check for May 2013 graduation.

Format check

April 29, 2013
Final date for the receipt of the following by the Graduate School: Final Defense Approval Form (all doctoral, MS, MA, MHP, MLA) and corrected copy of thesis/dissertation.

Final Defense Approval Forms:
Doctoral, MA, MS, LLM, MHP, MLA)

May 3, 2013
Final date for completing all requirements except submission of theses/dissertations (see earlier deadlines).  The Graduate School must receive notification concerning removal of incompletes, final examinations, etc., for Spring 2013 graduation by May 3. (This does not include grades for courses in which students are currently enrolled.)

May 10, 2013
Friday @ 10:00 a.m.
Graduation. Diplomas will be mailed approximately six to eight weeks after graduation. Address changes, if necessary, should be made with the Office of the Registrar to ensure receipt of diplomas.

Office of the Registrar: Address changes

Graduation Information

June 3, 2013
Date the Graduate School will accept theses/dissertations for format checks for future graduations.

Note: All theses/dissertations must be submitted electronically.

If you plan to graduate during SUMMER 2013, please adhere to the following deadlines:

If you have applied for Summer Semester graduation and find you will not be able to meet one of these deadlines, you must notify the Graduate School prior to the deadline, or your file may be placed on inactive status. Write the Graduate School, 320 E. Clayton Street, Suite 400, Athens, GA 30602-4401 or e-mail: gradinfo@uga.edu.

Graduate students must register for a minimum of 3 hours in at least two semesters per academic year (Fall, Spring, Summer), including the 3 hours of graduate credit that is required for registration during the semester in which degree requirements are completed.

To review the Graduate Enrollment policy, please click here.

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June 14, 2013
Final date for graduate students to submit an Application for Graduation for August 2013 Graduation.

Application for Graduation

June 14, 2013
Final date for submitting program of study forms to the Graduate School for graduation in August 2013. An Advisory Committee form for Master of Arts, Master of Science, and all doctoral Candidates must be on file by this date.

Program of study forms

Advisory Committee forms

June 14, 2013
Final date for submitting applications for admission to candidacy to the Graduate School for doctoral candidates who plan to graduate in August 2013. If you were not admitted to candidacy prior to January 18, 2013, you must register for 10 hours Summer 2013.

Application for Admission to Candidacy

June 21, 2013
Final date for doctoral students to submit information for Commencement program for August 2013 graduation

Doctoral Graduation Ceremony Information Form
(EdD, PhD, DMA, DrPH only!)

June 24, 2013
Final date for submitting requests for transfer of credit, with accompanying transcripts, to the Graduate School for students graduating in August 2013.

Request for Transfer of Credit

July 8, 2013
Final date for submitting one complete copy of a thesis or dissertation for a format check for August 2013 graduation.

Format check

July 22, 2013
Final date for receipt of the following by the Graduate School: Final Defense Approval Form (all doctoral, MS, MA, MHP, MLA) and corrected copy of thesis/dissertation.

Final Defense Approval Forms:
Doctoral, MA, MS, LLM, MHP, MLA)

July 26, 2013
Final date for completing all requirements except submission of theses/dissertations (see earlier deadlines).  The Graduate School must receive notification concerning removal of incompletes, final examinations, etc., for August 2013 graduation by July 26. (This does not include grades for courses in which students are currently enrolled.)

August 2, 2013
Friday @ 9:30 a.m.
Graduation. Diplomas will be mailed approximately six to eight weeks after graduation. Address changes, if necessary, should be made with the Office of the Registrar to ensure receipt of diploma.

Office of the Registrar: Address changes

Graduation Information

August 19, 2013
Date the Graduate School will accept theses/dissertations for format checks for future graduations.

Note: All theses/dissertations must be submitted electronically.

If you plan to graduate during FALL 2013, please adhere to the following deadlines:

If you have applied for Fall Semester graduation and find you will not be able to meet one of these deadlines, you must notify the Graduate School prior to the deadline, or your file may be placed on inactive status. Write the Graduate School, 320 E. Clayton Street, Suite, 400, Athens, GA 30602-4401, or e-mail: gradinfo@uga.edu.

Graduate students must register for a minimum of three hours in at least two semesters per academic year (Fall, Spring, Summer), including 3 hours of graduate credit that is required for registration during the semester in which degree requirements are completed.

To review the Graduate Enrollment policy, please click here.

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August 23, 2013
Final date for graduate students to submit an Application for Graduation for December 2013 Graduation.

Application for Graduation

August 23, 2013
Final date for submitting program of study forms to the Graduate School for graduation in December 2013. An approved Advisory Committee form for Master of Arts, Master of Science, and all doctoral Candidates must be on file by this date.

Program of study forms

Advisory Committee forms

October 1, 2013
Final date for submitting applications for admission to candidacy to the Graduate School for doctoral candidates who plan to graduate in December 2013. If you were not admitted to candidacy prior to June 14, 2013, you must register for 10 hours Fall 2013.

Application for Admission to Candidacy

October 17, 2013
Final date for submitting requests for transfer of credit, with accompanying transcripts, to the Graduate School for students graduating in December 2013.

Request for Transfer of Credit

October 28, 2013
Final date for doctoral students to submit information for Commencement program for December 2013 graduation

Doctoral Graduation Ceremony Information Form
(EdD, PhD, DMA, DrPH only!)

November 11, 2013
Final date for submitting one complete copy of a thesis or dissertation for a format check for December 2013 graduation.

Format check

December 2, 2013
Final date for the receipt of the following by the Graduate School: Final Defense Approval Form (all doctoral, MS, MA, MHP, MLA) and corrected copy of thesis/dissertation for December 2013 graduation.

Final Defense Approval Forms:
Doctoral, MA, MS, LLM, MHP, MLA)

December 6, 2013
Final date for completing all requirements except submission of theses/dissertations (see earlier deadlines).  The Graduate School must receive notification concerning removal of incompletes, final examinations, etc., for Fall 2013 graduation. (This does not include grades for courses in which students are currently enrolled.)

December 13, 2013
Friday @ 2:30 p.m.
Graduation. Diplomas will be mailed approximately six to eight weeks after graduation. Address changes, if necessary, should be made with the Office of the Registrar to ensure receipt of diplomas.

Office of the Registrar: Address changes

Graduation Information

January 13, 2014
Date the Graduate School will accept theses/dissertations for format checks for future graduations.