Graduation Deadlines

Graduation Deadlines

All forms must be submitted and completed electronically.
Forms must be submitted from your UMSL e-mail address - forms from other e-mail address will be discarded. This is to confirm your identity.
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Forms MUST be downloaded and opened with Adobe Reader DC - it can be downloaded here - opening a file within the browser will not allow it to be fillable. Check your browser's download settings to ensure the proper procedure.
- If you are unable to get the electronic signature to work, print the typewritten form - sign and scan the form to your advisor, via UMSL email.
Please send your signed form via UMSL email, as an attachment. Do not use Adobe "Collect Signatures/Send for Signatures" feature.
You must obtain signatures from your Advisor, Committee Members, and Graduate Program Director as indicated on the forms before submission to the Graduate School. Forms follow signature lines - they should be submitted to the Graduate School after all other signatures have been obtained. Incorrectly submitted forms will be discarded and returned to the student.
Your academic unit may have internal deadlines you need to meet and other forms that need to be completed before your paperwork is forwarded to the Graduate School
These are firm deadlines, forms will not be accepted after the deadline date.

Please click on the appropriate program name below for the degree or certificate you are applying.

Form/Item	Description	Summer 2017 Deadline [Conferral only, no ceremony]	Fall 2017 Deadline
G10	Application for Graduate Certificate	9 June 2017	15 September 2017

Form/Item	Description	Summer 2017 Deadline [Conferral only, no ceremony]	Fall 2017 Deadline
M4 AND M2 [if required for your degree, check with your advisor]	Application for Graduation AND Appointment of Thesis Committee	9 June 2017	15 September 2017
M3 and electronic copy of thesis	Master's Thesis in essentially final form	30 June 2017	3 November 2017
Last Day to Defend Thesis		21 July 2017	24 November 2017
M2CR for thesis AND final approval of thesis [Submission info here]	Report of Thesis Defense AND Advisor approval in IRL@UMSL [Approval info here]	28 July 2017	8 December 2017
M2CR for Exit Projects, Scholarly Papers and Comprehensive Exams		28 July 2017	8 December 2017

Form/Item	Description	Summer 2017 Deadline [Conferral only, no ceremony]	Fall 2017 Deadline
M4	Application for Graduation	9 June 2017	15 September 2017
M2CR	Report of scholarly paper completion	28 July 2017	8 December 2017

Form/Item	Description	Summer 2017 Deadline [Hooding Ceremony contact Grad School for info]	Fall 2017 Deadline
Names of Doctoral Candidates intending to graduate	Submitted by Program Director, via e-mail, to GradSchoolFormsATumslDOTedu	9 June 2017	15 September 2017
Single Author Dissertations need this D6 & D9 AND Dissertation in essentially final form [no highlights, notes in margins, etc.] Co-Authored Dissertations need the D6 [one for each co-author] & ONE co-authored D9 for all co-authors [applies only to Ed.D.] Details about Co-Authored Dissertations here	Committee verifies that dissertation is defensible and agrees to date, time and location of defense AND Oral Defense Announcement	30 June 2017 [must be submitted 3 wks prior to defense date]	3 November 2017 [must be submitted 3 wks prior to defense date]
Last Day to Defend Dissertation		21 July 2017	24 November 2017
D7	Report of Defense	24 July 2017	27 November 2017
Final dissertation submission [Submission info here] AND SED Certificate of Completion [Ph.D. only] AND Confirmation of submission to ProQuest AND All Grades must be letter grades	Final Approval of the dissertation by the committee chair [Approval info here] AND All DL grades to be changed to letter grades	28 July 2017	8 December 2017