Graduate School Forms

NEW PROCESS FOR GRADUATION APPLICATIONS [M4/G10] IS LIVE!
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All forms must be submitted from your UMSL email address. Forms or student specific information coming from any other email address [ex: yahoo, gmail, etc.] will be disregarded. This is the only way we can confirm your identity.
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- 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 - any forms submitted without these signatures, will be discarded.
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
Please send all forms, after appropriate signatures have been obtained, to GradSchoolForms@umsl.edu for faster processing. Incomplete forms will not be evaluated.

Have you met the requirements for your degree? Find forms and deadlines here!

If you are a doctoral or EdS student (currently active in a doctoral or EdS program) who is earning your Master’s along the way, please complete this form first, so that we can enable the application to your request for the master’s degree.

Course Related Forms

Form	Description	Submission Timeline
C1	Admission of Undergrads to Graduate Level Courses	During enrollment period Limited to 6 credit hours
Inter-University Graduate Enrollment Request [ found on Registrar's Office forms page]		Enrollment Period
C4	UM System Visiting Student Application	Enrollment Period
C5	Request for Course Replacement	By the last day to add a course in the semester of replacement course

General Student Forms

Form	Description	Submission Timeline
AM1	Accelerated Masters Provisional Application	After completing at least 60 undergraduate credit hours and conferring with your undergraduate advisor and Graduate Program Director AM Student Instructions
TwoPlusThree [2+3] Information and Application		Work with your faculty advisor for specifics about this program option
Advising Form		No submission, for student reference only
Late Drop Form If you are withdrawing from UMSL: Complete Registration Survey Must be submitted by the last date to drop classes in a semester
G2	Application for Teaching or Research Assistantship	After Application to Graduate School; Submit to School or Dept where you wish to apply for assistantship
G3	Transfer Credit Form	At the beginning of your program, as soon as you begin coursework at UMSL
G6	Incorporation of Non-Matriculated, Post-Bac Work at UMSL	Students in Non-Degree Status ONLY
G7	Petition for Course Overload	PRIOR to Registration period
G9	Petition for Waiver of Residence Requirement	PRIOR to last 2/3rds of degree program
G10	Application for Graduate Certificate	See Graduation Deadlines for specific dates
G11	Request for Tuition Scholarship for GRA/GTA/Fellows	Submit request through the GATS app. Paper requests no longer accepted.
G14	Request for Equivalency Hours	After student has enrolled, req. forms have been approved, etc.

Master's and Ed. Specialist Level Forms

Master's and Educational Specialist Degrees have a completion time limit of 6 years.

Form	Description	Submission Timelines
M2	Appointment of Thesis, Examination, Paper or Project Committee	Part A must be submitted and approved PRIOR to Part B See Graduation Deadlines for more information
M3	Preliminary Approval of Thesis	Submitted at least 6 weeks prior to graduation
M4	Application for Graduation Master's and Ed. Specialist Degrees	See Graduation Deadlines for more information

Doctoral Level Forms

Doctoral degrees have a completion time limit of 8 years - based on this time limit, we have compiled this table with links to forms. Links to form submission process - PhD, DBA, DNP & EdD

Form	Description
D1	Appointment of Comp. Exam Committee and Report of Results
D3	Application for Candidacy
D4	Appointment of Dissertation Committee
D5	Doctoral Dissertation Proposal The D5 must be submitted for approval by the close of the term preceding the semester in which the student wishes to graduate (e.g., 17 December 2016 for May 2017 grad; 13 May 2017 for August 2017 grad; 5 August 2017 for December 2017 grad, etc.). These dates can be found on the Academic Calendar. Any D5 that is denied approval by the Graduate Program Director or the Graduate School must be re-submitted by the candidate and the re-submission date and subsequent approvals will determine the term in which the student is eligible to graduate.
D6	Prelim. Approval of Dissertation and Oral Defense [Submit with D9 and prelim. dissertation]
D7	Dissertation Committee Report of Defense and Final Approval of Dissertation
D9	Oral Defense Announcement [Submit with D6 and prelim. dissertation]

Faculty Forms

Form	Description	Submission Timelines
Advising Form	Degree Planning Tool	Student Record ONLY No Submission
Add/Drop Form	Add/Drop Class within the 1st FOUR weeks of a semester	No later than the 4th week of a semester
Late Drop Form	Drop class after the 4th week of a semester	Prior to the final day to drop a class in a semester
C2	Request to Approve Institute, Workshop or Grad Course through Continuing Ed	Must obtain approval 3 weeks prior to course announcement UMSL Faculty use only
G4	Request for Change from Provisional to Regular or Restricted Status [GPD removes through MyView, no form required.]
G5	Petition for Transfer from Restricted to Regular Status [GPD removes through MyView, no form required.]
G15	Request for Exemption from ITA Seminar
TwoPlusThree [2+3] Information and Application

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