Graduation Application Deadline (for Spring 2022)

From the Office of the Registrar (OTR) . . .

ATTN: GRADUATE STUDENTS PLANNING TO GRADUATE AT THE END OF THIS SEMESTER (SPRING 2022)

APPLY TO GRADUATE (APPLICATION FOR DEGREE)
This Friday (TOMORROW, January 21st) is the deadline for graduate students to submit an APPLICATION FOR DEGREE for May 2022. If you plan to graduate in May 2022, and have not already done so, please submit your paper Application for Degree to the Office of the Registrar. Instructions on how graduate students should apply for graduation using the pre-printed Application for Degree form can be found at the OTR web page (below):

https://registrar.rice.edu/students/degree_apply

After you go into ESTHER and export or print (to-PDF) your Application for Degree, please sign and bring it to the Office of the Registrar, 116 Allen Center or send as an attachment in an e-mail to registrar@rice.edu.

Please additionally note that Friday, February 25th is the deadline to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies as part of May 2022 degree conferral:

  • Thesis master's candidacy petitions
  • Certification of non-thesis master's
  • Form for candidacy masters
  • Ph.D. candidacy petitions

ACADEMIC PROGRESS (GO TO YOUR ADVISOR / DEGREE WORKS)
As noted in the General Announcements, students are responsible for making certain that their plan of study meets all graduation (degree and program, and/or certificate) requirements. Students are encouraged to regularly meet with their advisors. To complement advising, students should review their academic progress using the Degree Works tool available in ESTHER (for graduate students in certain terminal master’s programs).

Questions? Please e-mail the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at graduate@rice.edu or the Office of the Registrar at registrar@rice.edu

Thank you . . .

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