Graduation Requirements
Graduation requirements are checked in accordance with the UNC Graduate Catalog and Degree Works. The student must specify the Catalog under which he/she wishes to be evaluated and must meet all requirements in that Catalog. The Catalog used to meet graduation requirements is normally the one published for the academic year during which the student first enrolls after admission to the university.
The student may select any subsequent Catalog up to and including the current one, provided the student was in attendance at the university during that academic year. However, a student may not choose to meet partial requirements in one version of the Catalog and other requirements in another version of the Catalog.
To graduate in any given semester,:
- student must submit a complete application for graduation to the Graduate School by the published deadline;
- all graduation requirements must be completed (with relevant documentation submitted to the Office of the Registrar and Graduate School, as necessary) by the Wednesday prior to the date that diplomas are released for the semester.
Degrees are not awarded during the Interim term; students who complete their graduation requirements in an Interim term are considered graduates of the subsequent Spring semester.
Participating in the Commencement Ceremony
In order to participate in a Fall or Spring commencement ceremony, doctoral students must be admitted to candidacy and all students must be on the tentative graduation list prior to the date of the respective commencement ceremony. If students have not applied for graduation they will not appear on any graduation list. Students will not receive their degree diploma until they submit an application for graduation.
There is no Summer commencement ceremony; all Summer graduates are invited to participate in the Spring or Fall ceremony.
Degree Conferral Policy
Academic records are final upon degree conferral. Under no circumstances will changes be made to academic record after degree conferral.