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Your graduation date will be the last semester or summer in which you complete all your degree requirements (including internship hours). You will be invited to walk in the College of Education's ceremony in May (if you are graduating during the spring semester). If you are not graduating until the summer session or fall semester (or if you are a doctoral student going on internship following your Final Oral), you will not be able to attend the May graduation ceremony. Instead, you will be included in the next Summer or Fall College of Education ceremony. You should keep an eye on the latest graduation ceremony information beginning in March.  (Please note that EDP students do not walk in the Graduate School convocation ceremony. They are, however, welcome to join in the University-wide ceremony that takes place in May at DKR Stadium.) 

Keep your email address updated in UTDirect, as Graduate School staff will be using that to send you information. Note: if your email address in UTDirect is set as "restricted", the Graduate School may not be able to email you with graduation information.

Doctoral Students

If

Master's Students

At the beginning of the semester in which you will be finishing the degree: 

  • Notify the EDP Graduate Coordinator that you will be graduating, so they can verify your coursework in the system and check on your graduation approval status 
  • Follow all the steps on the Graduate School's Graduation page: Graduation Deadlines, Submission Instructions

Doctoral Students

At the beginning of the semester in which you will be finishing the degree: 

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    • Dissertation Defense, and the rest of the instructions during the semester or summer in which you graduate.

Graduation Ceremonies (Commencement)

Navigating graduation can be a bit confusing, as there are several different ceremonies available to attend! Below is a guide to the different graduation ceremonies available this year for EDP graduate .Everything must be completed by no later than 3:00 p.m. on the last class day of the semester or summer in which you are graduatingstudents.  Keep your email address updated in UTDirect, as the convocation events teams will be using that to send you information. Note: attendance in any/all ceremonies is optional.

College of Education Commencement Ceremony

  • The COE ceremony is held in May each year. This is the ceremony Educational Psychology and College of Education faculty and students typically attend.
  • Participating students walk the stage, and PhD students may be hooded by their faculty adviser.
  • More info: https://education.utexas.edu/commencement/

Graduate School Ceremony

  • The Graduate School also offers a graduation ceremony (one for Master’s students and one for PhD) each May. Students are welcome to attend this ceremony, but please note that it is not highly attended by EDP faculty/students, as they typically attend the COE ceremony instead.
  • More info: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/graduation/convocation

University-Wide Ceremony

  • This ceremony is also held in May each year, in the Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium on campus.
  • This is the large university-wide ceremony that takes place after the College-level ceremonies, and ends with the lighting of the Tower and fireworks.
  • Students do not walk the stage in this ceremony; instead, they are seated by college and recognized as a group by their dean.
  • Many of our students attend this in addition to the COE ceremony in the morning.
  • More info: https://commencement.utexas.edu/university-wide-commencement-ceremony

Graduation Regalia

Graduation regalia can be purchased or rented through the University Co-op: https://www.universitycoop.com/graduation. If you are unable to purchase/rent regalia, contact the Graduate School’s convocation team at GS.commencement@austin.utexas.edu or reach out to the UT Outpost.