It is important for students to review the Graduate School's s instructions and information about graduation as early as possible: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/graduation/deadlines
Your graduation date will be the last semester in which you will be enrolled at UT and complete all your degree requirements (including internship hours). Students should contact the EDP Graduate Coordinator the semester prior to graduation to check in about plans. In the semester the degree is being completed, students must apply online to graduate via the Graduate School website.
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At the beginning of the semester in which you will be finishing the degree:
- Notify the EDP Graduate Coordinator that 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
- If you are graduating in the same semester in which you hold your Dissertation Defense/Final Oral: follow all the steps in the Graduation Deadlines, Submission Instructions.
- If you are graduating later than the semester in which you hold your Dissertation Defense/Final Oral: follow only follow the steps in the Graduation Deadlines and Submission Instructions that have to do with for holding the Dissertation Defense, and the rest of the instructions (submission of graduation application and dissertation upload) during the semester or summer in which you graduate.
Graduation Ceremonies
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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 to EDP graduate students. Keep Be sure to 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.
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- The Graduate School also offers a graduation ceremony (one a separate ceremony 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
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