Students should review the Graduate School's instructions and information about graduation as early as possible: https://gradschool. utexas.edu/navigating/graduation/deadlines
Your graduation semester will be the last semester in which you will be enrolled at UTin the program and complete all degree requirements (CP/SCCP - degree requirements include 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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Notify the EDP Graduate Coordinator that you will be graduating, so they can verify your coursework in the system and check on your graduation status your coursework can be verified.
Follow all the steps on the Graduate School's Graduation page: Graduation Deadlines, Submission Instructions
If on a Master's Report or Thesis option: a Docusign version of the Master's Committee Approval Form is available on the EDP Forms page
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At the beginning of the semester in which you will be finishing the degree:
Notify the EDP Graduate Coordinator that Coordinator that you will be graduating, so they can verify your coursework in the system and check on your graduation status your coursework can be verified.
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: 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: follow the steps in the Graduation Deadlines and Submission Instructions for holding the Dissertation Defense, and the rest of the instructions (submission of graduation application and dissertation upload) during by the semester in which you graduateposted deadline in your graduating semester.
Graduation Ceremonies / Commencement
Navigating graduation can be a bit confusing, as there are several different ceremonies available to attendgraduation ceremony options! Below is a guide to the different graduation ceremonies available to EDP graduate students. 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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