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Please note Docusign is not routed to the Graduate School, and you will need to email them the PDF of the completed form and draft pages in order to schedule your defense:GradStudentSvcs@austin.utexas.edu. upload the form.
Graduate Student Form Submission
Access the form system
All of the following materials should be submitted to the Graduate School via the Graduate Student Form Submission:
Request for Final Oral Examination
Change in Committee Request
Report of Dissertation Committee (Ph.D.)
Co-Author Permission
Request for Delay of Publication
Target deadline for scheduling the dissertation defense: November 11, 2025.
Last day to hold a dissertation defense: November 21, 2025
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The Graduate School will acknowledge the date of the defense and will follow up with an email including the final committee signature page, also known as The Report of the Dissertation Committee.
All required forms and final dissertation upload MUST be submitted to the Graduate School by December 5, 2025 before 3:00 pm Central time for graduation.
Format and dissertation template:
https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/graduation/digital-submission
Co-Author Permission form
Request to Delay Publication of a thesis or dissertation
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