Graduation for MSE
The Graduate School sets firm deadlines for submission of paperwork the semester you plan to graduate. All pertinent dates, including the thesis or report submission deadlines, are listed in the Course Schedule and at this site. The application for master’s graduation is an electronic form. If you miss the electronic processing deadline (usually mid-October for fall graduation and mid-March for spring graduation), you will need to reschedule your graduation with the graduate school. A number of other deadlines, forms and guides that may be helpful in your MS&E graduation application can be found at the link above.
Before your thesis or report is bound and submitted it is recommended (but not required) that you go in person to the Office of Graduate Studies in Main Building, Room 133, and have the formatting checked. The Graduate School has very specific requirements regarding the format of the thesis, whether it is electronic or a hard copy. When a master’s degree evaluator checks your thesis format, you will be given a checklist to verify you have completed the MS graduation process.
**Always check your thesis after converting it to a PDF as formatting may change.**
Graduating students are required to publish their thesis digitally by uploading a single PDF to the Texas Digital Library (TDL).