Office of the Registrar

Submit Intent to Graduate

Are you a...?

• Undergraduate and/or
  Undergraduate Certificate Student

• Graduate and/or
  Graduate Certificate Student

• Doctoral Student

 

Important Information for All Students

All Correspondence from the Registrar's Office will be sent via Email to your Mason Email address only

If there is a problem with your application to graduate, the Registrar's Office will send a message to your Mason email account. Be sure to check your Mason email regularly and, if you are notified that there is a problem, address it promptly.

Not Active in the Semester

You must be actively enrolled in the semester you graduate. This requirement is met by being enrolled in a course or through Special Registration. Special Registration allows you to remain active in the Mason University System without being registered for a course. There is a $45 fee. The most common reason for needing a special registration is for students who must resolve an incomplete grade from a previous semester.

Note to Graduate Students: This type of registration does not meet the continuous enrollment requirement for students working on a thesis or dissertation*. If you are working on a thesis or dissertation, you must enroll in at least one hour of 799 or 999 coursework. Your academic department can assist you with this process.*

*EXCEPTION:Graduation candidates who miss the library deadline for thesis or dissertation submission, but do submit officially before the next semester begins, do not have to register for 799 or 999 in that semester, but may stay active through Special Registration.

Study Elsewhere Credit

If permission was ever granted to Study Elsewhere (ZREG), please make sure that transcripts are sent to the Office of the Registrar. For Fall 2009 graduates, transcripts must be received and credits posted with the Office of the Registrar by February 19, 2010. You will not be graduated with active ZREG hours. If no classes were taken, please print and return the Removal of Study Elsewhere Hours Request form.

Incomplete Grade Deadlines

All in-progress grades (IN, IP, NR), even if they are not applicable to the degree, must be resolved within six weeks after a conferral date. For Fall 09 graduates, the final deadline for grades to be posted with the Registrar is February 19, 2010 . The deadline for Spring 2010 graduates will be June 25, 2010. If you are unable to finish the course work during this six-week period, you must withdraw your current intent to graduate and re-submit for the next scheduled graduation.

Check your Unofficial Academic Transcript on Patriot Web after the Conferral Date

When the degree date field is populated with the conferral date your degree has been awarded. Most degrees are conferred within three to four weeks of the conferral date.

Diplomas are ordered four to six weeks after the Conferral Date

You will receive an email from the Registrar's Office when your diploma has been ordered.