GRADUATION
Graduation Dates
Degrees are awarded at the end of each Spring, Summer, and Fall Semester. Commencement ceremonies are held in May and December at the end of the Spring and Fall Semesters. Undergraduate students who graduate at the end of the Summer Semester may participate in either the May or December commencement ceremony.
Information regarding Graduation and Commencement is available at http://www.utsa.edu/Registrar/graduation.cfm.
Applying for the Degree
It is the student’s responsibility to officially apply for his or her degree by submitting an Application for Graduation online through ASAP. Students must read and follow instructions carefully to ensure the application is accurate and successfully submitted. When the application has been accepted, students receive a confirmation number. Students having problems submitting the application should contact Graduation Coordination at graduationcoordination@utsa.edu.
The following are deadlines for submitting an application for graduation:
- April 15 for Fall Semester graduation
- November 15 for Spring Semester graduation
- June 15 for Summer Semester graduation
- Summer candidates wishing to participate in the May ceremony must apply by February 15.
Students applying to graduate with multiple degrees, majors, concentrations, and/or minors may not apply online; they must download and print the application from the Office of the Registrar Student Forms Web page (http://www.utsa.edu/registrar/forms.html), then submit the completed application to the Enrollment Services Center.
The college advising center(s) in which the student is enrolled is responsible for auditing the student’s degree plan. Students must apply one semester prior to the intended graduation semester to ensure that all degree requirements are met. Students should contact the college advising center of their major for more information.
If all University-wide and degree program requirements have been satisfied, an undergraduate student is not required to be registered for classes during the semester in which they apply for graduation.
Letters of Degree Completion are prepared by the student’s college advising center up to the close of the semester in which all degree requirements have been met.
Degree Verification
Graduation verification is a two-step process.
- The college advising center of the student’s degree/major/minor does a preliminary verification. The student is responsible for completing all coursework and submitting any or all of the following to his or her college advising center by the final class day in which graduation is expected:
- Outstanding transcripts
- CLEP, AP, and IB credit
- Petitions or substitutions
- Change of major/minor
- Change of catalog
- A final degree verification occurs once all grades are posted for the graduation semester; the degree plan is reviewed by the student’s college advising center once again and the college Dean authorizes the certification for graduation.
Students who apply for the degree in a given semester but do not fulfill all requirements must file a new degree application on or before the appropriate deadline for the next semester in which they intend to graduate.
Graduation with University Honors
See the current issue of UTSA Information Bulletin (http://www.utsa.edu/infoguide/) for Graduation with University Honors criteria.