Graduation Dates

Degrees are conferred at the end of each long semester and at the end of the Summer Semester. Public commencement ceremonies are held at the end of the Spring and Fall Semesters. Students who have graduated the previous summer may participate in commencement ceremonies at the close of the Fall Semester. Information on the procedures to be followed is available in the Office of the Registrar. Students may not participate in ceremonies before their actual date of graduation. Top

Applying for the Degree

Students must apply for graduation either by paper application or on the UTSA web site no later than the stated deadline date of the semester they intend to graduate. A degree candidate waiting until the final semester of enrollment to apply for graduation must apply no later than October 1 for the Fall Semester, February 1 for the Spring Semester, or June 15 for the Summer Semester. The application for graduation of any student submitted after the established deadlines for that semester is processed for graduation for the following semester. Top

Degree Verification

The college in which the student is enrolled is responsible for auditing the student's degree plan to see that uniform requirements for each degree are met.

Graduation verification is a two-step process. The college of the student's degree/major does a preliminary verification in order to clear the student to participate in a fall or spring commencement ceremony. The student is responsible for completing all coursework and providing any adjustments to the college by the end of the semester in which graduation is expected.

A final verification occurs once all grades are posted for the graduation semester; the degree plan is reviewed again, and the college dean concurs with the graduation. At the completion of this process, a diploma is printed and mailed to the eligible graduate.

Students who apply for the degree in a given semester but do not fulfill all requirements must submit a new application for graduation with the appropriate fee before the deadline for the semester in which they intend to graduate. Top

Graduation with Honors

See the current issue of UTSA Information for Graduation with Honors criteria. Top