How do I apply to graduate?
Go to the dean's office of your school or college and pick up the graduation application card with the exception of the following:

a. Architecture students get their application cards from the Academic Counselor.
b. Graduate students get their application cards from the Graduate School dean's office.
c. Law school students get their application cards in the Registrar's Office. A dean's signature is not required.

You will need to complete any paperwork required by your college or school. After receiving the dean's signature, fill out the card and bring it to the Registrar's Office with your graduation fee. Be sure to print your name exactly as you want it to appear on the diploma and on the sidewalk.

You are asked to add or update your diploma address online in the student information system (ISIS). Your diploma will be mailed to this address 6-8 weeks after the end of the term.

What are graduation fees?
Graduation fees cover the cost of graduation-related activities such as Commencement and the ordering, printing and mailing of your diploma. The fees are as follows: Undergraduate-$25.00; Master's, Ed.S.-$30.00; JD, LLM-$35.00; Doctorate-$85.00. (Please note effective Summer 2006, an additional fee in the amount of $45.00 will be charged to the student’s account for those submitting a Master’s Thesis.)

How long can my name be?
Names requested for the diploma and the sidewalk are generally the same. However, you should keep in mind there is a space limitation for the sidewalk. The sidewalk name, including degree and appropriate spaces, cannot exceed 29 characters.

COMPLETING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:

I have applied for Spring graduation but will need to take classes over the summer. When will I receive my diploma?
Participation in the Spring Commencement or a recognition ceremony does not mean you have graduated. Graduation occurs the term in which all degree requirements have been satisfied. If you finish your requirements over the summer, you will need to apply for the Summer graduation date. Providing clearance is granted by your school or college, you may expect to receive your diploma in early October.

I am taking a correspondence course that is necessary to satisfy my degree requirement. If I know that I will be unable to complete it during the term I applied for graduation, what should I do?
You may defer the application to a later term, in person or in writing. You will not be charged an additional fee if you defer before the end of the term. There is a $5.00 reapplication fee if requested after the end of the term.

If I am denied graduation for the term for which I applied, what should I do?
Contact your school or college to determine your outstanding requirements. You may then reapply for graduation during the term in which you complete your remaining requirements. Reapplication must be done in person or by sending a written request, with signature, to the Registrar's Office, 146 Silas Hunt Hall, 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. There is a $5.00 reapplication fee. Please provide your name, student ID, degree and date, and a daytime telephone number.

ATTENDING COMMENCEMENT:

When will I find out information about Commencement?
Detailed Commencement information in the "Instructions to Graduates" will be mailed to students who have graduated in the Summer or Fall terms. Students who are applying for graduation in the coming year may pick up the information at the Registrar's Office. (Graduate students are required to receive approval by the Graduate School to participate in Commencement if they are finishing degree requirements in a later term.) You may click here to view a separate FAQs webpage regarding commencement.

RECEIVING DIPLOMAS:

Why does it take so long to receive my diploma?
Clearing students for graduation during any term is a very detailed process with the cooperation of the schools and colleges and the Registrar's Office. After final clearances are determined, diplomas are then ordered from the printing company. They are received by the Registrar's Office, audited for accuracy and then mailed.

If I move before my diploma is mailed, how will I let you know?
As part of the application process, you were asked to enter a diploma address by logging into your account in the student information system (ISIS). If this address becomes invalid and you are no longer able to access ISIS, you will need to notify the Registrar's Office in person or in writing. You may stop by Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with a photo ID, fax at (479)575-4651 or write to the Registrar's Office, 146 Silas Hunt Hall, 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701. If writing or faxing your request, please give your name, student ID, degree awarded and date, a signature, a daytime telephone number and new address to send your diploma.

RECEIVING UNIVERSITY HONORS:

How are University honors such as Cum laude, Magna cum laude and Summa cum laude determined?
As outlined in the Catalog, the faculty of each college will recommend for graduation with honors or with high honors those students it considers to be eligible for such distinction under its own regulations with the following general restrictions:

1. To be eligible for graduation honors, a student must have completed at least one half of his or her degree work at the University of Arkansas.
2. No student shall be eligible for graduation honors whose cumulative grade point average is below 3.125.
3. A college should not be expected to recommend more than 10 percent of its graduating class for graduation honors except under unusual circumstances.
4. It is recommended that in determining graduation honors the faculty consider the whole of a student's record but give greater weight to the last half of the record than the first half.
   

Graduate students are not eligible for honors.