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Welcome to the Online Graduation Application
Login to the Online Graduation Application
Winter Quarter 2009 Graduating Students
Who Will Use the Online Graduation Application?
Using the Online Graduation Application
Master Schedule of Opening Dates and Closing Deadlines
Changing Graduation Application Information
Reserving a Seat at a Commencement Ceremony
Graduation Application Fee Effective with Winter Quarter 2009 Applications
Winter Quarter 2009 Graduating Students
The Online Graduation Application is accepting applications for Winter Quarter 2009 graduation.
All undergraduate and graduate students must submit their Winter Quarter applications through the Online Graduation application. The colleges will not accept Winter Quarter 2009 paper applications.
Be sure to select "Winter Quarter 2009" from the selection drop-down box.
Online Winter Quarter 2009 graduation applications will be accepted through January 16, 2009. Late applications will not be accepted.
The Online Graduation Application will collect a $35.00 fee by credit card as part of the application process.
Students strongly are advised to consult with their academic advisor prior to submitting an application for graduation.
I. Who Will Use the Online Graduation Application?
• Students who have met with their program advisors and who have been informed
by the advisors that they are close to completing their degree requirements.
• The Online Graduation Application accepts applications from both
undergraduate and graduate students applying for graduation from associate,
baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degree programs.
• The Online Graduation Application does not accept applications for certificate
programs. Contact the appropriate college for certificate information.
• If you are completing a degree in the College of Law or College of Medicine
(MD program only), you must follow that college's procedures for applying
for graduation.
This Online Graduation Application cannot accept applications for College of Law
degrees or from the College of Medicine's Doctor of Medicine degree students.
II. Using the Online Graduation Application
• Check the master schedule of opening dates and closing deadlines for the
date that Online Graduation Application will begin accepting applications for the term
in which you seek graduation.
Be sure also to note the application deadline for that term.
Students are responsible for knowing and complying with graduation
application deadlines. Graduation applications will not be accepted after
the established deadline for the term.
• Prior to entering the Online Graduation Application, make an appointment
with your academic advisor to be certain that you are ready to apply for
graduation.
• If you are a graduate student, review the Graduate School’s
graduation process information prior to entering the Online Graduation Application
• Graduate Students must first complete the Graduate School Exit Survey
prior to submitting a graduation application. The Online Graduation Application
will not accept a graduate student's application until he or she has completed
the survey.
• Log in to the Online Graduation Application.
• The Online Graduation Application will display your current academic program(s).
If this information is incorrect or incomplete, log out of the application and
immediately contact your college office.
• Enter the information requested on each page and click the “Next” button. You
will see that some information items have been pre-populated for you. Confirm that
this information is correct before clicking to the next page.
• As you proceed to each page, a summation bar on the right side of the screen will
display the information you have entered on previous pages. You may return to a
previous page by clicking the appropriate link in this display.
• You may submit only one graduation application per full quarter, but if you
are enrolled for multiple academic programs, you may use the Online
Graduation Application to apply for multiple program graduation in the same term.
• You will be asked to provide your “diploma name”. Be certain to enter your name
exactly as you wish it displayed on your diploma. Be certain also that your
name is spelled correctly, including all punctuation. University of Cincinnati
assumes no responsibility for student error.
• If you elect to specify a new diploma mailing address, be certain the new address is
complete and correctly spelled. University of Cincinnati assumes no responsibility
for student error.
• At some in time previously, you may have asked UC to withhold from releasing
your UC Directory Information in accordance with the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). If that is the case,
UC cannot print your name in the UC Commencement Program. If a directory
information hold currently is in force, the Online Graduation Application will ask for
your authorization to override the FERPA block and print your name in the program.
• Online Graduation Application will notify you if currently you have an unresolved
obligation to the University of Cincinnati. You may submit your graduation
application, but UC will not release either your diploma or academic
transcript until this obligaton has been cleared.
• Once you have entered all requested information, the Online Graduation
Application will display a confirmation page.
Print and save that confirmation for your records.
III. Changing Graduation Application Information
After having completed an online application for graduation, there will be a period of time during which students may return to the application to update the following information items:
- Diploma Name
- Diploma Mailing Address
- FERPA Block Override
Previous Degree Information (graduates only)
Dissertation Title (graduates only)
To update one or more of these items, log in to the Online Graduation Application, navigate to the appropriate page, enter the new information, and click "Save".
Consult the master schedule of opening dates and closing deadlines to know when the Online Graduation Application will accept selected information updates.
IV. Reserving a Seat at the All-University Commencement
or Doctoral Hooding & Master's Recognition Ceremony
Review UC All-University Commencement information and reserve your seat for commencement according to the appropriate deadlines.
If you plan to attend All-University Commencement, or the doctoral hooding and master's recognition ceremony (as appropriate), you must return to the Commencement website to reserve your ceremony seat.
V. Graduation Application Fee Effective with
Winter Quarter 2009 Applications
Beginning with applications for Winter 2009 graduation, all graduate and undergraduate students will be required to submit a non-refundable $35.00 “Graduation Fee” payment by credit card to complete the degree application.
The graduation application fee was established to enhance services to University of Cincinnati graduating students. The fee underwrites various costs related to
All-University Commencement, degree certification, diploma printings and mailings, and other graduation-related expenses.
The $35.00 fee will be required for each term the student applies for graduation.
A student who applies to graduate and who pays the $35.00 fee but who does not graduate in the term for which he or she applied (for example, a student who does not satisfactorily complete final term courses, or a student who has not satisfied all degree requirements) will be required to submit the fee again when applying for graduation for a future term.
Students strongly are advised to consult with their academic advisor prior to submitting an application for graduation.
The Graduation Fee will not be waived, refunded or carried forward to a future term.
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