Students who have completed 85 Credits Toward Program (CTP) hours should apply on-line for graduation in Wolverine Access. At the same time, A.B., B.S., and B.S. Chemistry degree candidates should submit a completed Concentration Release Form for each of their concentrations and a Minor Release Form for each of their academic minors to the Academic Auditors Office, G255 Angell Hall. Concentration and Minor Release Forms must be completed and signed by a department advisor. Residential College and Honors students should submit all audit forms to 133 Tyler, East Quad and 1330 Mason Hall respectively. Once all audit forms are submitted and the student has applied for graduation, students will receive an e-mail within two weeks that states their progress toward degree requirements. Ideally, students should submit their audit forms and apply for graduation in the term preceding the one in which they expect to graduate so they will have an audit of their degree requirements prior to registering for their final term.

In order for the student’s name to appear in the Commencement Guide, the on-line application needs to be completed no later than five weeks after classes begin in the term the student plans to graduate. The Commencement Guide is a published list of students who applied for graduation and is distributed at Commencement. Attendance at Commencement does not confirm a student’s graduation. Students are not officially graduated until all final grades and credits are posted to the transcript and the Academic Auditors verify that all degree requirements are met. Official graduation usually occurs a month after Commencement.

Students who have officially graduated will be mailed a Verification of Graduation Letter from the Academic Auditors as evidence that a degree will be awarded. Students who do not complete degree requirements in the term they applied for will be mailed a letter that states their outstanding degree requirements. These students need to re-apply on-line in Wolverine Access for the graduation period in which they plan to complete their outstanding requirements. The Diploma Office will send diplomas to graduated students who have no holds approximately 8 weeks after Commencement.

Students who were audited for multiple concentrations and who plan to drop a concentration should contact the Academic Auditors Office to determine if this change affects their graduation eligibility. Students may complete a second concentration after graduation and should submit a Concentration Release Form to the Academic Auditors Office so the second concentration can be added to their transcripts. If students do not meet the requirements for an academic minor and this is the only issue preventing graduation they are provided the option of dropping the academic minor so the degree can be awarded or postponing graduation to a later date to finish the academic minor requirements. Students may not complete an academic minor after graduation, and an academic minor may not be converted to a concentration after graduation.

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Honors Graduation Procedures

RC Graduation Procedures: RC Graduation Procedures are not available online.  Consult with the Residential College for RC graduation procedures.

Applying for Graduation Website: www.lsa.umich.edu/advising/graduation