Graduation Procedures for All Graduate Students
Degree Conferral
In order to have your degree conferred, you must have completed all of the University and Department requirements, and submitted all work before the deadlines. The University imposes requirements such as residency, submission of official scores and transcripts, payment of fees, return of library books, etc. that the BMI program has no control over and sometimes no knowledge of- so we cannot "fix it up".
Please pay attention to the messages, letters, and notes you receive and respond to them in a timely manner.
Notice of Intention To Graduate
You must file a Notice of Intention to Graduate ("apply to graduate") through AXESS for the quarter you complete the degree requirements. If you do not finish in time, you will need to annul the initial Intention to Graduate and submit a new one for the quarter you intend finish.
Please refer to the University calendar for deadlines. There are no exceptions for missed deadlines. This is a University rule. The deadlines are listed in AXESS and on the academic schedule.
Graduation Quarter (aka Grace Quarter)
If you have completed everything except for the report, thesis or dissertation, you may submit that and graduate while registering for a "Graduation Quarter", your very last quarter.
- THIS "GRADUATION QUARTER" OPTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR ONE QUARTER.
- You must be registered the quarter prior to this (not on a leave of absence or doing an internship) and you should have filed TGR papers and defended your thesis before this.
- You will still need to file an Intention to Graduate for that last quarter in AXESS.
- A small tuition fee will be charged and you will be considered a full-time student for various administrative purposes.
Commencement
All BMI students (full time, coterms, part time) are encouraged to participate in Medical School Commencement. Sarina Tom is the Coordinator in the School of Medicine. If you complete your degree in June or in a previous quarter during that academic year, you will be encouraged to attend the ceremony. If you intend to finish your degree in Summer or next Fall quarter, or have unusual personal circumstances which would make going through the ceremony a particular year most meaningful, permission may be granted for you to "walk through" the Commencement ceremony. Sarina also handles the walk through process.
