Graduate Students will apply for Graduation online through myUMBC. In addition to the online application, a supplemental application, required to order your diploma, will be sent to you via your UMBC email account.
The supplemental application allows you to specify how you would like your name to appear on your diploma, in the commencement program booklet and on your commencement card, which is read at the commencement ceremony. (Please note that the name you specify will be used for all three documents.)
The supplemental application also requests the address to which you would like your diploma mailed.
Application Season
You may apply to graduate for the indicated term in the timeframe listed below. The required supplemental application is due by the indicated date, and will be emailed to you after you formally apply for graduation.
Graduation Eligibility Requirements:
Master’s Students:
Graduation eligibility requires that Master’s students are registered for at least one credit through the semester in which they graduate. In cases where all required coursework has been completed, the student may register for a special study master’s 7700 course relevant to the program of study to ensure policy compliance. For Master’s students graduating in August, no registration is required IF the student was enrolled in the preceding Spring semester.
Doctoral Students:
Graduation eligibility requires that Doctoral students are registered for 899 through the semester in which they graduate. For Doctoral students graduating in August, no registration is required IF the student was enrolled in 899 for the preceding Spring semester. Doctoral students who were not enrolled in the preceding Spring semester must register for 899 for the Summer semester. Doctoral students who were enrolled in 899 for the Spring semester and who defended their dissertations in the Spring semester but were unable to complete revisions and finish graduation requirements in that semester may register for a special study 8800 course relevant to the program of study to ensure policy compliance.
International Students:
If you are an F-1 and J-1 international student and finishing your degree in the summer, you must be registered for at least one credit to maintain your I-20/DS-2019 document. For international doctoral students, the above-stated 899 enrollment requirements also apply.
- August Graduation
- Apply to Graduate: April 1 – June 15
- Supplemental Application Due: June 30
- December Graduation
- Apply to Graduate: July 1 – September 15
- Supplemental Application Due: September 30
- May Graduation
- Apply to Graduate: December 1 – February 15
- Supplemental Application Due: March 1
The application process is not complete until the supplemental application is submitted by the above deadlines.
Graduation Checklist
- Contact your Advisor and/or Graduate Program Director and review the courses that will be used to fulfill your degree requirements.
- Resolve any grades of “D”, “F”, or blank.
- Resolve any grade of “I” and “NG” if applied to any course needed toward degree.
- Your GPA must be 3.0 or above.
- Review your degree and program information and verify that it is correct.
Instructions for Completing the Online Application for Graduation
- Log into myUMBC
- Click on Guide
- Click on Classes and Grades
- On the Classes and Grades Screen, click on Graduation Application
- Follow the Instructions on the screen
Instructional Screenshots
The following images are screenshots of the process for your reference.
Access the Graduation Application through myUMBC
Pay special attention to the degree type and program name from which you are applying to graduate.
*If you are applying to receive a certificate/diploma that is not listed because you have not been formally admitted to that certificate/degree program, then you will need to complete either:
- Application for Enrollment in a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program, or
- Application for Enrollment in a Master’s Degree Program
These applications can also be found on the Student Forms section of our website.
Be sure to read and follow all the instructions.
Only one term will appear in the drop-down menu. If no term appears, then the window for applying to graduate is closed.
The confirmation screen will appear once the online application is complete.
You will receive a supplemental application via your UMBC email.