Deadlines and Forms
Deadlines and Submission Instructions for Graduation
- Master's students
- Doctoral students (IMPORTANT: Carefully read and print both the Graduation Deadlines and the Checklist for the semester you are graduating to be sure you prepare all the necessary items required for submission of your dissertation or treatise to the Graduate School.)
- Spring 2012
- Summer 2012
Doctoral, Master's and Other Forms
The following is a master list of links to forms you may need access to while enrolled as a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin. If you don't find a form listed here it is possible that the policy requires submitting a petition or letter with required signatures. Check out additional policy information under Academic and Registration Policies and Resources.
Doctoral Forms
- Ad Hoc Interdisciplinary Program
- Candidacy
- Candidacy Application - completed online in UT Direct. Your department will notify you when you are eligible to apply for candidacy.
- Report on Progress in Candidacy
- Copyright
- Dissertation format
- Dissertation Publication
- UMI Submission Packet (Publishing Agreement) - Required if you uploaded your dissertation to Texas Digital Libraries (TDL) and selected optional UMI services.
- Doctoral Committees
- Online Doctoral Degree Candidate Form - Required for filing to graduate. Complete by published deadline during the semester you plan to graduate.
- Leave of Absence
- Petition for Leave of Absence for doctoral students in candidacy
- Authorization for Leave of Absence for doctoral students not in candidacy
- Oral Examinations
- Request for the Final Oral (required 2 weeks prior to the defense)
- Instructions for submitting the Request for Final Oral
- Scheduled final oral examinations
- Research with Human Subjects
- Important information about the IRB process and how it may affect your graduation.
- Statement of Research with Human Participants (required of all doctoral students)
- Survey of Earned Doctorates - complete the form online
* Items
marked with * are not
available for download. Come to the Graduate School (Main
Building 101)
or call 512-471-4511 to obtain these forms.
Master's Forms
- Authorization for Leave of Absence
- Copyright Information
- Petition for Extension of Master's 6 year Limitation
- Petition for a Change in Master's Committee
- Program of Work - Beginning 2008, an electronic Program of Work that has been approved by the Graduate Adviser is a graduation requirement for all Master's Degree Candidates. This paper form is for use by students enrolled in 698A or by special permission of the Graduate Dean. Dual-degree students must use the Dual-Degree Program of Work.
- Research with Human Subjects
- Important information about the IRB process and how it may affect your graduation.
- Statement of Research with Human Participants (required of all thesis/report students)
- Thesis or report format
- Petition
to Transfer A Graduate Course from another Institution to use on
a UT Master's Degree
- Read before completing Petition - Transfer of Credit to a UT Austin Master's Degree
Other Forms for All Students
- Cooperative/Consortium Program for Graduate Students
- Graduate Student Request for University Extension Credit
- Petition to Write a Thesis, Report or Dissertation in a Language other than English
- Registration forms
- Graduate Add/Drop Form*
- Further information on Adding and Dropping Courses
- Petition for Late Registration
- Graduate Add/Drop Form*
- Reservation of Course for Graduate Credit
- Withdrawal from graduate school
- Withdrawal Petition and Refund Request *
- Further information on Withdrawal
- Withdrawal from graduate school
- Graduate School Portfolio Completion form
