Graduate Degree Dealines

Deadlines for December 2009 degree

September 24
Last day for filing application for degree. To access the online degree application, go to myUK / Student Services / myRecords / Graduate Degree Application.

To be eligible for a degree, students must file an application in the Graduate School within 30 days after the start of the semester (or 15 days into the second Summer Session), in which they expect to complete their work. This is acomplished by online submission of the "Applicaion for Degee".

October 8
Last day for doctoral candidates for a December degree to submit a Notification of Intent to schedule a final examination in The Graduate School. The “Notification of Intent” must be submitted to the Graduate School at least eight weeks before the exam is to be scheduled.

Upon submission of the form, the Dean of the Graduate School appoints an Outside Examiner. Note that the minimum eight week lead time is required to secure a suitable outside examiner and to perform the necessary audit of the student’s academic record (a student will not be allowed to sit for the Final Examination until any remaining “I” or “S” grades in credit-bearing courses have been assigned letter grades).

November 19
Last day for candidates for a December degree to schedule a final examination in The Graduate School. To submit the form students must login to their personal page on the Doctoral Degree Candidate Forms website http://www.research.uky.edu/cfdocs/gs/DoctoralCommittee/Selection_Screen.cfm The Recommendation for Final Examination must be submitted to the Graduate School no less than 2 weeks before the date of the examination.
The DGS requres a signed (by a majority of your committee including the major professor)Dissertation Approval Form [pdf] before he will approve the Request for Final Doctoral Examination.

Doctoral Final Examinations may only be scheduled when classes are in session (fall and spring semesters, four- and eight-week summer sessions). Examination deadlines and their relation to degree conferral can be found in the University Calendar

December 3
Last day for candidates for a December graduate degree to sit for a final examination.The final examination must take place no later than eight days prior to the last day of classes of the semester in which the student expects to graduate. Final examinations are public events and must take place while the University is officially in session. They may not be scheduled during the periods between semesters or between the end of the second summer session and the beginning of the fall semester.

December 18
Last day for candidates for a December degree to submit the final dissertation to The Graduate School. The dissertation in its final form must be received in the Graduate School within 60 days of the final examination. Please refer to the University Calendar for the deadlines in relation to degree con-ferral.