Graduate Student Guidelines

Graduating Graduate Students

All students who will be graduating in the term for which they are registering must consult their advisors to ensure that they have met all degree requirements. Complete an "Intent to Graduate Form" and submit it to the college graduate office by the last day of registration.

Graduate students who are intending to graduate within the next three terms, who are writing a thesis/dissertation, should visit the Graduate Studies website at http://www.graduate.ucf.edu for information regarding the thesis/dissertation process.

Unless the thesis or dissertation is completed before the first day of the next term, the graduate student must register for continued credit hours. Also, the graduate student who still must complete comprehensive examinations or other degree requirements (e.g., satisfying an incomplete grade) must register for at least one credit hour of course work.

Non-degree seeking students must be registered for 12 hours to be considered full-time. Non-degree seeking students who already have certification elsewhere (e.g., from a College of Education in another state) are not eligible to receive financial assistance. In general, non-degree seeking students, including students who are only in a graduate certificate program, are not eligible for financial assistance, assistantships, fellowships or tuition waivers.