Graduation
Graduate students who are fulfilling or have fulfilled all academic requirements for their programs are strongly encouraged to apply to graduate in the spring or fall convocation by the deadline date noted in the University Diary. You may apply to graduate online through Memorial Self-Service under the Graduation section, or refer to the Office of the Registrar website for details
Graduate students are advised that they are automatically registered for their SUBJ 9000 (MED 9900) and graduate fees are subsequently added to their student accounts each semester (roughly 5 weeks prior to the start of classes for the coming semester). It is possible, then, for a graduate student to be completed their program and momentarily be registered and charged for the upcoming semester until they are academically cleared to graduate.
When an academic unit deems a student to have finished a graduate program, a Recommendation for Award of Graduate Diploma/Degree is sent to the School of Graduate Studies. SGS conducts an academic audit and financial audit to ensure academic requirements have been fulfilled, that charges to the student account are accurate, and funding has stopped as of the completion date. Notification is then sent to the Office of the Registrar and Cashier’s Office of graduate program completion.
Graduate students who are still within the duration of their Payment Plan (e.g., 3 semesters for Plan C, 6 semesters for Plan A, 9 semesters for Plan B and Graduate Diploma, or 12 semesters for PhD or PsyD) will be charged the total remaining program fees owing. Graduate students who are beyond the duration of their Payment Plan and charged continuance fees for the upcoming semester may have all, part, or none of those fees and related charges reversed depending on the actual completion date (please refer to the University Diary for a list of relevant program completion deadlines for graduate fees refund).
