The Graduate School uses Dynamic Forms to process requests by graduate students to the Graduate School. Faculty, staff, and students may refer to the guides below for support on using Dynamic Forms.
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A graduate student who has been admitted to candidacy for a Ph.D./Ed.D./D.M.A. degree must complete the Application for Admission to Candidacy form. If there are any changes to the doctoral committee after this form is submitted and processed the first time, the student must submit a Committee Composition Change Request Form.
COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY
A graduate student must complete the Committee Composition Change Request Form whenever there is a change to the committee after being admitted to candidacy for a Ph.D./Ed.D./D.M.A. degree.
COMPLETE THE COMMITTEE COMPOSITION CHANGE REQUEST FORM
A graduate student wishing to transfer in graduate credits taken at another institution must complete the Petition for Transfer of Credit form.
COMPLETE THE PETITION FOR TRANSFER OF CREDIT
A Leave of Absence officially stops the time to completion clock. A graduate student wishing to take a leave of absence from a graduate program, and return at a later date, must complete the Petition for Leave of Absence form.
COMPLETE THE PETITION FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Graduate students who have not been continuously enrolled must request readmission. Students returning from a Leave of Absence must request readmission. The student must contact the appropriate program office well in advance of registration. Please note that if additional college work has been completed elsewhere since the last enrollment at the University of Miami, an official transcript of this coursework will be required. Recency of credit hour rules will apply. A graduate student wishing to be readmitted to a graduate program must complete the Application for Readmission to the Graduate School form.
COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FOR READMISSION TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Time to completion starts when a student begins any program in the Graduate School, whether it be a master’s or doctoral program. All work must be completed within six years of the time of admission to graduate work, for those studying for the various master’s degrees; and within eight years for those studying for doctoral degrees. Students requesting additional time to complete the graduate degree must complete the Application for Time to Degree Extension form.
COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FOR TIME TO DEGREE EXTENSION
When you and your committee have decided on a firm defense date, time, and location, complete the Defense Notice Form. Do not submit this form until the final defense date has been confirmed with your committee. Students must defend before the Last Day to Defend deadline of their desired graduation semester. Visit the ETD Submission Deadlines By Semester section under the ETD tab to view the deadlines for upcoming semesters.
COMPLETE THE DEFENSE NOTICE FORM
Graduate students must complete the Certificate of Defense Approval form before the defense and have each committee member electronically sign the form after the successful defense. This form is the student's proof of successful defense of the Master's thesis, doctoral dissertation, doctoral essay, or lecture recital essay.
COMPLETE THE Certificate of Defense Approval
[NOTE: This form replaces the function of the signed hard copy of the Signature page from the thesis or dissertation, which was collected to formally document the committee's approval of the final content of the ETD.] Graduate students must complete the ETD Final Content Approval Form before uploading the thesis or dissertation to the Scholarly Repository, as confirmation that the committee has reviewed and approved the content of the final document.
COMPLETE THE ETD Final Content Approval Form
This form informs the Graduate School of the online availability option you want for your Master's thesis, doctoral dissertation, or doctoral/lecture recital essay in the UM Scholarly Repository. Before completing the form, you should discuss with your main advisor what availability option is appropriate for your document in the Repository so you can make an availability selection that you both agree upon.
COMPLETE THE ETD Availability Agreement Form
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University of Miami undergraduate students within 30 credits of meeting the requirements for the baccalaureate degree may take and receive credit for graduate
Undergraduate students who request to take graduate coursework must complete the Application for Undergraduates to Take a Graduate Course. This form must be accompanied by a completed drop/add or course request form and be signed in the following order:
1.Department Chair
2.Undergraduate Dean
3.Graduate School
4.‘Canes Central
*For forms on fellowships and grants, please visit the Financial Aid and Funding Opportunities section under the Costs & Funding tab.