Graduation Information

Applying for Graduation

All students must apply for graduation. It is the student's responsibility to be aware of all department, school/college, and university degree requirements as published in the catalog, and to ensure that such requirements have been met or that appropriate waivers have been secured and file in the Office of the Registrar.

The application must be filed with the Registrar's Office at least one term prior to the expected date of graduation.

• Online Graduation Application: Login to MyMercer, choose Dashboard from the left-side menu, and choose Action Items. Select the Graduation Application and submit online.
• If the online application is not available: You may have already submitted it, or it might not be available to you yet. In nearly all cases, the graduation application is available to students who are eligible to submit it.
  • To check whether you have already submitted the graduation application:
  • Login to MyMercer, choose My Documents from the left-side menu, and choose Document Center.
  • If you don't see your graduation application in the document list, click "View Previously Submitted Documents" and then type "Graduation" in the search box. If the application is listed here, it has already been submitted.

Commencement Participation

Only those students who are in a position to complete all requirements for graduation by the end of the spring semester may participate in the commencement ceremony for that academic year. Students to whom degrees have already been awarded during the current academic year (i.e., at the end of the previous summer or fall semester) may also participate in that year's commencement ceremony.

In extraordinary situations, a student, who requires no more than 12 credit hours for graduation and plans to complete the degree requirements during the summer session immediately following commencement, may petition the Office of the Registrar for special consideration to participate in the commencement ceremony.

Graduate students may participate according to the policies of their individual schools or colleges. (See "Graduate Studies" section.)

Participation in the graduation ceremony does not necessarily represent conferral of the degree. Degrees are awarded at the end of the terms in which all requirements are met. Students may participate in only one ceremony for each degree sought.

Special Request to Participate in Commencement Ceremonies (undergraduates only)

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