• Graduate Student Guide
• Foreword
• Directory - Deans and Program Heads
• Financial Aid
• Career Center
• Library
• Student Records
• Carolyn Lipshy Galerstein - Women's Center
• Student Life
• UTD Graduate Student Policies
  • Academic Dishonesty
  • Policy on Procedures for Completing a Graduate Degree
  • University Policies Related to Graduate Student Teaching Assistants and Graduate Student Research Assistants
  • You Deserve an Environment Free from Sexual Harassment
  • Student Grievances
• UTD Graduate Student Forms
  • Last Semester Graduate Student Checklist
  • Thesis/Dissertation Submission Steps
  • Request for Final Oral Examination
• Non-Degree Student Information
• Nondiscrimination Policy

Last update September 2005

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The Schedule of Classes or Course Lookup is posted to the web each semester by the Office of the Registrar. All procedures for registration/drop/add/withdraw are outlined on this website. Also included are an academic calendar or Comet Calendar, all registration dates and periods, the final examination schedule and links to the location and telephone numbers of all advising offices.

Registration via the Web (www.utdallas.edu) is available to graduate students approximately six weeks before classes begin. Those who register early (by a date noted in the Comet Calendar) are mailed a bill for tuition and fees. All tuition and fees are due and payable by payment deadlines and unpaid registrations may be cancelled.

University employees, including Teaching and Research Assistants, receive the privilege of paying on the last day of late registration with no late fee. There is a late fee for others who pay late or for any student who registers late.
Tuition and fees can be paid in person at the Bursar’s Office in the lower level of the McDermott Library Building, by mail or, via MasterCard, through the web registration system. Installment payments are available for a small service fee each fall and spring semester, with half the tuition and fees due at the time of registration; the student is billed for the remainder in two installments. Short-term student loans are also available through the Financial Aid office.

Students who are employed as Teaching and Research Assistants who are classified as nonresidents for tuition purposes are eligible for waivers of out-of-state tuition when they are employed 50%. This is a semester by semester waiver, dependent upon employment, which allows the student to pay in-state tuition. Certification of this status must be sent to the Financial Aid Office by the student’s academic program office; this certification requires the approval of the Graduate Dean.

A graduate student must be registered for nine hours to be considered full time. Half time is considered to be four hours, and less than half-time is three or fewer hours. Teaching and Research Assistants must always be registered full time.

During the next-to-last semester prior to graduation, each graduate student should meet with his or her advisor to review degree requirements. An Application for Graduation must be filed on-line (www.utdallas.edu/dept/graddean) at the time of registration for the final semester and no later than the deadline noted in the academic calendar or Comet Calendar. If a student is not registered at the University during the semester of graduation, the student must file an in absentia form with his graduate advisor.

Information on all Registrar Services is available via the automated information line, 972-883-2342. This automated service provides information on calendar highlights, certifications of enrollment, graduation, registration, and how to order transcripts.