Graduating in the Summer - Office of the Registrar - The University of Texas at Dallas

Summer 2010 Graduates

The University of Texas at Dallas does not hold a summer commencement ceremony at the completion of the summer term. Degrees are awarded at the end of the summer term to students who have filed for graduation by the deadline and met all degree requirements. The official summer 2010 graduation date will be August 20, 2010. Diplomas will be mailed to students with no holds on their accounts about 6-8 weeks after this date.

Summer 2010 graduates who have not previously participated in a prior ceremony for their degree may participate in the Fall 2010 Commencement Ceremony.

PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 14th-15th 2010 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY Summer 2010 Bachelor's and Master’s Degree candidates may participate in the Spring 2010 Commencement Ceremony under the following guidelines:

Your application for summer 2010 graduation must be received by the Office of the Registrar (MC1.406) by 6:00PM on April 14, 2010.
Bachelor's degree candidates must have no more than the 9 semester credit hours outstanding toward all degree requirements by the end of the spring 2010 semester.
Master's degree candidates must have no more than the 6 semester credit hours outstanding toward all degree requirements by the end of the spring 2010 semester.
You must submit an approved Commencement Ceremony Participation Intent form to the Office of the Registrar (MC1.406) by 6:00PM on April 14, 2010. Your academic department’s approval is required. Please see your academic advisor for the Commencement Ceremony Participation form.
You must submit an online Graduation RSVP (login required) to the Spring 2010 ceremony. The deadline to submit a Graduation RSVP is April 14, 2010.
You must register for all summer courses and be able to pass a preliminary degree audit based on your registration by April 14, 2010.

PLEASE NOTE—2010 summer undergraduate graduation applicants will not be eligible to walk with the Latin honors distinction if they chose to walk (early) in the spring 2010 ceremony. Any Latin honors received upon completion of all degree requirements will appear on students’ UTD transcript and diploma. Latin honors recipients who opt to walk in fall 2010 will be eligible to walk with the applicable Latin honor distinction at that time.

PARTICIPATION IN THE DECEMBER 2010 FALL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY Summer 2010 graduates who have not previously participated in a commencement ceremony for their degree will be eligible to participate in the Fall 2010 Commencement Ceremony.

The deadline to apply for summer 2010 graduation is June 3, 2010. Please note--summer 2010 graduation applications received between June 4, 2010 and August 4, 2010 will be accessed a $100 late fee. NO applications for summer 2010 graduation will be accepted after August 4, 2010.
In order for a summer applicant to participate in the Fall 2010 Commencement Ceremony, all degree requirements must have been completed by the end of the summer 2010 term. Please note--if you do not complete all degree requirements by the end of the summer 2010 term, you must re-apply for graduation. Your eligibility to participate in a commencement ceremony will then fall under the guidelines of the semester for which you re-apply for graduation.
Students who wish to participate in the Fall 2010 Commencement Ceremony are required to submit an on-line graduation RSVP to the Fall 2010 Ceremony by November 18, 2010.

Please see the Fall 2010 Graduation Checklist for the RSVP link.

Please email questions to graduation@utdallas.edu.