SSE MS/PhD Graduation Requirements

Application for Degree Instructions, Ceremony Participation Form, Graduation Checklist and Deadlines

Degree Date: May 21, 2022
Application for Degree Due: by February 15th
Thesis/Dissertation Checklist Items Due: May 5 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)

Degree Date: August 15, 2022
Application for Degree Due: by July 10th
Thesis/Dissertation Checklist Items Due: August 5 (Friday, August 5, 2022)

Degree Date: December 31, 2022
Application for Degree Due: by October 25th
Thesis/Dissertation Checklist Items Due: December 5 (Monday, December 5, 2022) 

PhD Applicants appling to graduate with their PhD, should have already completed their Prospectus Approval and Admission to Candidacy prior to applying to graduate.  These forms should be completed and emailed to Janet Morgan in the SSE Dean's Office.

By the deadline date, please have the following completed if your degree requires a thesis/dissertation: (Hard Copies of papers are no longer required)

1. Signed Oral Defense Form  (Electronic Signatures are Accepted)
2. ProQuest - Upload a copy of your paper with signed signature pages to ProQuest (Electronic Signatures are Accepted)
3. Tulane Digital Repository - Upload a copy of your paper with signed signature pages to Tulane Digital Repository (Electronic Signatures are Accepted)
4. PhD Students ONLY when graduating with your PhD Degree - Completion Certificate from the Survey of Earned Doctorates

Please do not email me a copy of your thesis or dissertation. I will be able to see your completed paper and signatures that you have uploaded to ProQuest.

• Application for Degree Instructions - To apply you must login and use the Apply to Graduate Application through this portal.  You must be enrolled in order to apply to graduate.

Please note:  You can only apply to graduate for programs in which you are enrolled.  If for some reason, a certificate or other is not displayed as an option for you to select, please contact Janet Morgan in the Dean's Office.

• Graduate Ceremony Participation Form  - For Detailed Commencement Information go to Tulane Commencement 2022
   
• MS and PhD Completion Checklist  (The checklist of items to be completed by the deadline date so that you can be certified to graduate.)
   
• Completion Guide for Thesis and Dissertation - This link has the information with all of the details on how to complete the checklist items

• Oral Defense Form - Quick link to the Oral Defense form (more information is available on the Completion Guide link above).

Tulane University - Graduate Thesis and Dissertation Digital Repository Policy (Please read the policy carefully)

• ProQuest - Upload your dissertation or thesis to ProQuest

• Tulane Digital Repository - Upload your dissertation or thesis to the Tulane Digital Repository

• For PhD students earning their PhD - Survey of Earned Doctorates  (only submit to the Survey of Earned Doctorates when you are graduating with your PhD and not your MS degree)

For questions regarding transcripts and diplomas, please contact the Tulane Registrar's Office .

Certificates are not typically printed out and mailed to students.  Currently, if a Certificate program prints out certificates, they are done by the department and not the SSE Dean's Office. 

If you have applied to graduate with a certificate and it has been approved and certified, then the certificate will appear on your transcript.