The finish line is in sight. Just a few more steps. Undergraduate and graduate students are required to complete graduation applications, surveys and graduate thesis reviews.
Submitting a graduation application means:
Get more information at commencement.iupui.edu
Application deadline: October 15
Application deadline: January 15
Application deadline: May 15
Diplomas are not distributed at commencement ceremonies. You will receive an email from the School of Science Dean's Office once your diploma has arrived. At that time, you can choose to pick up your diploma in the School of Science Dean's Office or have it mailed to you. The approximate diploma delivery schedules are:
Diploma covers are presented at the IUPUI "Main" ceremony. No diploma covers are presented at the School of Science ceremony. However, covers will also be available from the School of Science Dean's office once the diplomas are ready for pick up.
School of Science undergraduate students who have submitted the graduation application will have an audit prepared approximately six weeks before the start of their final semester/summer session.
Enrollment in CAND 99100 is only required for students who are not registered for any other course in the semester of graduation. This includes, for example, students completing course work with prior approval at another university, or students finishing research or an Incomplete.
Deadlines, procedures, submission methods, formatting guidelines, and other thesis/dissertation information is available on the IUPUI Graduate Office website.
You can schedule an appointment for a thesis format review with Summer Layton, sllayton@iupui.edu.
If you are entering the last semester of your Ph.D. or M.S. degree, it is important to know that graduation deadlines are set separately by Purdue University or Indiana University.
Graduate and doctoral student enrollment in CAND 99100, CAND 99200, or CAND 99300 is dependent on remaining requirements.
| Eligibility/Purpose | |
| CAND 99100 | Used for Purdue graduate school students planning to graduate at the end of the semester (May, August or December), who need some or all of the 3 items: course work, defense/exam, and thesis deposit. Must be taken with at least one credit hour of fee-bearing course(s). |
| CAND 99200 | One-time use course with a reduced fee. Used for Purdue MS or PhD graduate school thesis students planning to graduate by the end of the semester (May, August or December), who have completed all coursework and passed final defense, who only need to deposit their thesis. Non-thesis students who have not yet completed the Directed Project or have 1 or more Incomplete (I) grades can also register in CAND 99200. Instructor Permission Required. |
| CAND 99300 | One-time use courses with a reduced fee. Used for Purdue MS or PhD graduate school thesis students planning to graduate by the end of the semester (May, August or December), who need to complete BOTH the defense/exam and deposit their thesis. Non-thesis students who have not yet completed the Directed project and have 1 or more Incomplete (I) grades can also register in CAND 99300. Instructor Permission Required. |
If you have any questions about graduation, contact Darryl Newsom, Administrative Recorder, danewsom@iupui.edu or (317) 274-0684.