Graduation Date

• Spring: End of May
• Summer: End of August
• Fall: Commencement or January 31st

  If you take any courses during the semester, you will graduate on January 31st (not December)

Ceremony

Completion Ceremony

• Requirements: Enrolled students in a Masters degree, meet minimum credits requirements inclusive of the courses being taken currently.
• Date: August, December (Refer to the academic calendar of each year)
• Certificate of Coursework Completion will be awarded at the Completion Ceremony.

  Certificate of Coursework Completion is different from Certificate of Completion (Certificate of Completion is issued to students who have completed the minimum required semesters but have not yet graduated)

• Students will be invited to the completion ceremony only once

Commencement

• Requirements: Enrolled and Completed students in Ph.D. and Masters degree having met all graduation requirements
• Date: December (Refer to the academic calendar of each year)
• Diploma will be awarded only once at the Commencement