Academic Conduct Expectations
Follow this link to review, CECS’s approach to graduate student conduct.
UCF Academic Calendar
For a more comprehensive list of deadlines, please go to the UCF Academic Calendar.
Spring 2025 Graduation & Certification Reminders and Dates
- CECS UCF Commencement is TBA
- Graduates’ Checklists for Portfolios, Independent Learning Requirements, and Comp Exams must be completed by mid-March; please contact your department’s graduate office for details.
- Degree Audits available to review for colleges: May 2, 2025
- Certification deadline for Spring 2025. Note: All spring term grade changes must be turned in prior to this date for the GPS report to be certified: TBA
- Spring 2025 Intents Opened October 12, 2024 – February 28, 2025. Later applications after this date will NOT be permitted to participate in May’s Commencement Ceremony.
Academic Progress
- Grades Post: May 2, 2025
- Academic Progress Review/Action on Academic Standing: TBA
Thesis/Dissertation Committee Dynamic Forms & Candidacy E-form Deadlines
Summer 2025 Thesis/Dissertation Enrollment
- Dynamic Doctoral/Thesis Committee forms – By noon on April 24, 2025
- Candidacy e-forms-by 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2025
- Please email gradcommittee@ucf.edu with questions or concerns about committee forms.
Fall 2025 Thesis/Dissertation Enrollment
- Dynamic Doctoral/Thesis Committee forms – By noon on July 31, 2025
- Candidacy e-forms-by 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 1, 2025
- You must have Summer 2025 enrollment to pass this milestone
- Please email gradcommittee@ucf.edu with questions or concerns
about committee forms.
Spring 2026 Thesis/Dissertation Enrollment
- Dynamic Doctoral/Thesis Committee forms – By noon on December 4, 2025
- Candidacy e-forms-by 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2025
- Please email gradcommittee@ucf.edu with questions or concerns
about committee forms or candidacy e-Forms.
To pass the Candidacy milestone, you must be enrolled in your completion term or in the preceding term; summer enrollment is required.
Thesis Enrollment
Thesis enrollment follows this approval chain: Thesis Program of Study => Committee Formation => Thesis Enrollment
Each step must be complete before you can begin the next step. Students missing the first two deadlines will NOT be permitted to register for thesis credit hours.
You must complete each step before you can begin the next step. Students who miss the first two deadlines cannot register for thesis credit hours.
Graduate Contracts
Summer 2025 Submission Deadlines
- Influence Screening Students: March 7, 2025
- GRAs: March 28, 2025
- GTAs & Graders: April 4, 2025
Fall 2025 Submission Deadlines
- Influence Screening Students: June 6, 2025
- GRAs: July 1, 2025
- GTAs & Graders: July 11, 2025
Spring 2026 Submission Deadlines
- Influence Screening Students: September 26, 2025
- GRAs: October 24, 2025
- GTAs & Graders: November 7, 2025
These deadlines are when faculty should send their requests to the CECS Graduate Financial Tool for processing.
Completion Plans
- Current Completion plan link: https://tinyurl.com/9mscht3c
- Completion Plans that include petitions will be reviewed at a Graduate Appeals Committee Meeting
Special Leave of Absence
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- This is a dynamic form (https://tinyurl.com/3uzpr9zc) for students that need to leave the university due to unforeseen circumstances. Common reasons are health-based, financial, or personal reasons. Supporting documents should be attached to an online request.
- Due to gradservices@ucf.edu by May 9, 2025
Thesis & Dissertation Reminders
Spring 2025 Thesis & Dissertation Reminders
- Graduate Format Review Deadline is Friday, March 14, 2025
- Defense Posting Deadline is due Friday, March 21, 2025 if you plan to defend the last day to earn your degree this term. Students must post their notices to www.cecs.ucf.edu/graddefense no later than two weeks prior to their defense date.
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Defense Deadline is Friday, April 4, 2025
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Final Submission Deadline is Friday, April 18, 2025 at 5PM
Summer 2025
- Graduate Format Review Deadline is Friday, June 20, 2025
- Defense Posting Deadline is due Monday, June 23, 2025 if you plan to defend the last day to earn your degree this term. Students must post their notices to www.cecs.ucf.edu/graddefense no later than two weeks prior to their defense date.
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Defense Deadline is Monday, July 7, 2025
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Final Submission Deadline is Friday, July 18, 2025 at 5PM
Fall 2025
- Graduate Format Review Deadline is Friday, October 24, 2025
- Defense Posting Deadline is due Friday, October 24, 2025 if you plan to defend the last day to earn your degree this term. Students must post their notices to www.cecs.ucf.edu/graddefense no later than two weeks prior to their defense date.
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Defense Deadline is Friday, November 7, 2025
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Final Submission Deadline is Friday, November 21, 2025 at 5PM
Spring 2026
- Graduate Format Review Deadline is Friday, March 13, 2026
- The Defense Posting Deadline is Friday, March 20, 2026, if you plan to defend on the last day to earn your degree this term. Students must post their notices to www.cecs.ucf.edu/graddefense no later than two weeks prior to their defense date.
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Defense Deadline is Friday, April 3, 2026
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Final Submission Deadline is Friday, April 17, 2026 at 5 PM
Registration Reminders
*Hard copy forms will no longer be accepted beginning Summer 2022 Semester.*
Registration opens for summer 2025, fall 2025 and spring 2026 on March 27, 2025. Please note that your enrollment appointment may be after the 28th. You can find your enrollment date and time by logging in to myUCF and navigating to your Student Self Service area. You will see an “Enrollment Appointment” box on the right-hand side of your screen.
General registration regulations, forms, and other guidance is provided at: Graduate Registration.
Registration for Summer 2025, Fall 2025, and Spring 2026 will begin on March 27, 2025.
CECS Graduate Students register in Summer C Term ONLY
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- Registration forms are now part of the Dynamic Form System. You can begin your request for either a variable credit hour or override at https://tinyurl.com/438m2bvs.
- If you have a registration hold, our office cannot process your request and will be returned to you. Once your hold is postponed or removed, please resubmit your registration request. It will need to go through your advisor again and then onto our office for processing.
- Please DO NOT file multiple Dynamic Forms. If you do, you and your advisor will receive automatic reminders until the unnecessary form is deleted from the system. If you have initiated unneeded Dynamic Forms, please contact us at CECSgradregistration@ucf.edu.
- If you are a Full Bright Scholar or supported through the SACM Program, please use this form to access the 0002 sections. Students NOT in these programs cannot access the closed 0002 sections.
- To file an Override Form, please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/rxrehtny. Override reasons include:
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- Missing Pre-Requisite Course Work at UCF
- Career (these should be handled by the undergraduate, hard copy form found here.)
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- Time Conflict
- Unit Load
- Maximum Unit Loads
- Summer Terms = 9 hours
- Fall and Spring Term = 12 hours
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- Registration Forms will not be processed after 5 PM on May 9, 2025, students should register for UCF 1500 (face-to-face students = 61186 / online students = 61187) as a temporary place-holding course to avoid the late fee.
- If you are attempting to register for a 0V91 section, you will need to complete this form: https://tinyurl.com/5c3bzfcr first to obtain access to the course. Course requests will only be processed during regular business hours, so plan accordingly.
- Summer 2025 Late Registration Fees will begin on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
- Summer 2025 tuition is due on Friday, May 23, 2025
- Full-time enrollment is as follows:
- Summer Terms: 6 hours of course work OR 3 hours of either thesis/dissertation credits
- Fall and Spring Terms: 9 hours of course work OR 3 hours of either thesis/dissertation credits
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Instructors looking to override their classes’ enrollment limit should email cecsgradregistration@ucf.edu for assistance. We cannot override additional students if the room’s capacity is at its limit.
Student Requests for Administrative Record change (Late Adds/Drops/Swaps)
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- To add, drop, and/or swap course work after the first week of classes, you will need an Administrative Record Change. These requests must be made by your Graduate Program’s Coordinator. The form allows for attached documentation so please submit the support for your request to your form.
- Late course enrollment requests are due by the second week of classes. Your professor approval is required (via email uploaded to the form) that attests that the missed course work can be completed. Unless there was an administrative error, late adds, drops, and swaps are very rare and extraordinary circumstances
- While dynamically submitted, late registration paperwork is manually processed. It follows this process: Student => UCF Global (if necessary) => CECS Grad Affairs => College of Graduate Studies => Registrar’s Office. The Registrar’s Office is the only office that can alter a course schedule after late registration ends.
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Any questions regarding the new dynamic registration forms or general registration, please contact cecsgradregistration@ucf.edu.