Fall 2023 Graduation & Certification Reminders and Dates
- CECS UCF Commencement is December 15 – December 16, 2023
- Graduates’ Checklists for Portfolios, Independent Learning Requirements and Comp Exams need to be completed by the end of October, please contact your department’s graduate office for details.
- Degree Audits available to review for colleges: December 15, 2023
- Certified Plans of Study due to College of Graduate Studies
- Certification deadline for Fall 2023. Note: All fall term grade changes must be turned in prior to this date for the GPS report to be certified: January 12, 2024
- Fall 2023 Intents Open June 26, 2023 – October 13, 2023. Applications after this date will NOT be permitted to participate in commencement.
Academic Progress
- Grades Post: Wednesday, December 13, 2023
- Academic Progress Review/Action on Academic Standing: December 13 – December 22, 2023
Thesis/Dissertation Committee Dynamic Forms & Candidacy E-form Deadlines
Fall 2023 Thesis/Dissertation Enrollment
- Dynamic Doctoral Committee forms – By noon on August 4,2023
- Candidacy e-forms-by 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 4, 2023
- Thesis Committee forms- by 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 11, 2023
- Please email gradcommittee@ucf.edu with questions or concerns about committee forms or candidacy e-Forms.
Spring 2024 Thesis/Dissertation Enrollment
- Dynamic Doctoral Committee forms – By noon on December 1, 2023
- Candidacy e-forms-by 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 1, 2023
- Thesis Committee forms- by 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 8, 2023
- Please email gradcommittee@ucf.edu with questions or concerns about committee forms or candidacy e-Forms.
To pass your Candidacy milestone, you must be enrolled in the term or 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.
Graduate Contracts
Deadlines for Spring 2024 CECS Contracts:
- CECS Graduate Hires Requiring a Background Check: October 6, 2023
- CECS International Hires: October 27, 2023
- CECS Domestic Hires: November 6, 2023
These deadlines are when faculty should send their requests to their program’s Graduate Coordinator for processing.
Completion Plans
- Current Completion plan link: https://tinyurl.com/9mscht3c
- Completion Plans that include petitions will be reviewed at the first spring 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 January 12, 2024 to gradservices@ucf.edu
Fall 2023 Thesis & Dissertation Reminder
- Graduate Format Review Deadline is Friday, October 27, 2023
- Defense Posting Deadline is due Friday, October 27, 2023 if you are defend on the last day. 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 17, 2023
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Final Submission Deadline is Friday, December 1, 2023 at 5PM
Registration Reminders
*Hard copy forms will no longer be accepted beginning Summer 2022
Semester.*
Registration opened on March 23, 2023. Please note that your enrollment appointment may be after the 23rd. 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.
- 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.
- 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.)
- Time Conflict
- Unit Load
- Maximum Unit Loads
- Summer Terms = 9 hours
- Fall and Spring Term = 12 hours
- Maximum Unit Loads
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- Registration Forms will not be processed after 5 PM on January 5, 2024, students should
register for UCF 1500 (face-to-face students = 17949 / online students = 17958) 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. - Spring 2024 Late Registration Fees will begin on Monday, January 8 , 2024 at 12:00 AM
- Spring 2024 tuition is due on Friday, January 19, 2024
- Full time enrollment is as follows:
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- 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
- Summer Terms
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- Maximum Unit Loads
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- Summer Terms = 9 hours
- Fall and Spring Term = 12 hours
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- Rare, late registration requests have transitioned to the dynamic form system: https://tinyurl.com/y8adm24a. These requests are due by the third week of classes.
- Instructors looking to override their class limit should email cecsgradregistration@ucf.edu for assistance.
Any questions regarding the new dynamic registration forms or general registration, please contact cecsgradregistration@ucf.edu.