Graduation & Certification Reminders and Dates
- CECS UCF Commencement May 5-6, 2023
- Graduates’ Checklists for Portfolios, Independent Learning Requirements and Comp Exams need to be completed ASAP, please contact your department’s graduate office for details.
- May 10, 2023: Degree Audits available to review for colleges
- May 26: Certified degree audits due to College of Graduate Studies
- June 7: Certification deadline for Spring 2023. Note: All spring term grade changes must be turned in prior to this date for the GPS report to be certified.
- Summer 2023 Intents Open March 6, 2023-June 23, 2023
Academic Progress
- Grades Post Friday, May 5, 2023
- Academic Progress Review/Action on Academic Standing May 8-12, 2023
Thesis/Dissertation Committee Dynamic Forms & Candidacy E-form Deadlines for Summer 2023 enrollment
- Dynamic Doctoral Committee forms – By noon on Aril 21,2023
- Candidacy e-forms-by 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2023
- Thesis Committee forms- by 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 28, 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.
Thesis enrollment follows this approval chain: Thesis Program of Study => Committee Formation => Thesis Enrollment
Financials
- New Domestic and Returning Students Contracts: May 1, 2023
- New International Students Contracts: May 10, 2023
Completion Plans
- Current Completion plan link: https://tinyurl.com/9mscht3c
- Completion Plans that include petitions will be reviewed at the first fall Graduate Appeals Committee Meeting
Special Leave of Absence Forms
- 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 May 19, 2023 to gradservices@ucf.edu
Thesis & Dissertation Reminders
- Graduate Format Review Deadline is Friday, March 17, 2023
- Defense Posting Deadline is due Friday, March 24, 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.
- Defenses cannot be held on November 11, 2022 since the campus is closed.
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Defense Deadline is Friday, April 7, 2023
- Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Final Submission Deadline is Friday, April 21, 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.
- Doctoral students looking to pass their Candidacy Milestone and register in dissertation credits in Spring 2023, must be registered during the fall term.
- 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 May 12, 2023, students should
register for UCF 1500 (face-to-face students = 60909 / online students = 60910) 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 Late Registration Fees will begin on Monday, May 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM
- Summer 2023 tuition is due on Friday, May 26, 2023
- 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.