Graduating Students
Fall 2024 degrees will be posted starting January 3, 2025. Your degree will be posted or denied by January 17, 2025, and you will receive an email when this happens. Diplomas will be mailed out the week of January 20, 2025.
Apply for Graduation
Before you apply for graduation, always verify with your academic advisor that you are eligible for graduation at the end of the application term. You must successfully complete all coursework you are enrolled in at UT Dallas during your graduation term.
To apply for graduation, please log in to Galaxy and follow the step-by-step instructions on how to apply for graduation (pdf).
After you have applied to graduate, you need to check your UT Dallas email on a regular basis throughout the semester. You will receive all correspondence regarding your graduation and commencement there.
Deadlines and Important Dates by Semester
Dates and deadlines are updated at the conclusion of each academic year.
Spring 2025
Priority Deadline to Apply for Graduation:
January 29, 2025
Deadline to update the name that will appear on your diploma:
February 24, 2025
Deadline to update your Confidentiality/FERPA to be listed in graduation publications:
February 24, 2025
Final Graduation Application Deadline:
March 1, 2025
Date to update your Online Commencement RSVP:
March 1, 2025
Deadline to update Diploma Address in Orion:
May 23, 2025
Summer 2025
Priority Deadline to Apply for Graduation:
June 18, 2025
Final Graduation Application Deadline:
July 15, 2025
Date to update your Online Commencement RSVP:
October 1, 2025 (Fall Commencement)
Deadline to update the name that will appear on your diploma:
August 1, 2025
Deadline to update your Confidentiality/FERPA to be listed in graduation publications:
September 30, 2025
Deadline to update Diploma Address in Orion:
August 20, 2025
Fall 2025
Priority Deadline to Apply for Graduation:
September 3, 2025
Deadline to update the name that will appear on your diploma:
September 30, 2025
Deadline to update your Confidentiality/FERPA to be listed in graduation publications:
September 30, 2025
Final Graduation Application Deadline:
October 1, 2025
Date to update your Online Commencement RSVP:
October 1, 2025
Deadline to update your ‘Diploma’ address:
January 10, 2026
See Also
Important Deadlines
January 29, 2025
Priority Graduation Application Deadline
February 24, 2025
Deadline to Update Primary Name
or request Preferred Name
March 1, 2025
Final Graduation Application Deadline
March 1, 2025
Commencement RSVP Update Deadline
April 1, 2025
Commencement Guest Tickets and GradPass Available Online