Graduating Students
Summer 2025 degrees will be posted starting August 21, 2025. Your degree will be posted or denied by August 29, 2025, and you will receive an email when this happens. Diplomas will be mailed out the week of September 1, 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 2026
Priority Deadline to Apply for Graduation:
January 28, 2026
Deadline to update the name that will appear on your diploma:
February 23, 2026
Deadline to update your Confidentiality/FERPA to be listed in graduation publications:
February 23, 2026
Final Graduation Application Deadline:
March 1, 2026
Date to update your Online Commencement RSVP:
March 1, 2026
Deadline to update Diploma Address in Orion:
May 28, 2026
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
June 18, 2025
Priority Graduation Application Deadline
September 30, 2025
Deadline to Update Primary Name
or request Preferred Name
July 15, 2025
Final Graduation Application Deadline
October 1, 2025
Commencement RSVP Update Deadline
November 3, 2025
Commencement Guest Tickets and GradPass Available Online