It is important to communicate early and often with your faculty adviser regarding your anticipated time in the program and their expectations for meeting graduation requirements.
This is a summary of the final steps required to graduate with a Ph.D. in MSE. Please review the Graduate School more detailed Graduation Requirements to ensure you graduate on time.
International students
In addition, refer to the Graduation: Final Year Checklist from International Student Services for additional requirements.
| # | What | When |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confirm Reading Committee with the Graduate Program Adviser (GPA), who will update your student record. | The sooner, the better. |
| 2 | Secure a date and time that works for the committee for the final exam and schedule a meeting and reserve a conference room. Roberts 321 and Wilcox 243 have projection systems with HDMI and display screens. | At least two weeks prior to your final exam. |
| 3 | Schedule final exam via MyGrad. | A minimum of 24 hours after Reading Committee confirmation. |
| 4 | Consult with your faculty advisor about inviting additional attendees to attend your presentation. Send them the meeting room location or Zoom link information. | The sooner, the better. |
| 5 | Review the details for preparing your dissertation including formatting and submission requirements. | |
| 6 | Complete the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) online. Upon completing the SED, you will receive an email from SEDWEB@norc.uchicago.edu, which includes your SED Certificate of Completion. Save a copy of this certificate. This will need to be uploaded to ProQuest when you submit your dissertation. | At least two weeks prior to your final defense. |
| 7 | Complete a Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), save the Certificate of Completion at the end of the survey, and email it to uwgrad@uw.edu. | The sooner the better. |
| 8 | Plan for your final exam to last approximately 60 minutes: 30 minutes for your presentation and 30 minutes for Q&A. | At least two weeks before your presentation. |
| 9 | After you receive dissertation approvals from your Reading Committee within MyGrad, submit your dissertation to ProQuest. Submit your dissertation following the UW Graduate School's Final Submission of Your Thesis formatting and submission instructions. | Last day of the quarter. |
| 10 | If you complete your final exam, but need more time to submit your dissertation, you may submit a Graduate Registration Waiver. The waiver allows you to submit your dissertation up to two weeks following the last day of the quarter. There is a $250 fee and you will graduate the following quarter, but you do not need to enroll in the following quarter. |
Note
Following your exam, your committee will need to approve your dissertation via MyGrad Committee View.