Application for Graduation

Students should apply for graduation no later than when one third of the academic term in which they expect to graduate has passed or by the date established by the Office of the Registrar of their campus. Applications may be obtained at the Office of the Registrar and should be returned to that Office after they have been filled out and stamped by the Business Office showing that the non-refundable fee of $100.00 has been paid for the doctor, master, bachelor and associate degrees. Failure to comply with this procedure may result in the postponement of the granting of the diploma.

Any alleged error in the evaluation of the application for graduation should be reported to the appropriate Registrar within a week after the receipt of the evaluation.

The payment of graduation fees of any kind, the listing of the student as a candidate for graduation in any document and/or invitation either to the graduation ceremonies or to any other activity related to graduation exercises shall not be interpreted as an offer to graduate or a covenant to that effect. Only the completion of all requirements listed in this catalog or in any other official University directive entitles a student to graduation irrespective of any representation of any kind made by any official of this University.

Candidacy for graduation will be attained by the student after the faculty has determined that the requirements for graduation have been fulfilled. Subsequently, the faculty will present the degree candidates to the Chief Executive Officer of the Campus.

Students that have completed the graduate requirements and paid the graduation fee, but interrupt their studies, have the right that their payment be considered effective for one academic year from the date of the last term in which they studied.

After this period, students will pay the difference, if there is one, of the cost of the graduation fee, but they will not have to apply for graduation again.