Graduation

Check Your Audit

After registering for your last semester of classes, check your academic requirements in Stellic to ensure all of your degree, major, minor, and/or certificate requirements have been met. If you are missing any requirements, please contact your academic advisor ASAP.

The Registrar's Office performs a degree audit on each student before their final semester to verify that they have met the requirements to graduate with an undergraduate or graduate degree. It's important to meet your corresponding graduation deadline to ensure that if any issues arise during your degree audit, there will be adequate time to make any necessary adjustments.

After all grading deadlines have passed, a final degree audit is performed on each prospective graduate. Once final audits have been completed, degree conferral can begin.

Please note that if you are unable to fulfill all degree requirements by the end of your intended graduation semester, your graduation will be postponed.

Graduation Application

If you are completing an Associate, Bachelor's, or Master's degree, you must apply to graduate. The application, located in SIS under the Academic Records tile and Application for Graduation tab, may be completed at any time prior to the corresponding graduation application deadline (specified in the below). The application allows you to:

• Specify the name to be printed on your diploma.
• Confirm the mailing address for your diploma.
• Indicate whether you wish to participate in the commencement ceremony for your graduating term (December or May)

Note that diplomas are not handed out at commencement, but are mailed out to the address specified on your graduation application.

Later updates to your diploma name and mailing address can be done through the Profile tile. Your participation in commencement can be updated under the Academic Records tile and Edit Commencement Information tab. Visit the commencement site for more details.

Graduation Application Deadlines

Completing the graduation application early is strongly encouraged and will ensure that all graduation communications are received (degree audit check, commencement info, etc.). Students may still apply after the below dates, however, some communications may be missed. There are four graduation application time spans:

Please note that a late graduation application may preclude you from inclusion on the commencement ceremony program.

Receiving your Diploma

Degrees are not awarded until all of the corresponding term's grading deadlines have passed. The final degree audit and conferral process typically begins within 7-9 business days after the end of the term and will continue for several weeks after while the record of each individual prospective graduate is reviewed.

UW-Green Bay has partnered with Parchment to bring students digital copies of their diplomas in addition to the standard printed diploma, which will be available within 3-4 weeks of the end of the term. Parchment will send you an invitation to claim your digital diploma to your UWGB email address.

The printed copy of your diploma will arrive to you within 6-8 weeks of the end of the term, typically arriving:

If you urgently need proof of your graduation, place a transcript order through Parchment and select the "HOLD FOR DEGREE" option. Students with orders on hold for the posting of a degree are given priority during the final degree audit and conferral process.

There is no fee for the first copies of your digital and physical diploma.

If you have questions regarding the arrival, shipment, or delivery of your diploma, please contact Parchment Support for assistance.