University of Delaware - College of Engineering
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Graduate Program

Step by Step Guide to Completion of Master’s Degree (Thesis Program)

University of Delaware, Gore Hall

Complete the Application for Advanced Degree.  Here is the link for the form: http://www.udel.edu/gradoffice/forms/advanceddegree.pdf

The deadline for this application is:

September 15 for December degree conferral

December 15 for winter degree conferral

February 15 for May degree conferral

May 15 for August degree conferral

Please complete the form and have your advisor sign and then Dr. Barner, Chair of Dept. sign.  Bring the form to Kathy so she can make a copy for your file.  Then bring to the Office of Graduate Studies with your check.

Please follow the Office of Graduate Studies Step by Step Guide to Graduation.  Here is the link to that page http://www.udel.edu/gradoffice/polproc/#steps

  • Be sure to make an appointment with Mary Martin in the Office of Graduate and Professional Education on or before the deadline to submit the required documents for your master’s thesis.  Check the website above to see what you need to bring to the meeting. Deadline dates are provided on the OGS web page above.
  • Make sure they have the address where you want your diploma mailed -The Application for Advanced Degree form requires this information.
  • Please complete steps 2-5 about one week prior to your meeting with OGS.
In addition to the OGS requirements, our department requires that you provide the following materials:

__One copy on plain white paper (to be read by those providing signatures – this can be printed double-sided).

__Four copies (or more – 1 for our dept.; 3 for the Office of Grad Studies) of the signature pages printed on bond paper.  These must be signed by your advisor. Also, please be sure to include Dr. Barner’s middle initial, E. (Kenneth E. Barner, Ph.D.)

After obtaining the signature of your advisor:

__Bring the above to Kathy Forwood to check the format, etc., and get Dr. Barner to sign your thesis. Kathy will take your thesis to the Dean’s office for his signature.  She will email you when this is complete.

__When you pick up your completed signature pages, pick up a Request for a Copy of Signature Pages Form from Kathy Forwood (blue paper - bring this form to your meeting in OGS with Mary Martin).

After picking up your dissertation, please submit the following to Kathy Forwood:

__One copy on bond/watermark paper (to be bound for our Dept’s. library – this must be printed single-sided).

__Email a PDF copy of your thesis to kforwood@udel.edu

__Stop by to see me, let me know if you will be continuing with a Ph.D. degree or if you will be leaving the University. 

If you are finishing your degree and will be leaving the University of Delaware, please be sure to do the following:

__If you have a department credit card please return it to Gretchen Taylor, her office is in the Washington House located on Delaware Avenue.

__Return all keys for the refund of your deposit to Karen DiStefano, Room 136 Evans Hall.

__Return your UD ID card to Karen DiStefano, Room 136 Evans Hall.

__Email your new address to me so we can forward important mail to you. (Please note that we will keep your department computer and email account active for several months.)

__Please complete Exit Procedures Form.

If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Forwood in Room 140, Evans Hall, email to kforwood@udel.edu or at telephone ext. 2406.


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