Graduate Program
Step by Step Guide to Completion of Ph.D. Degree
Complete the Application for Advanced Degree. Here is the link for the form: http://www.udel.edu/gradoffice/forms/application_for_advanced_degree.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 the Dept. Chair, Dr. Barner 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 Studies on or before the deadline to submit the required documents for your Ph.D. Dissertation. Check the website above to see what you need to bring to the meeting. Deadline dates are provided on the OGS web page above.
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 should be signed by your advisor and all of your committee members. Also, please be sure to include Dr. Barner’s middle initial, E. (Kenneth E. Barner, Ph.D.)
After obtaining the signatures of your advisor and your committee members:
__Bring the above to Kathy Forwood. She will check the format, etc., and get Dr. Barner to sign your dissertation. Kathy will take your dissertation to the Dean’s office for his signature. She will email 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 Depts. library – this must be printed single-sided).
__Email a PDF copy of your dissertation to kforwood@udel.edu
Once these steps are complete, your dissertation will be sent for printing and binding. You will receive three copies of the blue soft covered books and your advisor will receive one copy. The department will cover the cost for these copies.
Since you are finishing your degree and will be leaving the University of Delaware soon, please be sure to do the following:
__Please stop by to see me before leaving.
__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.)
__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.
