Director, Graduate Student Support & Associate Registrar
Eva Bachman
Office of Graduate Studies
Throughout these steps to degree completion, Eva will be answering your questions and reviewing your materials.
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Candidacy
May 1
Preparation for GraduationSeptember 13
Application for Final Oral ExaminationNovember 22
Final Oral Exam DeadlineDecember 5
Report of Completion & DepositDecember 6
NOTE: Departments may have earlier deadlines. Please check with your advisor or graduate handbook.
Supervisory Committee
Deadline: Prior to the completion of half of the required coursework.
You will be notified by email when your committee is approved.
For full policy, see Supervisory Committee in the Graduate Catalog.
Form: Appointment of Supervisory Committee Form: Change of Supervisory Committee Form: Special Committee MemberProgram of Studies
Deadline: Prior to the completion of half of the required coursework.
NOTE: Requests to change an approved Program of Studies must be submitted by the student’s major advisor via email to the Doctoral Programs Coordinator. DO NOT submit a new Program of Studies.
For full policy, see Program of Studies in the Graduate Catalog.
Form: Program of StudiesComprehensive Examination & Candidacy
Deadline: date TBD
For full policy, including registration requirements, see Comprehensive Examination and Candidacy in the Graduate Catalog.
The comprehensive examination must be completed at least 7 months prior to graduation.
The Application for Admission to Candidacy form must be submitted when language and research tool requirements have been met and the comprehensive examination(s) have been passed.
Form: Application for Admission to CandidacyPreparation for Graduation
Deadline: date TBD
Failure to complete these steps will result in a diploma not being ordered for you and your graduation date will be postponed.
Application for Final Oral Examination
Deadline: date TBD
For full policy see Final Oral Examination in the Graduate Catalog.
Form: Application for Final Oral ExaminationRough Draft Dissertation/Document Review
Deadline: date TBD
The formatting will be reviewed and students will be notified of any needed changes. No content will be reviewed. Any formatting changes must be made prior to final dissertation deposit.
For full policy see Dissertation in the Graduate Catalog.
- Formatting resource: Preparing a Dissertation.
- Following approval by the major advisor, the dissertation and abstract should be presented to the Reading Committee for review at least four weeks prior to the oral examination (defense).
Dissertation Defense
Deadline: date TBD
Final Dissertation/Document Review
Deadline: date TBD
For full policy see Dissertation and Final Oral Examination in the Graduate Catalog.
Upload to ProQuest and UNL Digital Commons
Deadline: date TBD
NOTE:
- While immediate publication in both ProQuest and the UNL Digital Commons is recommended, there is an option to temporarily restrict access to dissertations, known as embargoing.
- Dissertations will be uploaded to UNL Digital Commons as well as to ProQuest, unless an embargo is requested.
- If you choose to embargo your dissertation, it will be uploaded to ProQuest on the embargo expiry date, but not to the UNL Digital Commons unless otherwise requested.
- Upload only after approval by Graduate Studies.
Deposit Fees
Deadline: date TBD
NOTE: This payment is not part of your student account. You will receive email confirmation of this payment.
Report of Completion and Abstract Upload
Deadline: date TBD
Note: Ph.D. students must complete the Survey of Earned Doctorates. The Doctoral Programs Coordinator will automatically receive a notice of completion.
Note: Committee Chairs are responsible for submitting final 999 grades. Submit outstanding incomplete/no report grades for 999 credits by following this link: Thesis/Dissertation Grade Change
Form: Report of CompletionThe PDF forms on this page are Reader-Enabled: you can type in the form, save the PDF on your computer, then later reopen the file and change what you typed — if you use a current version of Adobe Acrobat software, such as the free Acrobat Reader. Other PDF-reading software may or may not support these features. See also: Troubleshooting Forms.