Graduation
A student who expects to receive a degree or certificate must submit an Application for Graduation and graduation fee. This form is available online and at all campuses. The application must be submitted no later than the start of the student's final term of coursework. Any application submitted after the established deadline may be assessed a late processing fee of $40 in addition to the regular graduation fee. Students must complete separate applications for each degree and/or certificate expected to be received.
Applications should be mailed or faxed (410-516-9817) with the appropriate graduation fee to the Registrar's Office, Professional Schools Administration, Johns Hopkins University, ATTN: Graduation, 6740 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 110, Columbia, MD 21046.
Please go to onestop.jhu.edu/registration/ to pay your graduation fee online.
For graduation application deadlines, see the academic year calendar on pages 3-4 of this catalog. Students who are planning to graduate should complete all coursework on time and should not request or receive the grade of I (incomplete) during their final term.
Approximately one month after the semester begins, students who have submitted the Application for Graduation receive confirming letters from the graduation coordinator. Their names are placed on the tentative graduation list for the semester in which they anticipate completing their degree requirements.
The Carey Business School Academic Council meets three times each year to review candidates for graduation and to make recommendations to the university president for commencement. Students completing all requirements at the end of the May session and summer sessions are reviewed by the Academic Council in October; those finishing at the end of the fall semester are reviewed in February; and those finishing at the end of the January intersession and spring semester are reviewed in May. After the Academic Council meets in October and February, students on the graduation list receive letters confirming the council's action.
Students in degree programs who finish their studies during the 2007-2008 academic year will receive their diplomas at the May commencement exercises. Students in certificate programs receive their diplomas via postal service. Commencement information is sent to those on the tentative graduation list the first week in April. To receive their diplomas, students must pay all student accounts in full and resolve all outstanding charges of misconduct and violations of academic integrity. For graduation fees, see the Tuition and Fees section (pages 20-21). Johns Hopkins diplomas indicate the degree and major without identifying the student's concentration.
Students who apply after the deadline may not receive their diplomas at commencement nor have their names listed in the commencement brochure. Late applicants may also need to wait until the following year depending on the time the application was submitted. The deadlines for submitting the application and fees are as follows:
Term Deadline
Summer May 31
Fall August 31
Spring January 11
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