Degree Completion
Resources for Degree Completion
Obtaining a graduate or professional degree involves the synchronization of many moving parts. The Texas A&M University Graduate and Professional School is working hard to ensure a smooth process through each degree milestone from matriculation to graduation. On this page, you’ll find links and information for everything you need to know to successfully navigate the processes you must complete to earn your degree.
Graduate and Professional Catalog
The Texas A&M University Graduate and Professional Catalog, published annually, provides information about the graduate and professional studies programs of Texas A&M University to students, prospective students, and faculty and staff of the university. Included is information concerning requirements for admission to graduate and professional studies at the university, services available to students, graduate and professional course offerings and listings of the administrative officers and the graduate faculty.
Steps to a Degree
See the necessary steps for fulfilling graduate degree requirements, including what you need to do, when you need to do it and who is involved in the approval process.
Documents, Forms and Approvals Systems
The Grad School provides various systems available to students, faculty, and staff for the purposes of processing documents and forms related to degree milestones, thesis/dissertation submission, award and appointment nominations, surveys and special requests.
Academic Requirements Completion System
Preliminary Exam Request
Preliminary Exam Grading
Residency
Admission to Candidacy
Research Proposal
Final Exam Request
Final Exam Exemption Request
Final Exam Grading
Copyright and Availability Form
Thesis Approval Request
Record of Study Approval Request
SED Survey
AAUDE Survey
Access ARCS via the Howdy Portal
Document Processing Submission System (DPSS)
Degree Plan
Coursework Petitions
Committee Petitions
Waivers and Exceptions
Time Limit Extension
Change in Major, Degree or Department
Vireo Thesis and Dissertation Submission System
Thesis
Dissertation
Record of Study
InfoReady Nomination and Application System
Avilés Johnson Fellowship Nominations
Dissertation Fellowship Application
GREAT Program Supplemental Funding Requests (submitted by staff, faculty, admin)
GREAT Program Travel Award Reimbursement Requests (submitted by staff, faculty, admin)
Montgomery Award Applications and Nominations
Pathways to the Doctorate Collaboration Grant Proposals
Pathways to the Doctorate Fellowship Nominations
Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship Nominations
Texas A&M Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominations
SEC Emerging Scholars Program
Graduate Committee Faculty Portal
Graduate Committee Faculty Nominations
Special Appointments
Annual Review of Faculty
Access the Grad Committee Faculty Portal
Adobe Sign
Letter of Completion Request
Letter of Intent
Special Request Letter
Graduate Student Graduation Cancellation Form
Non-Resident Tuition Waiver Request Form
Non-Resident Tuition Waiver Request for Spouse/Dependents of Graduate Assistants
GREAT Program Supplemental Funding Reimbursement Form
Request for Fellowship Deferment
Request for Fellowship Reinstatement
Teaching Assistant Training and Evaluation Program (TATEP)
New Teaching Assistants each semester
Compliance of training (Teaching Assistant Institute/FERPA)
Departmental Compliance Reports
College/School Compliance Reports
Update Department/College Users of TATEP System
Certificates generated for TATEP Compliance
Section Request System
Approval of 689 Requests
Additional Resources
Fulfilling your master’s, doctoral, or first-professional doctoral degree requirements can seem overwhelming at first. The information and services below can direct you to the appropriate resource or process you need to complete each phase of your journey.
Howdy Portal
The first step to making sure you are on the right track for fulfilling your degree program is to become familiar with Howdy, Texas A&M’s web portal that connects you with records and resources pertaining to your individualized plan. If you haven’t already, set up your student account to access class registration, student schedules, degree evaluations and more.
Establishing a Graduate Advisory Committee
Most programs require that you work with your department or program to establish your advisory committee as a part of your degree planning process. Check with your committee chair or advisor for details. The Graduate Faculty Search can assist you in selecting members of your committee.
University Writing Center
The University Writing Center provides tools and advising services to help improve your writing and public speaking skills
POWER WRITING SUPPORT SERVICES
POWER provides motivational and instrumental support for graduate students’ academic writing through services such as individual writing consultations, writing and practicing in Writing Studios and graduate-level writing productivity classes.
OVERLEAF LATEX AUTHORING AND EDITING TOOL
Texas A&M offers free Overleaf Professional accounts for all students who would like to use an online LaTeX editor for their final projects. Overleaf is designed to facilitate the process of writing, editing and receiving feedback from faculty advisors.
OVERLEAF LATEX AUTHORING AND EDITING TOOL
Graduation
Graduation is the ceremony celebrating degree conferral, contingent on the completion of all requirements by the specified deadlines. Doctoral students who participate in the graduation ceremony have the opportunity to be hooded. Texas A&M University holds graduation ceremonies three times per year, in May, December and August.
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