Application for Graduation

Steps Before Applying for Graduation

1. Inform your graduate program coordinator and graduate program director that you are applying for graduation.
2. Make sure you are registered for the semester you plan to graduate. Any students who intend to graduate in the spring or fall must register for at least one graduate credit. All doctoral and international masters students who will graduate in the summer must register for at least one graduate credit.

Please Note: The degree date that students apply for is the date they intend to receive the degree, not the date of a ceremony they wish to attend. 

Also, completion of the Graduation Application does not serve as registration for the May Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. Students will receive information on how to register for Doctoral Hooding after completing their application and being approved.  

Updating Graduation Application Information

• Email Registrar to update name or email GradGraduation@stonybrook.edu to update your mailing address, do not re-apply.
• If you need to cancel your degree application and/or register for the following semester, email your program coordinator a completed Change of Graduation Date form for approval. 

Application

PhD and DMA students apply for graduation through the Graduation Application google form. Master's and Advanced Graduate Certificate students apply for graduation via SOLAR.

After Friday, May 8, 2026, Master's and Advanced Graduate Certificate students can also apply through this application.

After Applying

An email notification will be sent out after degree application is processed, about 1-2 weeks after applying.

• Take a moment to complete the Graduate School Exit Survey
• Doctoral students should fill out the The U.S. National Science Foundation's Survey of Earned Doctorates.

Please Note: This is an application to receive your degree.  Please visit Conferences and Special Events' Commencement website to find out about participating in commencement ceremonies.