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Please email your forms to [email protected]. Although in-person assistance is not available due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are very responsive to email. Please do not hesitate to email the Graduate Division with any form-related questions you may have.
| General Forms | for degree type |
|---|---|
| addition/change of degree objective | all degrees |
| change of committee member(s) | all degrees |
| filing fee application (filing fee deadlines) | MA, MS, PhD |
| general petition | all degrees |
| registration in absentia | all degrees |
| misc. registrar's forms* (external link) | all degree types |
| Progression Forms** | for degree type |
|---|---|
| advancement to candidacy: physical therapy, SFSU† | DPT |
|
advancement to candidacy - PhD (submit online in the student portal)*† |
PhD only |
| application for qualifying exam (submit online in the student portal at least two weeks prior to taking the exam) | PhD |
| report on qualifying exam (to be submitted by the exam chair or program administrator immediately after the exam has been completed) |
PhD |
| Graduate Division Award Forms | for degree type |
|---|---|
| Graduate Division Travel Award application (suspended due to pandemic) | all degrees |
| Thesis, Dissertation, and Manuscript Related† † | for degree type |
|---|---|
| UCSF library release (DocuSign) | MA, MS, PhD, and DNP |
| electronic title pages | MA, MS, PhD, and DNP |
| Survey of Earned Doctorates (external link) | PhD |
| Doctoral Exit Survey (the survey link is manually sent to your UCSF email account upon submitting your dissertation to ProQuest.) | PhD |
* Includes forms related to California residency, registration, transcript and diploma requests, name change, and filing fee. These forms also available from the Office of the Registrar in MU-200W.
**Important Deadline: Advancement to Candidacy forms are due no later than the first day of the term in which you wish to advance.
† Students enrolled in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program do not need to submit paperwork in order to advance to candidacy. Please contact the PT program administrator if you have any questions.
† † Be sure to read the guidelines carefully before submitting documents.
