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Please email your forms to [email protected]. Please do not hesitate to email Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs 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) (submit online in the student portal) | All degrees |
| Filing fee application, PhD - access on the Student Portal (filing fee deadlines) (important information regarding filing fee) | PhD |
| Filing fee application, MA, MS (filing fee deadlines) (important information regarding filing fee) | MA, MS |
General petition* (BioE students, read below**) *As of Fall 2020, the change of committee petition form was discontinued and replaced with an automated process accessible via the student portal. **Change of home campus for Berkeley-based BioE students (Berkeley to UCSF): please complete the petition and then send to Victoria Starrett. Victoria will then attach your official transcript and send to the Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Dean’s Office on your behalf for processing. | All degrees |
| Registration in absentia | All degrees |
| Misc. registrar's forms* (external link) | All degrees |
| Progression Forms** | For degree type |
|---|---|
| Advancement to candidacy: physical therapy, SFSU† | DPT |
| Advancement to candidacy - PhD (submit online in the student portal)*† *† As of Fall 2019, the advancement to candidacy form is no longer required for master's students. Please consult with your program if they want to continue tracking this information internally. | 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 Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Award Forms | For degree type |
|---|---|
| Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Travel Award application | All PhD 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. If submitted after the deadline, you will advance in the subsequent term in which you are registered.
† 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.