Assumption University holds one Graduate School Commencement Exercise in May of each year. Students completing master’s degree or CAGS requirements at the end of the summer, fall, and spring semesters are eligible to participate in the ceremony held in May of that academic year.
Master’s degree students anticipating completion in the summer may attend Commencement in the preceding May as degree-in-progress candidates if the following conditions are met:
- The student is in good academic standing.
- The student is no more than 6 credits shy of meeting graduation requirements at the end of the spring semester.
- The student anticipates completing the remaining coursework by the end of the Summer or Summer II Semester.
- The student has the permission of their program director, who will inform the Registrar of all eligible degree-in-progress candidates early in the spring semester.
The official Assumption University diploma will not be awarded until all graduation requirements are met. Students allowed to participate in Commencement as degree-in-progress candidates will receive diploma cases containing their in-progress status and their names will be marked as “Degree in Progress” in the Commencement program.