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CWU offers a campus atmosphere where everyone feels like they belong — a place where people feel at home.

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It’s easy to apply at CWU, and our team of professionals can walk you through everything you need to know.

Academics

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CWU features more than 135 degree programs, and we are recognized nationally in a variety of key disciplines.

About

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CWU serves more than 10,000 students every year, priding ourselves on accessibility, affordability, and personability.

Student Services

Student Services

Student success is our top priority, and CWU’s staff and faculty go out of their way to put people on a path to greatness.

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Activities abound across the CWU campus, with clubs, internships, employment opportunities, and NCAA athletic programs.

School of Graduate Studies and Research

Graduation Procedures and Deadlines

Please follow these timelines rather than the deadlines posted by the registrar for undergraduate students.

 

 

Fall  2022

Winter 2023

Spring 2023

Summer 2023

Final Folder Check
This is your application for graduation or to earn a certificate. If for any reason you do not finish the quarter that you have requested the folder check for you must complete another folder check for the quarter that you will graduate or complete your certificate program. Results & required forms are emailed to your CWU EMAIL ADDRESS

On line Form

 Sept. 27, 2022 Jan. 10, 2023 April
3, 2023		 June 22, 2023

Permit to Schedule Orals/Portfolio review/Final exam

 Nov. 11, 2022 Feb. 17, 2023 May 19, 2023 July 21, 2023

Thesis Option Students
Download Guidelines/Regulations
Download Thesis Submission Flow Chart

- Final "Turn It In" version will be due  and all fees paid by these dates


Dec. 2, 2022

 Mar. 10, 2023

June 2, 2023

 Aug. 11, 2023

ALL degree requirements completed

 Dec. 9, 2022 Mar. 17, 2023 June 9, 2023 Aug. 18, 2023

Notes:

  • Final Folder Check Requests -  - Fill out this web form.

  • Fees: The following fees must be paid: $50 Graduate degree fee for all students. Students completing a thesis will be charged an additional $25 Master's Thesis processing fee.

  • Projects are submitted directly to your department.
  • Thesis are submitted through Canvas. You must have access to Canvas (indicated on your final folder request).

  • All degree candidates must complete the Exit Survey.

  • ALL degree and certificate requirements including clearance of "incompletes" must be cleared by the ALL degree requirements completed deadline (Above).

  • Graduate Hooding-Commencement Ceremony information -this is the link to the June 9, 2023 information. Students earning a certificate (and not a master's degree) are not eligible to partipate.

    Master's degree recipients wear hoods as part of their regalia, you can find what color hood by degree you will need.

 

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