Academic Forms & Guidelines

• Graduate School Administration Submissions Portal

Submit the following completed PDF forms by clicking the button above.

• Missing Grade (administrators only) 
• Request for Transfer Credit 

Academic Workflows

See the following links for the appropriate user guides:

Workflow | University Registrar | Vanderbilt University

YES User Guides | Registration | University Registrar | Vanderbilt University

• Appoint or Change Academic Adviser 

• Certificate Program 

  • Certificate Declaration 

  • Certificate Completion 

• Doctoral Actions 

  • Appoint or modify the Ph.D. committee 
  • Schedule or modify the qualifying exam 
  • Schedule or modify the dissertation defense
  • Extend deadline to enter candidacy (Qualifying Exam Extension) 
  • Extend candidacy (to defend and graduate)
  • Submit the results of the qualifying exam 
  • Submit the results of the dissertation defense

• Enrollment Forms 

  • Grad Credit for Undergrad/Prof Course
  • Permission to Audit 
  • Independent Study (Individual Study link on YES landing page)  
  • Course Withdrawal (after Open Enrollment; Link on YES landing page) 

• Graduation  

  • Graduation Intent (Link on YES landing page) 
  • Graduation Confirmation (Graduation link on YES landing page) 
  • Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines 
  • List of Requirements and Deadlines for Graduation