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Please use the Online Graduate Admission Application.
Although we no longer provide printable applications, if you are unable to access an application form because you lack reliable internet access or you do not have a credit card for payment, please send a message or a note to our postal address to see if alternative arrangements can be made.
Graduate School
Oregon State University
Heckart Lodge, 2900 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
U.S.A
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If you have already applied for admission but have not registered for any classes, you may use this form to request a change of term. One term change within the academic year is allowed. (Example: An application originally submitted for fall 2013 can be changed to winter 2014 or spring 2014. Summer begins the new academic year.) Requesting more than one term change or term changes to new academic years requires a new application and fee.
Please allow at least 10 days for processing in the Graduate School. Processing times within the departments vary. Some departments only accept new applications in the fall term. You can check for your department here: Majors, Minors, Certificates
The application fee is valid for one degree, major and academic year. Applying for multiple graduate majors requires multiple application forms and fees. Please use the Online Graduate Admission Application to apply for another major.
Use this online form to change your mailing address or your email address if you have applied for admission but have not registered for any classes yet. If you have already registered for classes you can change your address yourself in MyOSU under “Personal Information,” and do not need to submit the online form.
Prior to admission** all international applicants, including applicants for graduate assistantships, must complete a form for the Academic Year for which they are applying:
The Certification of Finances form can be completed, saved, and printed using Adobe Reader. The printed form must be signed by hand, but it can then be scanned, saved as a PDF, and uploaded into your application. If you do not have a scanner, the signed paper form can be faxed, mailed, or hand-delivered to the Graduate School.
**NOTE: Financial documentation is not required at the time of application. You may scan and upload financial documentation with your application materials OR you may wait until after your application has been accepted by the department/program. If your application is accepted, the Graduate School will contact you via email to request the financial materials. If you will be taking courses as a distance student through OSU Extended Campus, and you will not be entering the U.S., we ask that you complete the Certification of Finances form but proof of funding is not required.
If you are a current OSU graduate student and want to change your degree (for example, from a PhD to an MS, or from an MS to a PhD), or if you want to change the major you are studying, you will need to submit a Change of Degree/Major/Certificate form to the Graduate School.
Diplomas are issued four times a year, at the end of each term. You must complete a diploma application form to receive your diploma. Diplomas are available from the Registrar's Office approximately three weeks after the end of the term. Diplomas earned during Spring term are available at Commencement. Your diploma will reflect the degree awarded. Your transcript will reflect the academic major and degree awarded.
If you are pursuing more than one degree at the time you submit your diploma app, and if it defaults to the higher degree please email the Graduate School and we will manually change it for you.
Log into MyOSU
Select the Graduate Student tab
In the My Graduate Degree box, under Graduation please select Graduate Students – Apply to Graduate.
Complete an Exam Scheduling Form to schedule all exams required by the Graduate School. See Procedures for Examinations and Formal Meetings to determine which meetings require this form.
Exam forms must be submitted two weeks prior to the exam date. If you are submitting this form late, please call 541-737-4881 during business hours to discuss your options.
Complete this online form to document foreign language proficiency for the Master of Arts degree. Language requirements are set by individual programs and/or committees. Please talk to your program if you have questions.
Complete this online form to document foreign language proficiency for a doctoral degree. Language requirements are set by individual programs and/or committees. Please talk to your program if you have questions.
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Use the Leave of Absence form to apply for a leave of absence.
Note: Completed (with signatures) Leave of Absence Form must be received by the Graduate School at least 15 working days prior to the first day of the term involved.
Unless on approved leave of absence, all graduate students in degree and certificate programs must register continuously for a minimum of 3 graduate credits, excluding summer session, until their degree or certificate is granted or until their status as a credential-seeking graduate student is terminated. See the catalog for more information on registration requirements. Approved leave of absence includes, but is not limited to, Family and Medical Leave, as defined by the Graduate School's Family and Medical Leave Policy for Graduate Students.
Please review the Leave of Absence and Family Medical Leave eligibility comparison tool for questions about the differences between the standard leave of absence and FML.
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Changes to the Program of Study must be filed prior to the final exam, either by using a Petition to Change Program form, or by submitting a revised Program of Study.
All Doctoral students and Master's students who are writing a thesis (as well as all MAIS students) are required to include a Graduate Council Representative on their committee. The Graduate Council Representative (GCR) serves in the role of impartial committee member who advocates for the student and insures that all rules governing committee procedures are followed. He or she must be present at your final defense of your thesis. You must select a GCR from the list generated by the online GCR list generation tool. After you have identified a representative, indicate on the list the faculty member serving in that role. You must then return the list to Graduate School by emailing it to graduate.school@oregonstate.edu, dropping it off in person to Heckart Lodge, or sending it through campus mail. Watch a video about finding a GCR.
Although the Graduate School requires formal program meetings for doctoral and MAIS students, students are not required to formally schedule the program meetings with the Graduate School. Prior to a program meeting, doctoral and MAIS students need to select a GCR from a list provided by the Graduate School and schedule the meeting with all committee members. Following the meeting, doctoral and MAIS students will submit the signed Program of Study form to the Graduate School. In addition to this:
As a regular graduate student, you must file a Program of Study with the Graduate School. Students who do not file a Program within the specified deadline for their degree will not be allowed to register for the next term. A registration hold will also be placed on graduate students whose Programs of Study are not approved after initial evaluation by the Graduate School. You must submit your Program of Study on a form provided by the Graduate School:
If your major or program is listed below, you may use the digital program of study instead of a paper form. When logging in please use the OSU Login button. To file a bug report please email gradschool.helpdesk@oregonstate.edu. For academic assistance please contact your program or graduate.school@oregonstate.edu.
Login to Digital Program of Study
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Students may be able to transfer selected graduate credits from a previously attended institution if all university guidelines on transfer credits are met (see Policies Governing All Graduate Programs, Transfer Credit in the OSU General Catalog) and if the student's graduate program decides the courses are applicable to the proposed OSU degree. Students may submit the Request for Transfer Credit form if they wish to determine whether the courses might be eligible for transfer credit and available for use on an OSU graduate program of study.
If you are a current OSU graduate student and are changing your master’s degree from a thesis degree to a non-thesis degree, please submit the Working Equivalence of Thesis/Non-thesis Credit form to the Graduate School.
Please review commencement directions for spring and summer completing students.
Additional forms for summer completing students. Submit the appropriate form to Julie Kurtz:
This form is for current PharmD or DVM students to request adding a second concurrent degree. Submissions of this form are a request and approval is not guaranteed.
Request for concurrent graduate and professional degree form
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Upon completion of the courses required for a graduate certificate, the program director notifies the Graduate School that the student is ready to have the certificate awarded. This form is provided for the convenience of the certificate program director when this step is to be completed. Programs are not required to use this form, but they should indicate the courses completed and tell the Graduate School which term should be identified on the student's transcript.
Online Form (ONID login required)
This form is used to petition an exception to the minimum English Language Proficiency requirements for admission to the Graduate School. All requests must be submitted by the Department Head, Program Chairperson, Graduate Program Director or designated faculty. Program Coordinators may submit the petition on behalf of the designated faculty. Please indicate how the applicant may qualify for an exception. Additional documentation (ie: a letter of support, transcripts from another school’s ESL program, writing samples, test scores, etc.) may be submitted as an upload to support the petition.
Although faculty members are eligible to enroll for courses at staff fees, such course work may not be applied to a graduate degree without prior approval of the Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. Learn more about this policy.
