Forms and Petitions
While the Office of the University Registrar maintains a list of documents that are commonly needed from all Â鶹´«Ã½ students, the following forms and petitions may be necessary during your graduate education at SLU. The process and approvals needed for these vary.
Admission and Status
- Petition for Admission into a Doctoral Program: This form is to be used only by a recipient of a master's degree from Saint Louis University within the past three years.
- Petition to Advance from Probationary to Classified Status: With this form, the probationary student requests recognition of the proposed major field as formally pursuing the degree sought.
Changes or Amendments to Program of Study
- Petition to Amend the Graduate Program: This form is to be used to change your major field of study, change your degree sought within the same major, add or delete a minor field, etc. This form is not to be used to initiate advancement from probationary to classified status or if seeking doctoral admission in the major field upon completion of a master's degree in that field.
- Petition to Pursue a Certificate within a Degree Program: This form is only to be used by the classified student desiring to pursue a certificate concurrent with an advanced degree.
- Petition for Time Period Extension to Complete Degree Requirements: This form is to be used by a master's or doctoral student to petition for an extension of the time period to complete the degree requirements.
Courses and Credits
- Petition for Transfer of Credit: This form is to be used to transfer graduate coursework credits earned elsewhere as a non-degree or transient student.
- Petition for Probationary Admission Enrollment: Students on probationary admission with registration holds may use this form to petition for permission to enroll in courses. Approval will override holds related to probationary admission only.
- Petition for Advanced Standing of a Doctoral Student: This form is to be used to document completed, advanced coursework taken elsewhere that is applicable to a student's current doctoral program.
- General Petition Form: This form is to be used if none of the above specific petitions apply to your request.
Graduation and Diplomas
- Apply to graduate: This will link you to the University Registrar where you may apply online to graduate.
- Petition for Late Application for Graduation
Master Forms and Policies
- Master's Thesis Proposal (June 2024)
- Master's Oral Exam Request Form (June 2024)
- Master's Candidacy Checkout Procedures: Non-Thesis Option (June 2024)
- Master's Candidacy Checkout Procedures: Thesis Option (June 2024)
For more information on completing these forms, contact Janie Henderson, M.A., at masterscandidacyspecialist@slu.edu.
Doctoral Forms and Policies
- Notification of Readiness for the Public Oral Presentation of the Ph.D. Dissertation (March 2017)
- Process for Ph.D. Students (October 2023)
- Process for Ed.D. Students (October 2023)
- Doctoral Oral Examination Form (April 2017)
For more information on completing these forms, contact Christine Harper, Ph.D., at christine.harper@slu.edu.