This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device.

Skip Navigation skip menu and banner
University of Wyoming

UW Graduate School Forms & Petitions
                    (For Publications, See Below)

Files marked <PDF> require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Most forms can be filled out on-line then printed to obtain signatures.

Alex Wolf, Animal Science
Rebecca Atkinson, Animal Science

*Checklist and Timeline for Forms*

Application/Admission
Apply Online
Letter of Recommendation
Graduate Assistantship Application
Advisor's Report
Confidential Financial Statement
Application for Residency
Admissions Form - for departmental use only <PDF>
Countries Where English is the Native Language (for waiver of TOEFL)

Program of Study
 Committee Assignment/Change Form
Instructions and Program of Study Form
Request for Change in Graduate Program
Addendum for Minor to the Program of Study

Graduation Packet
Research Involving Human Subjects:
---Office of Research and Economic Development
---Required Appendix to Master's Theses, Doctoral Dissertations and Plan B Papers
Thesis/Dissertation Format Guide <PDF>
Graduation/Title Form  This form puts you on the list for graduation.  Please type the appropriate information then either:
1) e-mail the file to your major professor and ask him/her to print the form out and sign it before forwarding it to your department head and Graduate School, or
2) print the form yourself and have your major professor and department head sign the form before it is submitted to the Graduate School.
Completion of Requirements Form Instructions
Completion of Requirements Form  This form must be received by the Graduate School for a graduate degree to be awarded.
Certificate of Approval
Graduate Faculty Representative's Evaluation Form
Graduation Deadlines

Change of Status
Use the Change of Status form to change any one or a combination of adviser, major, minor, option/concentration, college, and/or graduate status.  You will be notified by e-mail or phone when the change has been made.  The Graduate School staff will then forward the form to the Office of the Registrar for you.

GA Nomination Payroll Form 
GA Nomination Payroll Form    -Hiring form for UW Staff Only

Institutional Review Board
Research Involving Human Subjects:
---Office of Research and Economic Development
---Required Appendix to Master's Theses, Doctoral Dissertations and Plan B Papers

Petitions and Instructions
 UW New Parent Accommodation Policy
    New Parent Accommodation Petition

Request to Reserve Coursework for Graduate Credit  - only for those who are truly seniors in their academic major(s)
Exception Request 
Limitation of 12 Enrichment Hours
    Petition Instructions
    Petition Form
Completion of Master's Degree Within Six Years
    Petitions Instructions
    Petition Form
    Attachment A: Six-Year Rule
Completion of the Doctoral Degree Within Four Years After Passing the Comprehensive Exam
    Petition Instructions
    Petition Form
Continuous Registration Required (leave of absence)
    Petition Instructions
    Petition Form
Petition for Academic Reinstatement
Overload Petition

Report of Preliminary Examination for the Ph.D. or Ed.D. Degree
Report of Preliminary Examination for the Ph.D. or Ed.D. Degree

Miscellaneous
Optional Student Fee Package Petition
 Guidelines for Appeals
Nomination for Graduate Faculty Status
Travel Funding Application
 Nomination Form Letter for Graduate Faculty Status - Non-Faculty Member

UW Publications for Graduate Studies

Files marked <PDF> require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Thesis and Dissertation Format Guide <PDF>
    Please Note: The Dean's name on the approval page should be listed as:
        Don Roth, Dean, The Graduate School

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering lab

Graduate School Bulletin
View UW Dissertations Online