Online Forms

You must have a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer to use these forms.

Take a few moments to create an account, and you can start your application to a degree-granting program today!

Students who are not enrolled in a degree-granting program but need academic credit for graduate courses must fill out this form.

Use this page to request information about graduate programs

Complete this form if you have been admitted to a graduate program but are unable to enroll for the admitted term. Deadline dates to submit deferral request for new term: November 1 - spring term, April 1 - summer term, July 1 - fall term.

These forms are used by third parties to evaluate your potential for graduate study.

This form is used by sponsors of international students to indicate levels of financial support.

This form is used by sponsors of international students to indicate levels of financial support.

This form is used by sponsors of international students to indicate levels of financial support.

This form is used by sponsors of international students to indicate levels of financial support.

(iPDF) The Nondegree Application (above) remains valid for one year from the date of admission. Students can use this form to continue receiving academic credit for courses taken while not in a degree-granting program. Note that if more than one year elapses before the continuation form is filed, the nondegree application fee must be paid again.

(iPDF) To have academic credits transferred to UAB, this form must be filled out and transcripts must be sent from the transferring institution.

Students in Class A and AA programs must make an official statement regarding student status.

Use this form for the mandatory student health plan.

Use this form if you already have major medical insurance coverage other than Viva Health student plan.

(iPDF) Undergraduate students must use this form before they can register for 500-, 600-, or 700-level courses.

Request for expedited cooperative admission for students participating in cooperative graduate degree programs

Use this form to audit a graduate course

Application used for reclassification of residency for tuition purposes

Form used to request additional work assignment. The additional assignment is not to exceed 10 hours per week for Graduate Student Trainees or 20 hours per week for Graduate Assistants and Graduate Student Assistants.

Form used to request absence from a program. The absence is not to exceed one academic year.

(iPDF) Once enrolled in a degree-granting program, students must fill out this form if they want to change to another program.

(iPDF, $30) You can use this form if you were admitted to a UAB graduate degree program within the last five years, have not registered for one or more years, and now wish to apply for readmission to the same program.

(iPDF) This form is used to nominate the chairperson and members of a student's Graduate Study Committee. If there is a change in committee assignment at any time during your course of study, you will need to submit the Change of Committee form (below) so that your records can be updated accordingly.

Changes to the Graduate Study Committee can be made by submitting this form to the Graduate School for approval. Please type the information into the form, save for your records, and email as an attachment to Lori Naramore: naramor3@uab.edu. If you prefer, it may be hand signed and brought to the graduate school as a paper from.

These forms and all required attachments must be completed and submitted to the Graduate School before you can register for research hours.

The application for degree must be submitted to the Graduate School no later than three weeks after the beginning of classes in the semester you expect to graduate (see Deadline Dates). A $50 fee will be charged to your student account. To verify that your application has been received, check your student account for that fee approximately five days after submission. If your graduation is postponed, a new application for degree must be completed for the appropriate semester and a reorder fee of $25 paid. Students must be registered for at least 3 semester hours of graduate work during the semester of graduation.

Note: Approval forms cannot be completed until an Application for Degree for the appropriate semester has been submitted to the Graduate School.

No later than 2 weeks before your thesis or dissertation defense, submit this form requesting your approval forms. Approval forms cannot be completed before the Graduate School has received your application for degree for the semester in which you plan to graduate. The committee members on your approval forms must exactly match those on your official records. If any member of your committee has changed, that change must be submitted on an official Change of Graduate Study Committee Form (available on this web site) before you request your approval forms.

All students completing a thesis or dissertation submit this Publication Agreement.

Your diploma will be mailed to the address listed on your Application for Degree form. To change this address, you must notify Laura Burchfiel either by completing this form and returning it to her at the mailing address listed at the bottom of this page or by emailing the form to her no later than your graduation date. Once this change is made all future correspondence from the Graduate School will be mailed to this address. This includes graduation issues and information about commencement.

All students completing a doctoral degree are required to submit the Survey of Earned Doctorates. Follow the online instructions and print out the Certificate of Completion to submit to the Graduate School with your completed dissertation. The Survey, which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, gathers data from all research doctorate graduates on their educational history, sources of support, and post-graduation plans. The completed survey responses become part of the Doctorate Records File, a virtually complete data bank on doctorate recipients from 1920 to the present and the major source of doctoral data at the national level. The profiles of doctorate recipients that emerge from these data serve policymakers at the federal, state, local, and university levels.

All Doctoral and Plan 1 Master’s degree students submit a PDF of the final committee-approved dissertation to the UAB/ProQuest ETD Administrator Site for final review by the Graduate School. Check each page your PDF carefully before submitting to this site. If no corrections in formatting are required by ProQuest or the Graduate School, this will be the final published version of your dissertation.

Use this form to order a replacement diploma.

(iPDF) Graduate program directors use these forms in nominations for Graduate Faculty status.

Students who are the subject of disciplinary action may appeal their case to the Graduate School Appeals Board. This is the appeal board for disciplinary action, not for academic requests such as waiving fees or changing grades.

(iPDF) Use this form to request exception to the policies for registration, withdrawal, or payment deadlines or fees.

Graduate School Employee Intra and Out of State Travel Request