Admitted Graduate Students
General Information for Admitted Applicant
Orientation
Please check with your College for more information.
Finalizing Your Graduate Admission
If your admission is provisional, pending the receipt of missing application materials, you have the first semester of enrollment to provide those items.
Failure to submit the necessary materials may result in a registration hold for your second semester of study.
Transcripts must be official, in English, and must show the award of the degree earned Test Scores must be submitted to USF directly from Educational Testing Services. The institutional code for USF is 5828.
Transfer of Credit Earned at Another Institution
Up to 12 graduate-level credit hours earned at another institution may be transferred into the admitting program at the discretion of the admitting program. Contact your program/faculty advisor for information.
Enrollment
ALL students must provide proof of immunization to Student Health Services before they will be allowed to register for classes. These forms are sent to admitted students by the Office of Admissions. All necessary forms may be downloaded from the SHS site. Students must enroll for the term to which they have been admitted to validate their admission.
Students may register online using OASIS.
Students must enroll for the term to which they have been admitted to validate their admission.
Students who cannot enroll for the admitted term must request a Deferment of Admission directly from the admitting program.
Change of Program
Graduate students who decide after entering a program that they wish to change graduate programs must do so through their College, not the Office of Graduate Admissions.
Change of Program Request will NOT be considered for graduate students in their first semester of study. Only a continuing graduate student enrolled for study in a particular program who wishes to change to another program at the same or lower level must complete the Change of Program Request Form. It is up to the discretion of the student’s original program to determine if a Change of Program is appropriate and will be granted. This form must be signed both by the current program and the new program, after which it must be submitted to Academic Affairs for approval. If approved by Academic Affairs, the Change of Program Request Form is then sent to the Office of the Registrar for processing.
NOTE: Some programs may require another application to be submitted because the Change of Program Request Form does not contain sufficient information for them to make a decision. You should check with the new program before completing any paperwork.
