After You Return

This information was taken out of the General Handbook* on pages 30-31.

Finishing Your Degree Requirements While Studying Abroad

• Before you leave campus for your study abroad program, ask for a degree audit at Degree Audit and Diploma Services. The audit will tell you the remaining requirements you must fulfill for graduation. Bring the degree audit with you to your program site; it will help you to select your classes. You should also meet with your Major Advisor before your departure to discuss your selection of classes overseas and how they may or may not work with your academic plan.
• You can get information on graduation at the Registrar's Office.
• Your degree will be final after all of your course equivalents and grades from abroad have been processed, you request a degree audit, and the audit confirms that you fulfilled all requirements. Your official graduation date will coincide with the UW-Madison semester in which you completed your degree requirements. However, your official graduation date may not appear on your transcript until a later date, due to the delay in receiving grades from abroad and processing course equivalencies.
• After your grades have been posted on your transcript, you should contact the Degree Audit and Diploma Services office and ask to be audited for graduation. This audit is a critical step in the process of your degree being awarded. If you have not completed all of your requirements, Degree Audit and Diploma Services will notify you provided you have given them a current address. Please contact Degree and Audit via E-mail or via telephone at 608-262-3782. Also note that degree audits can also be ordered through My UW on the web.
  

Attending Graduation Ceremony on the UW-Madison campus

If you wish to attend a graduation ceremony but cannot be on campus for the ceremony in the term in which you graduate, you may attend a later ceremony. Commencement ceremonies are organized by the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, 133 Bascom Hall. For answers to questions about the commencement ceremonies, call 608-262-9076 or 608-262-3956. You can also obtain information on participation in a graduation ceremony via Internet at the Registrar's Office.

If you are going to participate in graduation ceremonies and need to order a cap and gown, you must send a fax to University of Wisconsin Bookstore at 608-257-9479. The fax should be addressed to:

University of Wisconsin Bookstore (UBS)
Attn: 1st Floor Service Desk
Tel: 608-257-3784
Fax: 608-257-9479

Make sure that your fax includes: your full name, your school or college on the UW-Madison campus, your UW ID number, your height, and your weight. The UW Bookstore will fax you back information on the fees for renting the cap and gown.

Consult the Office of Degree Audit and Diploma Services, 123 Peterson Building, 750 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, or call 608-262-3782, about obtaining your diploma if you do not plan to return to Madison. If you need to contact the Degree Audit and Diploma Services Office about your diploma, make sure that you provide your name, ID number, and your signature on any written correspondence.

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