Graduation
Congratulations! Take the following steps to apply for graduation!
If you are pursuing a Major outside of the College of Natural Sciences, please contact and apply for graduation separately with your other College Advising office. Contact us at cnsadvis@hawaii.edu or 808-956-5911 if you have any questions.
1. Fill out the following paperwork (to be submitted in the Google Form below):
- Application for Degree: Students pursuing more than one major within the College of Natural Sciences will need to submit an Application for Degree for each Major.
- Verification of Minor (if applicable): Please meet with your Minor Advisor and complete the Verification of Minor Form
- System Application for Graduation in Absentia (if applicable): If you are completing your final course(s) at another institution, please complete the System Application for Graduation in Absentia
- Biochemistry and Chemistry:
- STAR note regarding any remaining major courses needed for graduation.
- Computer Science and Information & Computer Science:
- STAR note regarding any remaining major courses needed for graduation.
- Astronomy, Astrophysics, Mathematics and Physics:
- Complete a Graduation Worksheet to confirm any remaining major courses needed for graduation.
Please allot approximately 20 minutes to complete this form.
Finished your Application for Graduation? Register for Commencement!
Commencement registration opens:
- Spring: early February
- Fall: early September
Remember to print out your name card as well.
Note: If you are a summer graduate you will walk in the semester you indicated on your Application for Degree. There is no summer commencement ceremony.
Need to verify graduation before your diploma is ready?
Fill out a Request for Written Verification
This online form is used to submit a request for a letter that can certify the following:
- I am in my final semester and currently completing all of my remaining degree requirements.
- I have finished all degree requirements, my grades are posted, and am eligible for graduation. [Available once final grades are posted in STAR but before graduation has been certified. Student may submit grades via signed statements from instructors.]
- I have been approved for graduation. [Available after graduation has been certified and before the official Graduation List has been signed.]
- I have graduated but it is not yet on my transcripts.