Graduation Information (Advancement to Candidacy)

Step 1. Enroll in your final course.  (If you are pursuing the Capstone Project [ENGR 299], you will need to find an *advisor to supervise your project.) *Your advisor must be a ladder faculty member within UCLA Samueli.

Note: Students cannot self-register in ENGR 299. Please e-mail msengrol@seas.ucla.edu with your name, UID, and the name of your advisor and we will enroll you in this course.

Step 2. Review a sample and complete the Master’s Advancement to Candidacy (MATC) petition.

Step 3. Email your completed MATC petition to msengrol@seas.ucla.edu no later than the second week of the quarter you expect the award of the degree. All required signatures will be obtained on your behalf. Due dates can be found on our Academic Calendar.

Commencement
The Samueli School of Engineering commencement ceremony is held annually in June and is organized by the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Please visit the UCLA Samueli Commencement website for detailed information regarding logistics, eligibility, and tickets.

Update Forwarding Mail and E-mail Addresses
A student in the final term should inform the Registrar’s Office of postal mail and e-mail address changes. An address change can be made on MyUCLA, at 1113 Murphy Hall, or through BruinBill. A student who plans to move at the end of the degree-expected term and who will not have access to MyUCLA should file an address change, that identifies a future mailing address and effective date, before leaving.

Submit Name Change
A legal name change to be included on a diploma should be submitted to the Registrar’s Office, 1113 Murphy Hall, (MSOL can also send it on your behalf) by the last day of the degree-expected term for names to appear correctly. 

Diplomas
Students should specify name details and delivery method before the diploma is processed. Diplomas are available about three months after degree award.

Submit Diploma Instructions
Towards the end of the degree-expected term, students should access the MyUCLA Diploma Request feature to:

• Provide diploma release instructions: request in-person pickup, agent pickup, or mail delivery
• Identify punctuation or accent marks for the name to be printed on the diploma

Check FERPA Privacy Status
Students should check their privacy and FERPA options through MyUCLA before they graduate. A student with a FERPA restriction will not appear in UCLA online directories or commencement publications.

Bruin Online (BOL) Service Expiration

Students who have completed a degree are automatically eligible for continued Google Workspace access. Alumni will retain Gmail, Contacts, and Calendar access and have a 5 GB quota. Google Drive access and any Google Workspace services that rely on Drive for cloud storage will be deactivated. For more information about why these service level changes are occurring please see our Google Workspace Service Adjustments website.

Your access to all non-email BOL services will be deactivated after you are no longer registered. This includes Google Drive, Google Photos, VPN, proxy, wireless, and webspace as well as access to licensed software/services such as Office 365 for students, Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, etc. You will receive e-mail messages notifying you of the exact date(s) as to when your access to these services will end. In some instances you may lose access to a service immediately upon your graduation/retirement from the university. For example, Box, Slack, and Zoom. Please back up any important personal data before then (i.e. Box, Google Drive, Office 365, etc.).