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Acceptable Approvals/Signatures for Forms

There are three possibilities for approving or signing the forms below:

  • Adobe Signature - Adobe signature with a scanned image of a wet signature. Please see Adobe's Quick Start Guide.
  • Wet Signature/Copy of Wet Signature - Traditional original ink signature on paper.
  • UC Merced Email - Forms should be completed online and forwarded as an email attachment to the appropriate persons for approval. Signers should indicate, "I approve" or "I do not approve" and add any notes they wish in the body of the email, and then forward it (with form attached) to the next person for approval via UC Merced email. The email approvals should be submitted through a single email trail. The final person to approve/disapprove should forward the form and email trail to gradservices@ucmerced.edu, with a copy to the school's graduate coordinator.

Please note: Forms submitted without acceptable approvals/signatures will be considered incomplete and will NOT be processed. When a form is processed, the student will receive an email notification to their UC Merced email account.

Enrollment and Status Forms

Please submit completed forms to gradservices@ucmerced.edu for Graduate Dean review and processing.

Qualifying Examination and Advancement to Candidacy

**As of Fall 2022, all qualifying examinations and dissertation defenses are to be held in person by default. The student and all in-residence committee members are required to attend the examination/defense in person.

Advancement to Candidacy (Master's & PhD students): *Please connect with your Program Support Staff before submitting the electronic form.

Please reference the Advancement to Candidacy approval flow chart once submitted

Graduation Information and Forms