TROY commencement exercises are held in June of each year in Fort Walton Beach. Ceremonies
are also conducted annually in the Fall in Pensacola and in the Winter in Orlando.
Information about additional graduation opportunities will be provided as they are
developed. In order to participate, students must have filed an Intent to Graduate
by the cutoff date (one full term prior to registration for final courses) and have their
degree requirements certified by the University as officially completed.
Students are not official graduates until their degrees have been conferred by the
Chancellor of the Troy University System or his duly appointed representative at an official
graduation ceremony. Students may either attend the ceremony in person or receive
their degrees “In Absentia.”
The date which appears on the final transcript and the date which appears on the diploma may not be the same
because:
The date on the final transcript is the last day of the term in which the student completed
all degree requirements and for which the Intent to Graduate form was accepted.
Diplomas are printed twice each year, in June and December. The date on the diploma is the
month (June or December) which first occurs following degree completion.
Students who need to document their degree completion date should use the date completed entry
on the transcript, since the official transcript, and not the diploma, is the document normally
used to update records for promotion, merit pay, job placement, Officer Training School, etc.
Filing for Graduation
Submit an Intent to Graduate form and graduation checklist at any Troy location
by the filing deadline date listed in each Class Schedule and on the academic calendar noting that:
Undergraduate Intent to Graduate forms will not be processed unless all
nontraditional credits have been submitted. (This includes CLEP and DANTES scores.)
Graduate Intent to Graduate forms will not be processed until the student has been formally
admitted to candidacy and all transfer credit has been posted to the official file.
Late intents will be moved to the next term.
Complete the Intent to Participate form. It indicates whether students wish to:
Participate in the commencement exercise, Pick up their diploma at a TROY office
- OR -
Have the diploma mailed by certified mail.
File a transcript request for the free graduation transcript if it needs to be mailed to a
different address from the student's home address. (Active duty military must file
an additional request for a transcript to be sent to their Military Education Office to notify
them of degree completion. There is no additional charge for the Education Office transcript.)
Pay the graduation fee of $50.00 which covers processing and mailing fees.
Cap and gown purchase fee is an additional charge for participants.
Clear any past due accounts with TROY.
Clear any library obligation.
*Students will not receive diplomas, graduation transcripts, letters of completion unless they have paid in full all outstanding financial obligations to TROY.
This includes assessment for unreturned library materials
.
Intent to Graduate
An Intent to Graduate form must be submitted by the date shown on the Academic Calendar.
