The Ohio State University requires students to follow the curriculum within the degree that the student is earning. Pay particular attention to the bulleted items under the college requirements. To view your curriculum requirements for your degree within our college, students can run a degree audit for any outstanding requirements.

Please review the name on your Advising Report, Student Statement of Account or Degree Audit. This primary name is the one that will be printed on your diploma. If you want to change your name, including altering a middle name, you must complete a Request for Change of Record form and provide appropriate documentation. The form is completed online. Please submit the name change documents prior to completing your graduation application.

A meeting with your advisor can help evaluate any outstanding requirements, formulate a plan for graduation and determine the classes you need to take during your last two semesters. It is a best practice to prepare a copy of your current degree audit for this meeting.

Several companies visit campus to interview, and multiple career fairs occur throughout the year. Staff in CFAES Career Services can help with resumes, interview prep and more. You can also complete your profile on Handshake to find jobs, internships and other opportunities.

All CFAES undergraduate students must complete an application for graduation online. Students should plan to apply in the year prior to the semester they plan to graduate (for example, those who anticipate graduating in Spring of 2024 should apply in Spring of 2023). Timely applications are most beneficial to the student, but late applications are accepted. Applications received after the 10th week of a graduating term cannot be accepted and will be moved forward to the next semester. 

The application for your degree will be reviewed within approximately 3-4 weeks of submission and you will receive an email indicating approval or concerns that need to be addressed. Any changes in the course plan after application submission should be emailed to Cynthia Violet. It is your responsibility to understand the graduation requirements and the implications of altering your approved plan. 

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Update your Addresses (Local and Permanent) in your BuckeyeLink Student Center. "Change Address” to ensure you receive all pertinent information without delay. This is also the address used to mail diplomas if you do not attend commencement.

Pay any fees, tickets, fines, etc., before commencement. Students cannot receive their diploma, order transcripts or have other documents released if they have unresolved financial obligations to the university.

Any holds you have on your account will be displayed in the Holds section of your BuckeyeLink Student Center. Each hold will have an appropriate office to contact and resolve the issue.

Students who fail to complete the exit survey may not be able to graduate.

CFAES will send emails about events, commencement rehearsal, and commencement line-up. Please respond to any deadlines for event registrations and promptly attend to any other directives or requests.

The Ohio State University awards its students their actual diplomas at the Commencement ceremony, so it is very important to know who will attend. Students who will not attend Commencement are asked to notify their college with a Commencement Excusal Form. The form also allows you to specify arrangements for receipt of your diploma. 

Please complete the Commencement Excusal Form and submit it to CFAES-Academics@osu.edu or drop off to Room 100 Agricultural Administration as soon as possible, and no later than two weeks before Commencement.

Visit the Ohio State Bookstore to purchase graduation regalia, tassel and other graduation mementos.

Career Services would like to hear about your post-graduation plans! Graduating students will be sent a survey.