Maintaining Active Status

New Graduate School Registration Requirement Effective Fall 2002

Effective Fall 2002, ALL Graduate School students will be required to register in the Graduate School every fall and spring term in order to maintain active status. This is a change from the previous policy that required Graduate School registration once per year.

Maintaining active status is critical and is required in order to participate in the University community as a Graduate School student. Participating in the University community includes registering for coursework, taking examinations, submitting milestone forms, or filing for graduation. Students not registered every fall and spring term are considered to have withdrawn; their Graduate School records are deactivated. Those who wish to resume graduate work must request readmission to the Graduate School (and if readmitted, must register) to reactivate their status.

Effective Fall 2002, Grad 999 - a zero-credit, zero-fee, non-graded registration option - will be an option for those Graduate School students who must register solely to meet the Graduate School's registration requirement. Students should check with their department office for eligibility.

If your Graduate School status has been discontinued, you will be required to seek readmission. Change of Status/Readmission forms are available in the Graduate School office (309 Johnston; 612-625-3014); graduate program offices; and online . If your request for readmission is approved you will be required to register the term for which you are readmitted and every subsequent fall and spring term until you complete all degree requirements and graduate.

Confer with your adviser and/or DGS to determine what you should register for each term. You should consider the following in addition to any criteria outlined by your adviser and/or DGS:

• Do you have course credits or thesis credits that must be taken to complete graduate program and/or Graduate School degree requirements?
• Do you have to be registered part-time or full-time to meet any internal/external registration requirements in addition to the Graduate School's fall/spring registration requirement (for example, obtaining financial aid; holding an assistantship; maintaining legal visa status; deferring loans)? What number of credits (and what type of credits) will meet the requirements of those internal/external departments or agencies?
• If you have completed all coursework and (if applicable) thesis credit requirements, and you do not have to be registered to meet any requirement other than the Graduate School's fall/spring registration requirement to maintain active status, you may wish to confer with your adviser/DGS about Grad 999 registration.

For questions about the readmission process, please contact Graduate School Admissions in 309 Johnston or by phone at 612-625-3014.

For questions about how the registration requirement will impact you, please contact the Graduate Student Services and Progress Office in 316 Johnston.

Master's students may call

612-625-4019 or email gsmast@umn.edu

Doctoral students may call

612-625-0168 or email gsdoc@umn.edu .

Related Links:

• Change of Status/Readmission
• Grad 999 Registration