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fall and spring term are considered to have withdrawn; their Graduate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 last
Graduate School registration was prior to Spring 2008, 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 (for spring 2008 use 5-digit class number
71702; for summer 2008 use 5-digit class number 86550; for fall 2008 use 5-digit class number 26622) 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 .
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