Graduate Academic Guidelines

Graduate Catalog

Graduate School Minimum Degree Requirements

Master's Thesis Guidelines

Ph.D. Dissertation Guidelines

Graduate School Web Site

Graduate School Catalog

Academic Programs/Major Areas of Study

International Student Services

Guide to Graduate Student Life

Visitor & Information Programs

The following documents describe the requirements to earn a graduate degree at UW-Madison. Courses listed include courses we expect you have taken as an undergraduate. If you do not have one or more of these courses, you will be required to take them during your graduate program. Most of our graduate students enter without one or more of these expected course, and missing some of these courses will not prevent you from being admitted. These files are fillable pdf files that require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

M.S. Certification Form

Ph.D. Certification Form

Change of Major Form

Credit Overload Form

Course Change Form

Transcript Request Form

Academic Calendar

Commencement Information

MS - Expecting Your Degree

PhD - The 3 D's - Deadlines, Defending and Depositing Your Dissertation

ISS - International Student Services

ISS - Newsletter