Forms

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• Admissions Forms

  Application Forms

  • Apply Now
    
  • Dual Graduate Program

  Other Forms

  • Readmission Form
    
  • Deferral Form

  • Insurance, Medical, Health Requirements for International Students and Scholars`

  • Petition for Second Graduate Program Form
  • Request to Enroll in Graduate Coursework for Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Program (PDF) 
    
    
  • Residency Information Form (Short Form for Tennessee Residents)
  • Graduate Academic Fresh Start

• Program Forms

  Change in Degreeworks

  Candidacy Forms

  • Candidacy Form for Doctoral Degree

  Candidacy forms for specific Ph.D. programs

  • Biomedical Sciences (Online / PDF)

  • Nursing Ph.D.

  • Early Childhood Education Ph.D.

  Committee Forms

  Appointment of Advisory Committee Form

  For Specific Ph.D. program

  • Early Childhood Education Ph.D.
    
  • Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.
  • Nursing Ph.D.

  Change of Committee Form
  

  For committee forms for Ed.D. - Please contact the College of Education

  
  Other Forms

  • Satisfaction of Required Provisions Form
  • Dual Graduate Programs
    
  • Extension of Time Form/Re-validation of Credit

  • Request to Enroll in Graduate Coursework for Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Programs
    
  • Request to Note Credits Earned Above Requirements for a Degree on Academic Record (Online / PDF)

  • Transfer Credit Form

• Thesis/Dissertation Forms 

  Oral Defense Forms

  • Notification of Oral Examination
    
  • Oral Defense Narrative from Grad Faculty Representative Form
  • Results of Examination, Report, Culminating Experience Form
    
  • Results of Examination, Residency Requirements, and Thesis Defense (Nursing Ph.D.)

  Submission and Review Information

  Options for submission forms requiring signatures (in order of preference for preparing and sending electronically during COVID-19):

  1. Sign (wet signature or image of signature), scan, and route form(s) via email
  2. No scanner?  Add your signature to the PDF, follow these instructions. Or take a photo of the form with your signature and send via email (forms requiring multiple signatures can come in separately if routing is not an option)
  3. Cannot sign?  Email  Emily Redd the content/answers to the forms.  Prepare and keep the originals and send by any means as soon as it is possible to do so, for our permanent records.  Obtaining originals will not delay students during the review/approval process as long as emails have been sent.

  • Checklist of Requirements

  • Thesis and Dissertation Guide

  • ETD Website

  Submission Forms

  • ETD Manuscript Review Form

  • ETD Release Form
    
  • ProQuest Author Agreement

  • Copyright Release Form
    
  • Pay Microfilm Fee Online

  • Survey of Earned Doctorates

  Awards

  • Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation Awards Nomination Form

• Graduation Forms

   Forms

  • Graduation Application
  • Change Graduation Term

  • Results of Examination, Report, Culminating Experience Form
    
  • Request to note Credits earned above Requirements for a Degree on Academic Record

   Results of Examination, Residency Requirements, and Thesis Defense

  • Early Childhood Education Ph.D.
    
  • Nursing Ph.D.

  For Graduation forms for Nursing Ph.D. - Please Contact the College of Nursing

• Registration and Readmission Forms

   

  Forms

  • Readmission Form
    
  • Deferral Form

  • Graduate Course Overload Form
    
  • Petition for Late Drop Form

  Policies

  • Policies for Graduate Courses
    
  • Request to Enroll in Graduate Coursework for Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Programs

• Graduate Assistant/Tuition Scholarship Forms

  Information:

  • GA/TS Handbook
    
  • GA/TS Requirements and Deadlines

  Forms:

  • Application for Employment Form
    (For use after completing a departmental contract. The following forms are also required:
    
    • Direct Deposit
    • W-4
      
  • GA/TS Contract System
  • GA/TS Job Vacancy Form (For departmental use only)
  • GA/TS Performance Review Form

• Graduate Coordinator/Advisor Forms

  Change in Program- Courses

  Standards of Academic Progress

  Coordinator Update Form

• Graduate Faculty Forms

  Forms

  • Application for Graduate Faculty Appointment
    
  • Application for Temporary Graduate Faculty Appointment
  • Volunteer Form (Required for Graduate Faculty that are not ETSU Employees)

  Other

  • Guidelines for Graduate Faculty Appointment

• Residency Forms

  Forms

  • Residency Information Form
    
  • Statement in Support of Application for Fee Classification for Part-Time Students
    
  • Residency Inquiry Form (Long Residency Form)
  • Border County Request for In-State Tuition Rate For students from selected counties in North Carolina and Virginia (Students will also need to complete the Residency Information Form)

  Residency Regulation

  • Regulations for Classifying Students In-State and Out-of-State
    
  • Residency Regulation

• Graduate Academic Fresh Start

   Graduate Academic Fresh Start
  

• Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA)

  Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) Membership Application (Online)

• Other Forms

  Other

  • OPI Score Report
    
  • Undergraduate Taking Graduate Classes
    
  • Withdrawal Appeals Form