Graduation

Students can supply their expected graduation date by sending an email to registrar@umaryland.edu using your @umaryland email address. 

Contact your school registration department for next steps!

If you have applied for graduation in the past and did not graduate, you will not be able to complete a new graduation application. You will need to contact your school/program for assistance, a manually application will be completed on your behalf. 

30-days before graduation the Office of the Registrar will send an email asking for you to verify information for graduation. A link will be provided for the preferred name diploma request form to complete. If you complete the form requesting to update your preferred first and or preferred middle name, it will be changed for your diploma/certificate only. Otherwise, the name on your SURFS account will be the name displayed on your diploma.  

If you do not receive an email from (registrar@umaryland.edu) contact your school.

Complete the Request to Change Personal Information form and provide the supporting documentation to be processed.

In 2 - 4 business days your name will be changed in SURFS. After that we will also confirm the name for my diploma/certificate within 30-days of graduation via email (from registrar@umaryland.edu). 

To ensure the change of personal information appears on the diploma this change needs to occur 30-days prior to graduation, after you will be required to pay additional fees to receive a new copy.

30-days prior to graduation the Office of the Registrar will send an email asking for you to confirm your address! Contacting the Office of the Registrar is the only way to update your diploma/certificate mailing address.

If you do not receive an email from (registrar@umaryland.edu) contact your school. We are unable to mail your diploma and or certificate to an international address, please provide a United States postal address for delivery, email registrar@umaryland.edu with the USA address.

Contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@umaryland.edu with a picture of the diploma/certificate you received and provide the correct spelling/ name that you were expecting. You may be requested to mail the diploma/certificate to the Office of the Registrar prior to receiving the corrected one.  If the spelling or preferred name was initiated by you, you would need to request a new one, in which you will incur additional fees for ordering a new diploma/certificate.

The Office of the Registrar will send an email 30-days prior to graduation to have you confirm your degree and major. The diploma will list degree and major only.  The certificate will list the program and concentration only.  If you do not receive an email from (registrar@umaryland.edu) contact your school. If you receive a degree or certificate with incorrect program, major and/or concentration please contact registrar@umaryland.edu.

Contact your school and they will provide you with next steps!

Check with your program, most programs require a cap and gown to attend the graduation ceremony!

All caps and gowns are picked up at the bookstore located in the Campus Center Building at 621 W Lombard Street, phone number is 410-328-7788.

Students may request a degree verification online via Forms and Services - Office of the Registrar (umaryland.edu).  Your degree verification will reflect degree and or certificate as conferred, and date.

Students may request a transcript online via Forms and Services - Office of the Registrar (umaryland.edu) 2-3 weeks after graduation. Your transcript will reflect your degree and or certificate as conferred.

You will receive an email 3-4 weeks after graduation with a link from CeCredential Trust to download your diploma.