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NOTE: Graduation Clearance
Students must complete all requirements toward their Graduating students will be required to get clearance
degree in the semester they intend to graduate, or their
graduation application will be disapproved. from certain departments of the University. Below is the
guideline to initiate the online graduation clearance:
Students wishing to graduate in the current semester, who 1. Login to PeopleSoft-SIS and navigate to Self-
were disapproved for graduation in any past semester, Service—Degree Progress/Graduation—Graduation
must re-file for graduation. Clearance Requests.
Students filing for graduation prior to the deadline may 2. Select career and graduation term on following page
submit a graduation application request online through and click Submit a New Request.
their PeopleSoft Student Center.
3. A Request page will appear with your personal
Applying for graduation on time will help to include your and academic details. In this page, you can do the
name in the commencement program; if you plan to following: edit your UAE Emirates ID, Marital status
participate in the ceremony, apply on time. and Passport Number; verify or update your contact
number and email address; select your current
Deadline to file for graduation: Emirate of residence; select appropriate response to
questions about employment and give any feedbacks
Deadline for applying for graduation is published in the or comments about your data.
student calendar available in the Abu Dhabi University 4. On the same page, attach a copy of your Passport,
website. Emirates ID and your updated CV.
For any clarifications needed please contact the Office of 5. Click Submit to initiate your request. On successful
the Registrar. submission of request, you will receive an auto-
How to apply for graduation online? generated email notification with request number.
• Go to www.adu.ac.ae to apply. Awarding Degrees and Diplomas
• Login in PeopleSoft using your username and
password. 1. Abu Dhabi University will award undergraduate
degrees upon the recommendation of Abu Dhabi
• Click on self service. University’s Academic Council and University Council
to students who have fulfilled the requirements of an
• Click on degree progress/graduation.
approved program of study.
• Click on apply for graduation. 2. Abu Dhabi University will award Bachelor Degrees
• Click on the program for which you want to apply for when a candidate has successfully completed a
graduation. program approved by his/her College.
• Select the expected graduation term from the drop 3. Given that the official language of Abu Dhabi University
down list. is English, the diploma certificates for an academic
award will generally be in English. The documents
• Read carefully any comments in the Graduation show the full name of the recipient, the title of the
Instruction section. Any information to be conveyed study program completed and honor’s awarded if any.
to the expected graduates from the Office of the 4. The diploma certificate bears the official seal of Abu
Registrar would be displayed on the graduation Dhabi University, as well as the signatures of the
instruction section. Chairman and the Chancellor of the University.
5. Abu Dhabi University may withhold the conferral of
an academic degree or diploma to a student who has
outstanding payments due to Abu Dhabi University,
who has unreturned materials on loan from the
Abu Dhabi University Library, or who has any other
outstanding obligations to Abu Dhabi University.

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