Exceptions to Policy Forms

• Petition Guidelines
• Time Limit Calendar
• 8-year Extension Request
• 12-credit Extension Request
• Academic Policy Exception Form
• Academic Renewal Request

Project, Thesis, and Dissertation Forms

    Guidelines

• Guidelines - Preparation of Theses and Dissertations

     Forms

• Committee Membership Endorsement for Project, Thesis, or Dissertation
• Dissertation Final Approval Page
• Dissertation Title Page
• Thesis Final Approval Page
• Project Approval Page
• Thesis or Dissertation Defense Announcement
• Project Title Page
• Thesis Title Page
• ScholarWorks Submission
• Petition for Exception to Scholar Works

Academic Request Forms

• Late Withdrawal for Graduate Courses
• Leave of Absence
• Student-Initiated Combined Degree
• Michigan Intercollegiate Graduate Studies (MIGS)
• Converting Professional Learning to Graduate Credit
• Dual-Level Enrollment
• Request to take Online classes - for Saudi Arabian Students

Graduate Education Policies & Procedures

View the Graduate Education Policies & Procedures Manual. For questions, contact The Graduate School at (616) 331-7105 or [email protected].

Graduate Assistantship Forms

IMPORTANT NOTE: Graduate Assistantship contracts should be completed by the hiring department, not the student being hired. The GA offer letter produced through Workday serves as a contract between the university and the student. 

Graduate Assistant hiring must be completed through Workday by the hiring supervisor or an assigned delegate. 

Job aids may be found on the Student Employment, Student Manager Job Aids website. 

Please contact The Graduate School if you have any questions.  

Graduate Faculty Forms

• Non-Tenure Track Faculty Engaged in Graduate Education Application (Non-GVSU Employees)
• Non-Tenure Track Faculty Engaged in Graduate Education Application (GVSU Employees)
• Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty Engaged in Graduate Education Application

Online Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog

Contact us

[email protected]

Phone: (616) 331-7105
Fax: (616) 331-7317

318C DeVos Center
401 W. Fulton Street
Grand Rapids, MI 49504