The graduation office of IOU provides information on applying for the graduation application once the students are declared graduates, convocation ceremony details, issuance of graduation letters, updating on certificates’ dispatch status and assisting with documents required for higher studies or employment purposes.

Process of Graduation:

1. Declaration
   Students are declared graduates once they have completed the required credit requirements. The Spring semester students declaration process gets completed in October, and as for Fall semester, it is done by April.
2. Graduation Application Form
   Please complete the graduation application form here as soon as you are declared graduate.

    

   Name on the Certificate

   IOU follows the policy of first name, middle name and last name. Your certificate name will be finalized as per the records submitted with the university at the time of registration. If your name is not aligned with the submitted documents please apply for the name change here.

   To change a legal first, middle or last name on the certificate and the University record, you must submit a Name Change Form here with supporting legal documentation (driver’s license, marriage certificate, passport, etc.). Please submit updates as soon as possible. Once certificates are printed and attested you will not be able to make any changes without purchasing another copy.

   The Registrar’s Office will email students who are non-compliant with our certificate name policies, and any certificate name that does not match the legal first, middle and last name on the record will be reverted to match the record. Please also keep in mind:

   • Suffixes are permissible (eg: Jr., III)
   • Prefixes as not permissible (eg: Dr, Mr, Mrs etc)
   • Periods (.) are not automatically placed after all middle initials. If you want a period after your middle initial(s) make sure to include it.
   • To insert a special diacritical mark or accent, please copy and paste the character from Microsoft Word into the diploma name field in the Student Link.
   • Names that are in all capital letters will be reverted to lowercase (only the first letter of each name is capitalized).
3. Certificate Issuance
   It usually takes 6 to 8 months to issue the certificate as the attestation process requires time. However, the certificate is only dispatched if all graduation requirements are met by the student.

Please visit here to view the undergraduate graduation requirements.

Please visit here to view the postgraduate graduation requirements.

Please visit here to view the graduation requirements of Open Education Program (OEP)