Special Registration Statuses

Undergraduates in their terminal quarter who are completing honors theses, clearing incomplete grades, or have completed all requirements and are requiring a registration status, may petition one time only for PSO status. PSO does not permit any course enrollment. Students should apply to graduate in their PSO quarter. The deadline for the completed PSO petition (http://registrar.stanford.edu/pdf/PSO.pdf) is the Preliminary Study List deadline of the applicable quarter. Coterminal students are not eligible for PSO status. The PSO rate is $3765 per quarter in 2009-10 and does not permit any course enrollment. Please note that students registering for PSO are not eligible for loan deferments as the status is less than half-time. Financial aid is not available for students registering for PSO.

Students covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act who have been recommended for an approved reduced course load by the Student Disabilities Resource Center (SDRC). Minimum course load is 8 units.

For petitions, see the Undergraduate Advising and Research petitions page.

Undergraduates may petition one time only for Graduation Quarter in their terminal quarter only if:

1. filing a Request for Last Units Out of Residence (http://registrar.stanford.edu/pdf/last_units_out_of_residence.pdf) in order to complete up to 15 final units at another institution
2. OR returning from a discontinued status and filing a Request to Return and Register in Undergraduate Study (http://ual.stanford.edu/pdf/returning_return_register.pdf) in order to confer their degree.
3. OR a current student has completed all coursework and degree requirements, and will not be using University resources, including housing.

Undergraduates may be eligible for Graduation Quarter status if they meet one of the three criteria noted above and only if the student has completed all graduation requirements and will not be using University resources, including housing.

The deadline for the completed Graduation Quarter petition (http://registrar.stanford.edu/pdf/grad_qtr_ug.pdf) is the Preliminary Study List deadline of the applicable quarter.

Students who have completed all degree requirements, but will be living in University housing have two options:

1. Petition for Permit for Services Only status (http://registrar.stanford.edu/pdf/PSO.pdf)
2. OR Graduate in the quarter requirements are complete and apply for Post Graduation Quarter status through Student Housing for the subsequent term (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/shs/forms/petition.htm).

Doctoral students who have been admitted to candidacy, completed all required courses and degree requirements other than the University oral exam and dissertation, completed 135 units, and submitted a Doctoral Dissertation Reading Committee form may request Terminal Graduate Registration status to complete their dissertations. Students pursuing Engineer degrees may apply for TGR status after admission to candidacy, completion of all required courses, and completion of 90 units. Students enrolled in master’s programs with a required project or thesis may apply for TGR status upon completion of all required courses and completion of 45 units

Each quarter, TGR students must enroll in the 801 (for master’s and Engineer students) or 802 (for doctoral students) course in their department for zero units, in the appropriate section for their adviser. TGR students register at a special tuition rate: $2,760 in 2008-09. TGR students may enroll in up to 3 units of course work at this tuition rate. Within certain restrictions, TGR students may enroll in additional courses at the applicable unit rate. The additional courses cannot be applied toward degree requirements since all degree requirements must be complete in order to earn TGR status.

Information about enrolling in TGR courses is available in the pdf file: How to Enroll in TGR Courses.

• All course work, degree requirements, oral exams, and residency requirements for all graduate degree programs, including joint degree programs, have been completed.
• A graduate or professional student must have enrolled or have been on an approved leave of absence in the term immediately preceding the term chosen as the graduation quarter.
• The student has formally applied to graduate.
• The student has only to submit the dissertation, project, or master’s thesis by the deadline for submission in the term designated as the graduation quarter. Or, if enrolled in a joint degree program, the student will complete all requirements for the joint degree by the end of the term designated as the graduation quarter.
• The student has filed all necessary forms regarding graduation quarter before the first day of the term chosen as graduation quarter.