Graduation & Diplomas
Graduation Info
Graduation Info Checklist
All Students
Please read the following steps first and then complete them by initiating the Apply for Graduation process in LOCUS:
1. Enter your expected graduation term and verify your Major(s) and Minor(s).
If your Major or Minor is not correctly identified, please go to your College or School office to complete the Change of Major or Minor form. If your expected graduation term does not appear in LOCUS, please go to your College's or School's Dean's office.
Change of Expected Graduation Term. If your expected term of graduation changes, contact your College's or School's Dean's office as soon as possible to insure that this change is reflected in LOCUS.
2. Verify your Permanent Address and your Diploma Address as recorded in LOCUS.
Do you want your diploma mailed to your Permanent Address or to an address where you will be living for a period of time after graduation?
Your diploma will be mailed to your Permanent Address unless you provide a specific Diploma Address. If your Diploma Address differs from your Permanent Address be sure to correct your Diploma Address using LOCUS.
If you are not specifying a separate Diploma Address, make certain that your Permanent Address is correct.
Incorrect address information will significantly delay the delivery of your diploma.
3. Verify your Diploma Name. The name that will appear on your diploma will be your Primary Name (your name at the time of graduation)recorded in LOCUS. If any changes are required, you are asked to enter those changes in LOCUS.
If your Diploma Name differs significantly from your Primary Name, a notarized Name Change Request must be filed in the Office of Registration and Records. (For example, if you are adding or changing a Name - First, Middle, Last - or if you are adding a suffix such as Jr., Sr., I, II, III, etc., A Name Change Request must be completed.) Honorary titles, prefixes, and previous degrees awarded are not used on a graduate's diploma.
4. Check LOCUS for any Holds that would delay the release of your diploma.
5. Multiple Degrees. Students seeking multiple degrees must apply separately for each degree anticipated.
Remember: In preparation for the Final Degree Audit, go to LOCUS to verify that all transfer credits have been posted to your academic record.
Graduate Students
If applicable, Graduate Students are asked to enter the following information in the Apply for Graduation process in LOCUS:
1. Prior Education
2. Thesis/Dissertation Title
3. Director
Graduation Application Deadlines
Undergraduate Students
- Fall graduation: March 1
- Spring graduation: October 1
- Summer graduation: October 1
Graduate Students
- Fall graduation: August 1
- Spring graduation: December 1
- Summer graduation: February 1
Graduate School of Business Students
- Fall or Winter graduation: July 1
- Spring graduation: December 1
- Summer graduation: December 1
Law School Students
- Spring graduation: December 1
- Summer graduation: March 1
- Fall graduation:August 1
DIPOLMA INFORMATION
Verification and Ordering Process
Graduating students should be aware that their diplomas will be available two to three weeks after the schools have posted the students' degrees to LOCUS. Graduates should anticipate receiving their diplomas 6 to 8 weeks after graduation.
- The Office of Registration and Records is responsible for providing students with their diplomas, after their respective schools complete degree audits for those students who have applied for graduation.
- The School certifying teh degree(s) may require two to four weeks after final exams have been completed to:
- Ensure that final grades have been submitted for students
- Verify that students have completed all requirements for their degrees
- Award the degree and post the degree within LOCUS
- After degrees have been posted in LOCUS, The Office of Registration and Records prepares and submits a diploma order to the vendor. Diplomas are mailed directly to the graduate using either the student's diploma mailing address recorded in LOCUS by the student. Requests to pick up one's diploma in Registration and Records, Lewis Towers, WTC, Ste. 510, should be emailed to Diploma@luc.edu no later than 10 days following graduation.
Availability Diplomas
Diplomas, as a general rule, will be mailed to students and/or available for pickup as follows:
- Fall Graduate Business Students: Late December.
- Fall Graduate and Undergraduate Students: Early February, the following year
- Fall Law School Students: Mid February, the following year
- Winter Graduate Business Students: Mid March
- Spring Graduate, Graduate Business, Undergraduate Students: Late June
- Spring Law School Students: Late July
- Summer Graduate Business Students: Late September
- Summer Graduate and Undergraduate Students: Late September
Diploma Distribution
Diploma Mailing. Diplomas are mailed to the student's Diploma Mailing Address as recorded in LOCUS. Students are requested to verify the accuracy of their address information and to make the necessary correction(s) in LOCUS.
Diploma Pick-Up. Students wishing to pick up their diplomas in the Office of Registration and Records must notify the Office of Registration and Records at diploma@luc.edu within 10 days after graduation. Students are notified by e-mail when diplomas are available for pickup on the Water Tower Campus, Lewis Towers, 820 N Michigan Ave., Ste. 510.
Diploma Replacement
Diploma Replacement order form.