City College awards degrees each year on February 1, June 1, and September 1. You must apply for graduation in order to graduate. The College has one public graduation ceremony on June 1 each year. Those who earned their degrees on the preceding September 1 or February 1 are recognized in the June ceremony.

1. How do I apply for graduation?

You may apply for graduation on-line. Here is the link. You may also go to the Registrar's office and fill out a card that is your application for graduation. The deadline for submitting this application is printed in the Academic Calendar.

The deadline to apply for graduation is about three months before the graduation date, so do not delay filing your application. Do it early in the semester you are graduating. After you have filed, notify the Head of your program so a graduation check can begin. Copies of all teaching licenses, approvals for course waivers, and transcripts from your previous colleges should be in your file in the program office. Check to be sure they are there so that your graduation check will go smoothly. If you had undergraduate liberal arts requirements to make up, be sure you have submitted evidence of how you met the outstanding requirement.

2. How do I apply for certification?

The application for certification is now done on-line. For a complete description of the certification process and links to the appropriate parts of the New York State Education Department web site, see the web pages of the School of Education Certification Office.

3. What can I do to prove I have completed my program while I am waiting for my certificate to arrive from SED?

Once your application for certification is submitted to the office of Graduate Admissions, you may request from the Registrar a "letter of completion." Give a copy of this letter to the Graduate Admissions Office. This office will then give you a letter stating that your application will be mailed to the New York State as soon as the final transcript is received from the Registrar.

4. Can I apply for certification on my own?

You may apply directly to the New York State Education Department for certification if you have an undergraduate GPA of 2.5 or higher. This link will take you to information on individual application for certification.