The DPR is an online guide to assist you in reviewing your academic progress towards degree completion as well as being used in the final degree clearance process.  My DPR is accessible in your Student Center in My Akron.  

Based on your current academic record, My DPR will display your academic requirements including what requirements have been fulfilled and what needs to be satisfied in order to complete your degree.  Please see your academic advisor if you have questions regarding the course requirements shown in My DPR.     

Financial Obligations

In your Student Center in My Akron, review the information under the Finances section to ensure that you do not have any due charges.  Also review the Holds section to the right of your Student Center to ensure that you do not have any Library, Parking, or Accounts Receivable holds.   

All financial obligations to The University of Akron must be reconciled prior to degree candidacy (i.e., commencement program notation, ceremony attendance and degree conferral). If a financial obligation exists at the time of degree conferral, your graduation application will be cancelled. 

Diploma Mailing Address

Once your degree and/or certificate is posted to your academic record, it will be mailed to your DIPLOMA address.  If we do not have a diploma address for you at the time of mailing, your diploma/certificate will be mailed to your HOME address.  To ensure that your diploma/certificate is mailed to the correct address, make any necessary corrections to your DIPLOMA (and/or home) address via My Akron no later than the end of your graduating semester.  If a DIPLOMA address does not exist on your record, click on the “Add A New Address” button and follow the instructions. 

Your Name

In your Student Center in My Akron under the Personal Information section, click on the Names link and review your Primary Name Type.  Your Primary Name is what will appear on your diploma and/or certificate.  Please note that we do not include prefixes such as Mr. or Mrs. on the diploma/certificate.

If you have had a legal name change and you want your new name to appear on your diploma/certificate, please complete the Legal Biographical Information Update form and submit it to the Office of the University Registrar no later than the end of your graduating semester.

If you have questions regarding how your name will appear on your diploma, please contact us at registrar@uakron.edu.

The degree and certificate graduation application deadlines are as follows:

Graduate degree candidates:

• Spring 2022:  June 1, 2021 – April 1, 2022
• Summer 2022:  September 1, 2021 – July 1, 2022
• Fall 2022:  January 1, 2022 – November 1, 2022
• Spring 2023:  June 1, 2022 – April 1, 2023

Undergraduate degree candidates:

• Spring 2022:  June 1, 2021 – December 1, 2021
• Summer 2022:  September 1, 2021 – April 1, 2022
• Fall 2022:  January 1, 2022 – July 1, 2022
• Spring 2023:  June 1, 2022 – December 1, 2022

Law degree candidates

• Spring 2022:  June 1, 2021 – October 1, 2021
• Fall 2022:  January 1, 2022 – May 1, 2022

To apply for graduation, log into My Akron and follow these instructions.  Please see your academic advisor if you have missed the application deadline.

Please note: In order for your name to be printed in the commencement program, your graduation application must be submitted prior to the following dates:

• Spring commencement program - April 1
• Fall commencement program - November 1

Spring and Summer 2022 degree candidates will be recognized in one of three ceremonies on Saturday, May 7, 2021 at the James A. Rhodes Arena.

• Saturday, May 7, 2022 ♦ Graduates must plan to arrive no later than 8:00 a.m.
  • Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences
  • U.S. Army ROTC Cadet Commissioning
• Saturday, May 7, 2022 ♦ Graduates must plan to arrive no later than 12:30 p.m.
  • College of Business
  • College of Health & Human Sciences
• Saturday, May 7, 2022 ♦ Graduates must plan to arrive no later than 5:00 p.m.
  • College of Engineering & Polymer Science

The commencement ceremony in which you participate depends upon the academic college from which you expect to earn your degree. If you are earning multiple degrees, you are required to march with the highest degree and may only march once.

Candidates who plan to attend their commencement ceremony are reminded that they will have access to five (5) guests tickets each.

Additional details can be found in the Ceremony Guest Information document

Spring and Summer 2022 degree candidates will be sent communication via their UA email inviting them to RSVP for their commencement ceremony and reserve their guest tickets.

All degree candidates attending the commencement ceremony must wear proper graduation regalia.  Caps and gowns are available for purchase online as well as at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in the Student Union and in the Polsky Building.   

Want to proudly display your diploma from The University of Akron?  Diploma frames may be ordered online.   

Professional photographers from GradImages^TM take photographs of each degree candidate prior to the ceremony processional and while crossing the stage.    

When details of the live webcast for the Spring Commencement ceremonies have been finalized, information will be posted here. In the days leading up to the ceremony, a link will be posted to the appropriate page for accessing the live stream.

A final audit of your academic record and student financial account will be conducted beginning one week after your graduating semester and can take up to four weeks following your graduation date. 

After all degree requirements have been verified as successfully completed and all financial obligations have been verified as reconciled, your degree will be posted and your diploma will be mailed to your DIPLOMA address.  If we do not have a diploma address for you at the time of mailing, your diploma will be mailed to your HOME address.

Undergraduate students should review information on Graduating with Honors.

Are you an alumni and your UA diploma has been lost or damaged?  Alumni may submit a Duplicate Diploma Request.