Graduation Timeline and Communication
Summer 2026
| July 1 | Last day to apply for August 2026 graduation @ 11:59 pm |
| INITIAL REVIEW July 2 – July 16 | Graduation Services emails students to confirm receipt of the graduation application and to review their DegreeWorks audits. Please note: – Action Required: Students with audits below 98% (unless only missing honors candidacy) require advisor review. – Submissions: Departments must submit all substitutions and waivers now to ensure degree clearance. |
| COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW July 17 | Delayed Graduation: Students who won’t clear must update their graduation application immediately to unlock course registration. |
| FINAL REVIEW & DEGREE AWARDING August 10 | Grades Due by noon |
| August 10-12 | End of Term Processing |
| August 13 | The award period for students with 100% audits begins. |
| August 14 | Applied to Graduate, but DegreeWorks is not equal to 100% Students with incomplete audits have been emailed to consult with advisors. This allows them to register for Fall 2026 before the August 24 add/drop deadline. |
| August 18 | Deadline for submission of approved grades for incompletes, education abroad, and official transcripts for transient study. |
| August 28 | Census Date for Fall 2026 – Awarding Period for Summer 2026 ends |
| August 31 | Deny Summer 2026 graduation to remaining students whose audits do not equal 100%. |
Graduation Application Instructions and FAQs
- https://ninercentral.charlotte.edu/grades-transcripts-graduation/graduation/
- https://ninercentral.charlotte.edu/grades-transcripts-graduation/graduation-faqs
Automated Preclearance Report Distribution
Graduation Preclearance Reports are sent bi-weekly on Tuesdays via email.
Email graduation@charlotte.edu with any questions or to request individuals added or removed from these monthly reports.
Graduation Preclearance Report Instructions
This report may be run on demand via Report Central, under the DegreeWorks tab.
Log in to Report Central using your NinerNet Credentials (Need Access? Click here for instructions on requesting access to Report Central.)
- Select the Student (v9 Migrated Tabs) Portal
- Click on DegreeWorks in the navigation menu on the left
- Select the report, Undergraduate Preclearance
- Specify the Term, College, Major, and select Report Output = Excel
- Click the Submit button to run the report
If a substitution or waiver is needed, please submit it as soon as possible by Academic Petition.
Encourage students to update their graduation application to a future term if they are not on track for graduation in the current term.
- 98%-Students are on track, pending registered courses.
- 99%-Students are either short overall or major/minor hours, below a 2.0 overall or major/minor GPA, have not met the residency requirement, or have incomplete grades.
- Less than 98%-Students are missing a requirement, please check the following areas: general education, college, major, minor, concentration or University honors.
- University Honors or College/Department Honors – 97% or less may still be on track for honors students. Check the audit to confirm that the Honors Candidacy requirement is the ONLY outstanding requirement not ‘in-progress’.
Graduate Students can view the Graduate Students Graduation Clearance instructions at this link.