🎓 Graduation & Degree Document Guidelines

As you near the end of your studies, it's important to understand how the graduation process works and when you can expect to receive your official degree documents.

This section outlines the key steps and timelines involved in finalizing your degree, including applying for graduation, the Assessment Commission review, graduation ceremonies, interim transcripts, and deregistration.

🗓️ Degree Conferral vs. Graduation Ceremony

These are two separate things, and they do not always happen together:

• Degree conferral is the formal act of awarding your degree. Your degree conferral date is your official graduation date: the date printed on your degree documents and the date on which you receive them. Degrees are conferred several times per year.
• A graduation ceremony is the celebratory event marking your achievement. Ceremonies are held less frequently than degree conferrals, so not every conferral date has a ceremony attached to it.

If your degree is conferred on a date without an attached ceremony, your degree is fully valid and your documents are issued as normal. You are warmly invited to celebrate at the next scheduled ceremony.

📅 Degree Conferral and Ceremony Dates

To keep the ceremony experience accessible for all graduating learners and to reflect our global community, ceremonies alternate between online and in-person formats. Attending a ceremony is optional and is not a requirement for receiving your degree.

Your official conferral date will be the next scheduled date after your final grades have been approved. Even if you complete all coursework and your thesis earlier, your degree documents will be issued on that conferral date, not immediately after your final submission.

📝 Applying for Graduation

To graduate, you need to actively apply. Ahead of each conferral date, you will receive a graduation application form, which you must submit by the deadline announced for that round, usually several weeks before the conferral date itself.

The form confirms your eligibility and captures the details that go onto your degree documents, including your legal name as it should appear on your final documents and your final thesis title as it should appear on your Transcript of Records. Please check both carefully: they are transferred directly to your documents, and corrections after issuance take additional time.

To be conferred in a given round, you also need to have completed all required program components and your thesis defense by the deadlines announced for that round. If you miss any of these deadlines, including the application form, your degree will be conferred in the following round instead.

🧾 Assessment Commission Review

Before degrees can be conferred, all final grades must be reviewed and approved by the university's Assessment Commission. This ensures compliance with academic regulations and allows time for any formal grade appeals.

Only after this review process is completed can your graduation be formally processed.

📄 Final Degree Documents

You will receive the following documents digitally on your official degree conferral date:

• 🎓 Degree Certificate
• 🧾 Transcript of Records (including overall grade)
• 📘 Diploma Supplement

These documents will be issued only if all tuition and administrative fees have been paid in full. Please make sure your financial obligations are settled to avoid delays.

📑 Interim Transcript of Completion

If you need confirmation of your graduation before the official documents are issued — for example, to apply for further studies or jobs — you can request a final interim transcript. This document confirms that you have successfully completed all program components and is accepted by most institutions and employers as formal evidence of completion until official graduation documents are released.

To request your interim transcript, please contact enrollment@tomorrow.university after you have received your final grades.

📝 Deregistration (Exmatrikulation)

You will be formally deregistered from your program shortly after your official degree conferral date.

If you need an official deregistration confirmation (Exmatrikulationsbescheinigung), you can submit a request to enrollment@tomorrow.university.

If you have questions about degree documents, the Assessment Commission, graduation ceremonies, or deregistration, don't hesitate to reach out. We're here to support you through the final steps of your degree journey!