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This form must be submitted to The Graduate School three weeks prior to the defense date or by current semester deadline for graduation.


The Slate Data and User Permissions request form is required to access prospective, applicants, and/or admitted student data. Click the question mark icon for help. Data will only be released in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and applicable LSU policies, and not all requests will meet these criteria.


To setup a discount code for an application fee waiver, the department must submit approval from the Department Chair and LSU Foundation with the Basic Gift number.


Request to defer semester of entry for admitted students. Department must support the deferral for all admitted students.


Form filled out by faculty to academic renewal.


This form is for the LSU Faculty, Staff, and Students to submit requests for Mainframe account merges, report missing LSU 89 IDs and emails, and request name changes and consolidation of applicant records.


Online portal where feedback in the form of the survey where students who have earned doctorate degrees from LSU can submit feedback about their experience over their LSU academic career.


This form is to Request for Degree Candidate Deletion or Title Change Form.


Form to request a defense date change.


Form to be filled out by graduate faculty for defense results.


Form to be submitted if departments with approved concentrations are responsible for verifying concentration requirements for their students. Please attach form to this request.


Deferral request which requires approval.


This form is only used for newly admitted graduate students.


This form is only for use by LSU Online Faculty & Staff Slate users to report any issues or troubleshooting assistance.


This form is only for use by LSU faculty and staff Slate users to report any issues or troubleshooting assistance.


A student who is not listed as first author of a previously published, jointly written article used as part of his or her dissertation must submit this form to the LSU Graduate School prior to uploading the dissertation to Digital Commons. Please attach form to this request.


Students must have earned 9 hours of graduate residence credit in a degree program at LSU and be in academic good standing before submitting this form. Please attach form to this request.


UPDATED GRADUATE ASSISTANTS: Policies, Procedures, and Best Practices


This is the temporary form for LSU Concierge Request until the new Enrollment Officer is hired.


Early in each semester or summer term, there is a deadline for submitting the “Doctorate's Application for Degree” to the Graduate School. Master’s candidates are required to submit the “Application for Degree” forms by the semester’s calendar deadline. Please attach form to this request.