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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.


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


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 intended for students who are changing from a Master’s to a PhD or vice versa.


For faculty and staff use only. Doctoral Student's committee signs the form when the student's dissertation has been approved by the committee. Submit completed form by email as a PDF to gradsvcs@lsu.edu.


Form to be submitted by graduate student to change department


Request an extension to complete the requirements of an admissions hold


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


Form to request a defense date change.


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.


For faculty and staff use only. Master's student's committee signs the form when the student's thesis has been approved by the committee. Submit completed form by email as a PDF to gradsvcs@lsu.edu.


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


This form is for a student to petition scholastic reinstatement.


A student who believes they have received an Admissions Hold in error can request a review here.


Faculty use request for a student to be able to come in with a GPA below standards


This form is only used for newly admitted graduate students.


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


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


This form must be submitted to The Graduate School no later than the last day to add courses for the semester in which graduate credit is requested and student’s last semester of enrollment as an undergraduate. Please attach form to this request.


This form must be submitted to The Graduate School no later than the last day to add courses for the semester in which graduate credit is requested and student’s last semester of enrollment as an undergraduate. Please attach form to this request.


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