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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.


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


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.


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


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


This form is for Affiliate Graduate Faculty Nomination by Faculty.


Early in each semester or summer term, there is a deadline for submitting the “Master’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.


THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE GRADUATE SCHOOL ON A SEMESTER BASIS, OR EXIT INTERVIEW.


Form to request a defense date change.


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


Form filled out by faculty to academic renewal.


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.


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.


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.


Please upload your letters of recommendation here.


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


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


This form is for a student to petition scholastic reinstatement.


Credit for individual courses taken at LSU more than five years before the termination of a program may be revalidated by the student’s graduate committee through an examination. Please attach form to this request.