Applying for Graduation

All Evening & Weekend students who plan to complete their MBA degree requirements in the 2025-2026 academic year need to file an Application for Degree by the firm deadlines listed below. Degree conferral must occur at the end of the quarter in which a student completes all graduation requirements.

Deadline to submit Application for Degree for the academic year:

                              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please ensure your mailing address is accurate in Caesar, under Current Address.

Access the application for degree in BidReg under "My Academics Home". Please refer to the step-by-step instructions.

Click here for more information on degree requirements.  

A note regarding majors and certificate: The Application for Degree requires you to check the majors and/or certificate you wish to be evaluated as part of the degree audit process.  Only select the majors and/or certificate you have completed or will complete by the end of your final quarter at Kellogg. Please be advised: exceptions to majors/certificate are not allowed. If you do not wish to complete a major or certificate, choose "No Major" in the major/certificate drop down list.

A note regarding the name on your diploma:

Students are free to choose alternate names, such as shortened names or nicknames, to be printed on diplomas.  The diploma name is also the name used for Commencement and Convocation programs.  In many other countries, diplomas are considered evidence of a completed degree, so students should consider this when choosing a diploma name. Alternate names make it difficult to match a diploma to a student's university and state records and thus verify the degree. To simplify this connection, students who come from or plan to work in countries where the diploma is used for verification should include their first and last primary names (as they appear on their Northwestern student record) as their diploma name, when appropriate.  

Names may be added or altered on the diploma. Please use the below examples as a guideline:

Not Allowed:

• Prefixes/titles, quotation marks, and parentheses
  • Johnny Doe
  • Jonathan “Skip” Doe
  • Jonathan (Skip) Doe
  • Prefixes/titles (Dr., Mrs., Mr., etc.) 

Please contact kellogg-registrar@kellogg.northwestern.edu with any questions.  Click here for more information about Kellogg Convocation.