Time Limitations

Master’s students must complete degree requirements no later than six years from the date of earning or transferring credit, unless the period is extended through student petition. Petitions apply to thesis completion only (i.e., not course completion) are submitted by the student’s graduate program coordinator and approved by the Associate Provost of Graduate Education and Academic Planning. 

Doctoral candidates must complete degree requirements no later than eight years after beginning IUP doctoral program course work. No time extensions are considered for doctoral students unless all degree requirements other than the dissertation (including the approval of the research topic and IRB, if needed) have been completed by the expiration of the eight-year time limit. Petitions for extensions are submitted by the student’s graduate program coordinator and approved by the Associate Provost of Graduate Education and Academic Planning.