Fall 2026 Graduation Checklist

Friday, October 2, 2026: Last day to apply to graduate for fall 2025 undergraduate degree candidates.
Find all graduation steps on this page: https://onestop.d.umn.edu/academics/undergraduate/graduation-steps

Your APAS (Academic Progress Audit System) report lists your degree requirements, summarizes your progress, and explains what you will need to do to complete your undergraduate degree program. Check your APAS degree audit to ensure you are on track to graduate in December. Contact your advisor ASAP if you see any errors in your report. 

Visit UMD Commencement for ceremony schedules and information.
**Fall semester graduates may participate in the spring commencement ceremonies before or after degree completion**

Fall 2026 senior exit interviews will be held during a scheduled class period for Senior Design. Date is TBD. These are group discussions with a faculty member and 3-5 students for the purpose of collecting responses from this list of questions.

Students are also welcome to give additional feedback privately and can ask to meet with Dr. Saftner (or another faculty member) to share your input. 

Tentatively Scheduled for Friday, December 11, 2026 at 4:30pm in the Marshall Performing Arts Center. RSVP will be available early October.

NCEES graduation cords: Pass the FE by April 1st 

Students who take the exam and have passing scores posted in the NCEES system and have opted into receiving the cords no later than April 1 will be given an NCEES cord to wear at commencement to signify this accomplishment. 

When you register for the exam, the opt-in to receive the cords is part of the process. If you choose not to opt-in at that time, you may always use this link to navigate back to the page and opt-in at that time: https://account.ncees.org/grad-cord/. However, NCEES recommends doing it when you are registering for the exam.

How to Register: https://ncees.org/exams/fe-exam/

CE Topics - https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FE-Civil-CBT-specs-1.pdf

EnvE Topics - https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FE-Environmental-CBT-specs.pdf

FE Equation Guide - https://help.ncees.org/article/87-ncees-exam-reference-handbooks

Prep resources previous students have recommended:

Marshall U - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCV9OyAY5K-V-bki_dxxq_uVpyIoyIJ8P

Mark Mattson - https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMattsonPE

Have a resource to add to this list? email it to Civileng@d.umn.edu and we will include it!