Student Forms

Laney Connect Forms

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Certificate Declaration Form -- to declare your intent to complete a certificate.  Details are on our website.

• Partial Withdrawal Request-- to withdraw from one or more courses, but remain enrolled in LGS.  You'll need to enter instructor information for all courses you want to withdraw from.
• Complete (Permanent) Withdrawal Request-- to withdraw from all your courses, your program, and LGS.  Contact LGS Student Affairs before you start this action.  Visit our web page.
• Leave of Absence Request-- to request a permanent leave of absence with the intention of re-enrolling in the future.  Be sure to read the website details.
• Program Transfer Request-- to transfer from one LGS program to another.  You will want to consult with the proposed new program and with LGS Student Affairs before you start this action.  Visit our web page.
• Parental Arrangement Request-- to allow you to focus on parental responsibility related to a new child.  Be sure to read the website details.
• Readmission Request-- to request to return to enrolling in LGS after a period of non-enrollment, such as a leave of absence.  See relevant policies on our website.
• Reduced Course Load Request-- to be permitted to enroll for less than full time (i.e. less than 9 credits).  See important details on our website.
• Terminal Masters-- to leave a PhD program with a Master's degree.  Always consult with your program and with LGS Student Affairs before you start this action.  Details on our website.
• Candidacy Approval Form -- to enter candidacy.  See our website for details.  Note: students in Biomedical Engineering DO NOT need to submit this form at Emory.  Submit through Georgia Tech.  If you have questions, contact your program.
• Request for an Extension of the Candidacy Deadline-- use this if you need to request an extension.
• Dissertation Committee Approval Form -- to constitute an approved dissertation committee.  See our website for details.  Note: students in Biomedical Engineering DO NOT need to submit this form at Emory.  Submit through Georgia Tech.  If you have questions, contact your program.
• Request for an Extension of the Dissertation Committee Deadline -- use this if you need to request an extension.
• Request for an Extension of the Time to Degree Deadline and/or Funding -- use this form to request an extension on your time to degree deadline, your funding, or both.  Note that the form requires you to have a completion timeline agreed to with your committee chair or co-chairs ready to attach.
• Change of Dissertation Committee Form -- use this form to change an already approved committee in some way.  This is the same form as the one used for the original committee.  At the top of the form, indicate that you are seeking to change an approved committee, and then complete the form with the full, new proposed committee.
• Intent to Complete Form-- use this form to start your degree completion process.  Once you submit the Intent to Complete form, this link will be replaced with a link to your Degree Completion Status page that lets you track your degree completion.
• Request for an Extension of the Deadline to Submit Graduation Documents-- use this form if you need a brief extension for submitting your degree completion items (dissertation to the ETD, approval page, etc.).
• Update to Expected Graduation Date in Opus-- use this if you are trying to submit an Application for Degree and don’t see the link in Opus to apply; it will only appear during the term that is listed as your "expected graduation date."  If you can see the Application for Degree in OPUS, then you don't need this form.
• Walking not Graduating Form-- use this form if you are participating in commencement but graduating in summer.
• External Fellowship Stipend Adjustment Request-- use this form if you have received an external fellowship and qualify for a stipend supplement according to this LGS policy, or wish to pause some or all of your Emory stipend for some period of time. 
• Request for an Extension of the Time to Degree Deadline and/or Funding -- use this form to request an extension on your time to degree deadline, your funding, or both.  Note that the form requires you to have a completion timeline agreed to with your committee chair or co-chairs ready to attach.