Forms for Graduate School

Go paperless...apply for admission online!

Traditional application forms can now be completed online and printed. Original signatures are required, so forms must be printed and signed after being completed online. To use these PDF forms, just click into each blank on the screen, type the information, and then print. Once forms are completed they may be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or may be sent by mail to the Graduate Admissions Office. If the items are sent by email, please note in the Subject line that attachments are included. Also, for the forms to be sent by email, you must have the full Adobe Acrobat program. If you have only the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you will need to print out the form and mail or fax those documents in (or print them out and scan and send by email).

The Student Health Form and the Meningitis/Hepatitis Form will need to be completed and returned to Graduate Admissions either by fax or mail.

Tennessee Tech University
Graduate Admissions
P.O. Box 5012
Cookeville, TN 38505
Fax (931) 372-3497

ADMISSION / READMISSION

	Applications	Admission (Electronic)--PREFERRED Admission (Paper Application) Readmission--to be used for readmission into the same degree program and major
	Admission Materials	Letter of Recommendation International Student Advisor Report --to be completed by international students currently attending another institution in the U.S. Student Health Form Meningitis and Hepatitis B Immunization Health History Form

ASSISTANTSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS

	Applications	Diversity Fellowship Graduate Assistantship
	Other	Graduate Assistantship Handbook

ENROLLED STUDENT FORMS

	Changes	Change of Advisory Committee Change of Graduate Major/Concentration Application for Reclassification to Full Standing (Master's and Ed.S.) Application for Reclassification to Full Standing (Ph.D.)
	Concerning Courses	Course Validation Form Incomplete Grade Report Form Request for Student Overload Substitution (Course Addition/Deletion) Form
	Exceptions	Graduate Academic Fresh Start Request for Exception to University Requirements

PROGRAM OF STUDY (POS) / ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY / ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Forms must be filed by midterm of the semester in which 15 credit hours will be earned in order to register for the succeeding semester.

	Master's Level	M.A., M.Ed., and M.S. MBA Master of Business Administration MPS Master of Professional Studies MSN Family Nurse Practitioner MSN Nursing Administration MSN Nursing Education MSN Nursing Informatics
	Specialist in Education (Ed.S.)	Program of Study/Advisory Committee Admission to Candidacy Application
	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)	Advisory Committee (File before or with the Program of Study) Program of Study (Education and Environmental Sciences) Program of Study (Engineering)

GRADUATION

Graduation applications must be filed by the end of the first week of the semester in which you will graduate.

	Applications	Application for Graduation
	Other	Comprehensive Examination Form Thesis/Dissertation Defense Form Survey_of_Earned_Doctorate (Ph.D. only)

THESIS/DISSERTATION

	Guides	Thesis/Dissertation Format Checklist Thesis/Dissertation Format Guide Manual How to Use ProQuest Thesis/Dissertation Workshop
	Forms	Thesis/Dissertation Defense Form Binding Order Form

GRADUATE FACULTY

	Applications	Adjunct Membership Application Associate Membership Application Full Membership Application
	Other	Incomplete Grade Report Form