All Graduate School forms are available below, sorted by category.

• PDF forms should be downloaded, completed, and submitted by email. (Download Adobe Reader free of charge.)
• Online forms should be completed and submitted via the their respective links below.

Once a form has been submitted, the Forms Portal will allow students and faculty approvers to view the status and history of any submitted electronic forms.

For assistance with forms or to request the PDF version of an online form, please contact gradstudserv@cornell.edu.

Committees and Advisors

• Ad Hoc Member Request Form (online)
• Post A Committee Change Petition (PDF)
• Special Committee Selection and Change (online)

Courses (Enrollment, Registration, and Registered Semesters)

• Enrolling in Courses
• Student Electronic Add/Drop Enrollment Request (online) (Find detailed instructions here.)

Entering, Leaving, and Making Changes to a Degree Program

• Application for Admission and Financial Aid
• Application for Readmission (PDF)
• In Absentia Status Request (Spring ’25 requests)
• Health Leave of Absence (online)
• Leave of Absence Request (online)
• Recommendation Form (PDF)
• Student Program Change (PDF)
• Withdrawal Request (online)

Exams and Research

• Human Participants/University Compliance
• Special Master’s Degree in Minor Field Application and Approval Forms (PDF)
• Schedule A Examination and Research Compliance Form (online)
• Schedule B Examination (online)
• Schedule M Examination (online)
• Results for Admission to Candidacy (A Exam) (online)
• Results for Final Defense of Master’s Degree (M Exam) (online)
• Results for Final Defense of Ph.D. Degree (B Exam) (online)

Funding and Financial Aid

• Conference Grant Application (online)
• Direct Deposit Form for Assistantship Stipends (online)
• Direct Deposit Form for Fellowship Stipends (online)
• Graduate Federal Loan Application
• Provost Diversity Fellowship Form (online)
• Research Travel Grant Application (online, link made available six weeks prior to each of the three annual funding round deadlines of October 1, February 1, and April 1)
• Summer Foreign Language Instruction Grants (online, link made available prior to the mid-April deadline)
• Graduate Student Budget Increase Application

Insurance

• Contact the Office of Student Health Benefits for SHP coverage or appeal information, enrollment for in absentia students, as well as optional dental and vision plans.
  • 607-255-6363
  • studentbenefits@cornell.edu

Thesis, Dissertation, and Degree Completion

• Thesis & Dissertation Submission Process
• Survey of Earned Doctorates Information
• Survey of Earned Doctorates (online survey)
• Survey of Earned Doctorates Confidentiality Statement

Other Forms

• General Petition (online)
• Certification of Enrollment (NetID required) (online)
• IvyPlus Exchange Scholars Program Application (PDF)
• Library Privileges Application (PDF)
• Parental Accommodation Request (PDF)
• CUGL Linkage Program Application Form (PDF)
• CUGL Linkage Program Renewal Form (PDF)
• Tri-Institutional Program Application (PDF)