Continuous Enrollment Requirement

Continuous Registration Requirement Petition

Once admitted, all degree seeking graduate students must maintain continuous enrollment. Unless a formal leave of absence is approved, all students must maintain at least one hour of continuous enrollment, including in the semester or session they expect to receive the degree. Students should maintain enrollment for two of the three academic semesters. Readmission will be required if the student has not enrolled in classes within the previous 12 months. Readmitted students should contact their department to learn more about their status. The department will contact the Office of the Registrar to initiate reactivation. Students who have been inactive for a long span of time should also investigate the status of their committees, programs of study, and time to degree status. International students’ enrollment status is monitored by the Office of International Students and Scholars and the office should be contacted for more information. Only students not supported on a Graduate Assistantship are eligible to enroll in Continuous Registration. 

Graduate Requirements in UW Catalog

Instructions for Processing Petition

Continuous Registration Required

The Principle of Petitions:

The University of Wyoming, as a fully-accredited public institution of higher education, must comply with general laws, regulations, and principles of fairness, uniformity and accountability.  Exceptions to uniform application of general regulations are justified in extraordinary circumstances, when necessary to prevent or remedy an unfair or unjust consequence.

Steps:

  1. Take the Petition Form to your academic adviser. On the petition, you must clearly and concisely print or type the results and exceptions you seek. Present your version of the facts, circumstances and consequences. Give facts, not conclusions. Your adviser may help you with the wording of the petition or require you to state your case on the petition before conferring with you. After the petition is completed, it is to be signed by you and your adviser. You may download the form from the Office of the Registrar website. Attach additional pages if the information does not fit in the space provided.
  2. Take the petition to the other officials listed on the front page of the Petition to obtain their recommendations, completing the process by returning it to the Office of the Registrar. Any signer may add clarifying or explanatory comments to the Petition.
  3. After all the signatures have been obtained on the petition, it will be reviewed by the University Registrar. Once a decision has been made, a copy of the petition indicating whether or not it was granted will be mailed to you. If the University Registrar denies the Petition, it is your right to refer the matter to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for further consideration.

If you wish to request a review by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, you are responsible for referring the petition to that office. When a petition is denied, after a reasonable period of time (usually one semester) the Petition will be considered abandoned.

Process and Return Petition Without Unnecessary Delay

Exception to Being Continually Enrolled Form