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Commencement Office

Diploma Mailing Schedule

Diplomas normally take 6-8 weeks to process.

If your address has changed, you have one month after Commencement to update your mailing address. Contact us at commencement@memphis.edu. Failure to update your address with the Commencement Office will result in requiring the graduate to order a diploma on our website for $20.00. 

Missing Diploma

If it has been less than a year and you have not received your original diploma, Contact Us with your name, Unumber, Major and Full Mailing Address.

Damaged Diplomas

If your first diploma arrives damaged that we will mail to you, please Contact Us, and send photographs of the damage (diploma, mailer, etc. must be visible in the photo and damage must be easily seen and unfiltered, etc.). We will replace the diploma and send it back to the same address it was mailed originally. 

Understanding Second Majors & Graduate and Undergraduate Certificates

  • Second majors do not take part in the ceremony. Second majors do not receive a second diploma. Refer to the information about Applying to Graduate that you were required to read before filing for graduation https://www.memphis.edu/commencement/apply/. 
  • The University recognizes degrees. Although a student has a major area, we award degrees specifically. If your major falls within the same degree area or under the same degree name, this is considered a second major. If you or your Advisor do not clearly understand this process, contact your Graduation Analyst who are the experts in the area. Examples: If you obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Communication and Fine Arts in 2024 with a major of Journalism, and then, you return to put more work into a major in History in 2025, this is considered a second major.
    • Although history is under the College of Arts & Sciences, both Journalism and History would earn a student a Bachelor of Arts degree (same degree type). This does not warrant a separate diploma. 
  • The additional/second major would be on the transcript only. A second major allows a student to have two different majors while overlapping coursework generally requiring less coursework than a dual/double major. 
  • Double Degrees do call for a second diploma: The other major must be under a completely different degree type and unlike second majors, dual/double degrees will require additional coursework —most times doubling the coursework of an individual who only obtains a second major since the coursework is typically in common for the second major. Majors are not listed on the diploma.