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Submission of the final grades of graduating students shall be within ten
working days after the final examination.
A month before the scheduled date of graduation, the respective
Academic Councils of each College/campus or their Committees on
Curriculum and Instruction shall act on the status of graduating
students and endorse to the University Academic Council the names of
students who are sure to graduate and indicating the deficiencies that
can be corrected by graduating students within reasonable time to be set
by the University Academic Council.
Student shall be allowed to graduate from the University upon
completion of at least one year of residence prior to graduation.

A student who does not pay the required graduation fee shall not
be issued a diploma, certificate or transcript.

A graduating student shall not be declared graduate from the
University unless he attends the Commencement Exercises. A
graduating student may graduate in absentia only upon prior request for
valid reason (s) addressed to the dean of the College where the student
will earn his degree.
A graduating student who is unable to attend the commencement
exercises but who failed to file a request for graduation with absentia
shall not be declared graduate and shall be required to attend the
next commencement exercises.
w) Graduation with Honors. Students graduating with honors shall be
classified as follows:

• Cum Laude (with Honors) - A student who obtains a GPA of “1.75”
or better but not higher than “1.51” in all academic subjects shall be
awarded this honor. Residence of at least four (4) semester’s
immediately preceding graduation is a requisite.
• Magna cum Laude (with High Honors) - A student who obtains a
GPA of “1.50” or better but not higher than “1.26” in all academic
subjects, shall be awarded this honor. Residence of at least six (6)
semester’s immediately preceding graduation is a requisite.
• Summa cum Laude (With Highest Honors) - A student who obtains
a GPA of “1.25” or better in all academic subjects, shall be awarded
this honor. All units required for graduation must have been earned
from the University.
The foregoing specifications are subject to the following
conditions:
• GPA shall mean grade point average i.e. the sum of grades multiplied
by required number of units divided by the total number of academic
units required.

• All units earned in other colleges or universities shall be evaluated on
the basis of the following table of conversion.

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