Page 27 - Student Handbook

Ten weeks before the end of the semester, the Registrar shall publish a complete list of duly
qualified candidates for graduation.

All candidates for graduation shall have their deficiencies cleared and their records completed
on or before the midterm examination except in those subjects in which they are currently enrolled.

Submission of the final grades of graduation 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
Colleges/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 the University Academic Council.

A student shall be allowed to graduate from the University upon completion of at least one year
of residence immediately 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 Exercise. 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 exercise and who failed to file
a request for graduation in absentia shall not be declared graduate and shall be required to attend the
next commencement exercises.

Granting of Honors. The following requirements must be satisfied to be considered and
awarded as honor student:

1. The Grade Point Average (GPA) obtained must be”
1.00 – 1.21 – Summa Cum Laude (With highest honors)

1.22 – 1.45 – Magna Cum Laude (With high honors)

1.46 – 1.75 – Cum Laude (With honors)

2. The lowest grade obtained in all courses including NSTP should be:

2.00 – Summa Cum Laude (With highest honors)

2.25 – Magna Cum Laude (With high honors)

2.50 – Cum Laude (With honors)