Your graduation from the American University of Sharjah is something you look forward to with great anticipation and pleasure. It is the culmination of several years of hard work, which will be recognized as you walk across the stage during the ceremony to receive your certificate and congratulations from your dean, department chair, and relatives.

While you look forward to embarking on your professional career, entering an exciting new phase or continuing your academic studies and research, commencement is more than just a ceremony. It contains tradition and protocol that is passed down through generations. It plays one of the greatest roles in a person’s life and moves them from student to professional.

To ensure that you will not miss sharing this important event with your classmates, family and others who have helped you achieve your goal, you must take certain steps.

As we approach the Spring 2008 Commencement ceremony, the excitement rises. In the midst of the preparations, this comprehensive website will help you complete those requirements and will lead you step-by step through the graduation process, eliminating some of the uncertainties you might have. Please read it carefully.

We hope that you will benefit from this as it has benefited us.

On behalf of the university community, congratulations and best wishes for continued success!