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Discontinued Enrollment, Graduate Studies

Policy
Purpose: 

To define discontinued enrollment   

Applies to: 

All graduate students on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses

Campus: 
Edwards
Lawrence
Policy Statement: 

Discontinued Enrollment

A student may voluntarily resign from their program of study by requesting “discontinuance.” Once this request is granted, the student resigns their place in the program and if they choose to return to their studies at a later date, they must reapply for admission. Discontinuance is requested through the Progress to Degree Form.

Contact: 

Office of Graduate Studies
Strong Hall
1450 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm 213
Lawrence, KS
785-864-8040
graduate@ku.edu

Approved by: 
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Approved on: 
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Effective on: 
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Review Cycle: 
Annual (As Needed)
Keywords: 
Discontinuance, Re-admit, Re-admission, Re-enrollment, withdrawl
Change History: 

07/07/2023: Policy formatting.
10/20/2022: Updated approver to Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor.
03/09/2018: Updated missing required information.

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