Graduate Student Classifications

The following classifications are assigned to graduate students and postdoctoral appointees on the basis of their advancement toward or completion of graduate degrees:

Category
Number       Title	       Description

1	     Premaster	     A Premaster has been admitted to the Graduate School, 
			     but has not yet completed a Master's
                             degree or the equivalent.

2	     Post-master     A Post-master has completed the Master's degree
                             or equivalent, but has not yet had a doctoral
                             Supervisory Committee appointed.

3	     Precandidate    A Precandidate has had a doctoral Supervisory
                             Committee appointed, which signifies admission
                             into a doctoral program, but has not yet
                             completed the Graduate School General
                             Examinations.

4            Candidate	     A Candidate has completed the General
                             Examinations, but has not yet completed the 
                             dissertation and final examination.

5	     Postdoctoral    A Postdoctoral appointee has completed a 
                             doctoral degree and is engaged in research or 
                             scholarly work in residence at the University, 
                             but is neither an enrolled student nor a member 
                             of the faculty.

When a graduate student is first admitted to the Graduate School, he or she is placed by the Office of Graduate Admissions in the appropriate classification which recognizes the highest academic degree which the admittee holds in the field in which he or she proposed to do graduate work at the University of Washington. When a graduate student officially completes the Master's degree, or has a doctoral Supervisory Committee appointed, or completes the General Examinations, the classification is changed ac cordingly.

Each quarter Graduate Program Coordinators are provided with a Graduate Program Roster and asked to review the classification and other information listed for each graduate student in their field. The GPC should inform the Graduate School of any changes needed.