Certificate and Diploma Awarding Overview

Overview

• Term 2 2025 (March - April): BYU-Pathway Worldwide students will need to submit a graduation application.
  

• Term 3 2025 and forward : BYU-Pathway Worldwide has implemented an automatic award process for all certificates and degrees upon completion.

  Students are not required to submit an application to receive their credential.
  

• The name that appears on the diploma or certificate will match the name in the Student Portal.
  

• To take effect, Name updates must be made by the student before BYU-Pathway awards the credential.
  

• Once awarded, an electronic copy of the credential will be emailed to the student's school email.
  

• Students may also request a paper copy to be mailed. After receiving the electronic version, students must submit a request to have the paper copy mailed. See step five (5) below for details.
  

• The term "Program Version" refers to the specific credential being awarded. For instance, if you are completing the Administrative Assistant certificate, you are completing the Administrative Assistant Program Version.
  

• The term "Credential" refers to a diploma or certificate.
  

The Awarding Process

What happens once I have registered for the remaining required course(s) or complete all requirements for a program version?

Step 1: All Requirements are In Progress or Complete

• Register for the final course(s) required to complete your certificate or degree program version.

• Term 2 - complete a graduation application on the Companion Site.

  • Log in

  • Click the Services icon at the bottom of the page

  • Click the Graduation Application tile

  • Complete and submit the application

• During Term 3 and forward, your program version status will change from Active to Pending Completion on the Degree Progress Audit found in the student portal.

Step 2: Graduation Update

1. Notification:

• You will receive an alert in your portal and an email confirming you are on track for graduation along with additional information.

2. Course Completion:

• Once your term grades are posted, the system will check if your final course(s) meet the program version's grade requirements.

Step 3: Final Course Evaluation

Term Grades Posted – two options are available.

Option 1

1. Final course(s) meet program grade requirement:

a. Program Version status is updated from Pending Complete to Complete.

Option 2

2. Final courses(s) do not meet required grade requirement:

a. Course(s) are re-planned in the Class Schedule to retake in the next available term.

b. Repeat steps 1- 3.

Step 4: Graduation Confirmation

Meeting Graduation Requirements:

• When all graduation requirements are met, the system will update your program status from Complete to Graduated on the Degree Progress Audit.

• Your certificate or degree is officially awarded.

Step 5: Receiving Your Credential

Important: The name shown in your student portal will be the one printed on your certificate or diploma.

A. Electronic Credential:

• Electronic credentials will be accessible by the end of the term following the one in which the credential was awarded.

• You will receive an email to claim your electronic credential once available to your byupathway.edu email address.
  

B. Paper Credential:

• Students may choose to have a paper copy of the credential mailed to them.

• BYU-Pathway will cover the cost of the first printing request for each awarded certificate, associate, and bachelor’s degree,

• Additional copies will be at the student's expense.
  

C. Printed Copy Request:

Once you have received the electronic credential copy to your student email:

• Log onto the printing website (Coming January 2025). 

• Log in using your BYUPW credentials. 

• Verify your mailing address and submit the printing request.  

• Domestic requests take 1- 2 weeks to arrive once processed. 

• International printing requests can take 3-4 months to arrive. 

Congratulations on your achievement!