Diplomas for both undergraduate and graduate students are available approximately three months after the degree-award date. After week three of their expected term of graduation, students should provide instructions for obtaining the diploma in person or by mail using the diploma request feature on MyUCLA. To expedite receipt of diplomas, instructions should be given no later than one month after the last day of the degree term. Students may also request diplomas in person at 1113 Murphy Hall or by using a diploma mail request.
A student's lived name automatically appears on their diploma. To have their legal name appear instead, a student must use the MyUCLA lived and legal names feature. Once the degree is awarded, only a court order will be accepted to make a name change, and a replacement diploma fee will apply. A student’s legal name can be changed only through the official legal name change process.
If an original diploma is destroyed, a replacement may be ordered by using the diploma request feature on MyUCLA. Students may also order a replacement diploma in person at 1113 Murphy Hall, or by using a replacement diploma request. A replacement diploma fee applies. The new diploma bears a reissue date and signatures of current California, UC, and UCLA officials.
