How to Fill Out and Submit the UMass Dual Degree Request Form

To earn two bachelor’s degrees at UMass Amherst at the same time, you file the UMass dual degree request form — officially the “Certification for the Simultaneous Completion of Two Bachelor Degrees” — with Diploma and Graduation Services in 213 Whitmore Administration Building by your degree conferral date.¹ The form is a one-page PDF, but the signatures and the underlying requirements take planning, so don’t leave it to the final week.

Where to Download the Form

The form is a downloadable PDF on the University Registrar’s website.² Print it or fill it digitally. Everything on it fits on a single page: four identifying fields at the top, two signature blocks at the bottom.

What You Fill In

The top of the form asks for four things:

Student’s name and student ID number, as they appear on your SPIRE account.
Class year — your expected graduation year.
Primary major and its degree type (B.A., B.S., B.F.A., and so on).
Secondary major and its degree type.¹

Confirm the exact degree designation each program confers before you write it in. Listing “B.A.” for a program that actually awards a “B.S.” causes delays when the Registrar tries to match your form against college records.¹

Signatures You Need

The bottom half of the form holds two signature blocks, both focused on your second degree. One is for an authorized representative of your second major’s department, certifying whether you have satisfied the departmental requirements. The other is for an authorized representative of that major’s college, certifying whether you have met the college-level requirements.¹

If either signer checks the box indicating requirements are not yet satisfied, there’s space to list exactly what remains. That doesn’t disqualify your submission; it tells the Registrar what to verify before conferring the degree. Give yourself a cushion of a few weeks to collect signatures. Faculty go on leave, department offices keep limited walk-in hours, and the end of a semester is busy for everyone involved.

Where and When to Submit

Deliver the completed form to Diploma and Graduation Services at the Registrar’s Office in 213 Whitmore Administration Building.¹ In-person hours run Monday through Friday. If you can’t drop it off yourself, reach the Registrar’s Office at registrationarea@registrar.umass.edu or 413-545-0555 to ask about alternatives.³

The form’s instructions state it must be submitted by your degree conferral date.¹ Treat that as the outside limit, not the plan. Submit well before conferral so the Registrar has time to flag problems while you can still fix them.

Requirements the Form Assumes You’ve Met

The form certifies work the academic requirements already demand. Before you submit, confirm you’re on track for all of them:

At least 150 total credits at graduation, including a minimum of 30 additional credits beyond what a single degree would require.¹
Those 30 additional credits completed in residency at UMass Amherst, with all major and college requirements for both degrees satisfied.⁴
Completion within ten semesters. If you need longer, request an extension from your Academic Dean before you hit that limit, with a concrete plan of remaining courses.¹⁵
Both degrees must be awarded at the same time. You cannot receive one now and the other later. If any requirement for either degree is unmet at graduation, neither degree is awarded, and your graduation date shifts to the date the issue is resolved.¹

After You Submit

One quirk catches dual-degree students off guard: the dual degree requirements don’t appear in SPIRE until after your grades are finalized in your last semester. You have to track both degrees’ requirements yourself throughout your enrollment, since your SPIRE audit won’t display them as two parallel tracks.⁶ Check in with advisors in both departments through your final year.

If the Registrar’s review turns up an unmet requirement after you submit, neither diploma is issued until the gap is filled, and your official graduation date moves to that resolution date.¹ If a job start date or graduate school admission depends on a specific conferral date, a delay can create real problems. Verify your remaining requirements with both departments before you turn the form in, not after.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst. Certification for the Simultaneous Completion of Two Bachelor Degrees
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University of Massachusetts Amherst. University Registrar – Dual Degree Request
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University of Massachusetts Amherst. Contact Us – University Registrar
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UMass Amherst. Double Major and Dual Degree Requirements
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University of Massachusetts Amherst. Double Major vs Dual Degree
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University of Massachusetts Amherst. What Are the Requirements for a Dual Degree