# Posthumous Graduate Degree

**Source**: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/policies/academic/posthumous-degree
**Parent**: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/advisers-coordinators

The Graduate School will, upon request from a family member or program, award a posthumous degree to a deceased student who had completed all degree requirements (including a successful dissertation defense for a Ph.D.) but had not submitted or uploaded the required forms. 

If the request comes from a family member, the Graduate School will ask the program for a letter of support.