Diploma Information

Recent Graduates

  • If you applied for graduation, after the semester is over and grades are officially posted, your record will be reviewed for degree clearance.
  • If you meet all degree requirements and are cleared by both your academic dean's office and the Registrar's Office, your degree will be posted.
  • Your diploma will be ordered six to eight weeks after the semester ends.
  • Approximately two weeks after the diploma is ordered, and your diploma ships, you will receive an email notification containing a tracking number you can use to follow your diploma's shipping status.
    • You will also receive a separate email after the diploma ships providing information about CeDiplomas (Certified Electronic Diplomas).

General Diploma Information

  • Diploma dimensions are 11"x14".
  • The Office of the University Registrar orders diplomas for all graduates.
  • Where diplomas are mailed:
    • All graduates will receive an email notification before the diploma order is submitted. This email notes the name you chose to have printed on the diploma, as well as the address you directed us to mail to.
      • When you submitted your graduation application, you were asked to enter a mailing address in the Degree mail-to field, and if you did so, this is where your diploma will be mailed.
      • If you did not enter an address in the field noted above, unless otherwise directed, the system will mail the diploma to the address listed in Student Central's Home address field.
  • If you are an undergraduate student graduating with a degree of distinction, it will be reflected on your diploma.
  • If you are a student earning dual degrees, or you are completing a graduate-level joint pathway program, you will receive two diplomas, one for each degree program completed.
  • Diplomas reflect only your primary major's program name, and the program name does not always match the major name.
  • Minors, majors, additional majors, tracks, or specializations are not printed on the diploma. Only the transcript reflects all majors.
  • Please ensure no financial holds are on your account. Financial Holds will prevent us from ordering your diploma. Holds can be cleared online by going to my.fsu.edu and looking under Student Financial Services.

Ordering a Replacement Diploma

We order diplomas weekly, and they are typically received within two to three weeks of the date on which we place the order.

To order a replacement diploma (size 11"x14"), you must send a written request with your signature and the information noted below. The Replacement Diploma Request Form is available as a PDF.

  • Your name exactly as it should appear on the diploma
    NOTE: If your name changes, include a copy of your driver's license or marriage license to have your new name printed on the diploma.
  • The semester and year of graduation
  • Your major and degree
  • Your mailing address
  • A $10.00 check or money order (per diploma) payable to Florida State University

Replacement diplomas will be issued using the current diploma format; therefore, they may not be an exact replica of your original diploma. Replacement diplomas will include a "Replacement Diploma issued on [date]" statement in the lower left corner. This statement is generally hidden depending on the type of frame and matting used.

Having Your Diploma Certified with an Apostille

To have a diploma apostille-certified by the Florida Department of State, please send the following items to FSU:

  1. Send your original diploma OR send a Replacement Diploma Order Request Form (The Replacement Diploma Request Form PDF).
    • If sending your original diploma, you do not need to include a $10.00 check or money order.
    • However, if you are having your diploma reordered, you must include a $10.00 (per diploma) check or money order payable to "Florida State University".
    • If sending a Replacement Diploma Order Request Form, please remember to sign the bottom of that form.
  2. Enclose a cover letter stating the name of the country in which the diploma will be used.
  3. Include a $10.00 (per diploma) check or money order payable to the "Florida Department of State".
    • This check or money order should be separate from the Replacement Diploma Order payment to FSU, as it will be processed specifically by the Florida Department of State for the apostille certification.
  4. Include a self-addressed, self-stamped envelope, OR a prepaid, pre-addressed airbill with envelope.
    • Diploma dimensions are 11"x14"; please ensure the return envelope you provide is the appropriate size.
    • This return envelope will be used by the Florida Department of State to send the apostille-certified diploma(s) back to you.

Please mail all the items (1-4 above) together to the Graduation & Commencement Services office at Florida State University:

Office of Student Finance
Florida State University
A1500 University Center
282 Champions Way
PO Box 3062394
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2394

Please allow sufficient time for this process to take place, as it can take 4-6 weeks, or more, for the diploma to be returned to you.

If you have any questions before starting this process, please call the Graduation & Commencement Services office at (850) 644-1050 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or email us at graduation@fsu.edu.