Graduate Academic Standing
Academic Standing
To remain in good academic standing, graduate students must maintain a graduate GPA of 3.0. Undergraduate prerequisites taken after the bachelor's degree will not count toward the graduate GPA. More stringent grade expectations may be required by individual programs, however they must be published in the University Catalog.
For doctoral students, and master’s students for whom an annual evaluation is required, satisfactory performance in the annual evaluation is necessary in order to maintain good academic standing. In programs with rolling admissions, students will be evaluated on a term basis.
Failure to maintain good academic standing will result in placement on academic warning, probation, or dismissal.
Academic Warning
A graduate student whose cumulative graduate GPA falls below a 3.0 will be placed on warning, indicating academic difficulty. The designation will be notated on the transcript when a warning is based on GPA.
A doctoral student whose annual evaluation is unsatisfactory in a given year will be placed on warning, indicating difficulty in progressing through the program.
Academic Probation
A graduate student on warning whose cumulative graduate GPA remains below 3.0 in the following semester will be placed on probation, indicating serious academic difficulty. The designation will be notated on the transcript when probation is based on GPA. The College or School of the student on probation may indicate the conditions which must be met in order to continue enrollment.
A second unsatisfactory annual evaluation for doctoral students will result in probation, indicating serious difficulty in progressing through the program.
Academic Dismissal
A graduate student on probation whose cumulative and semester GPA’s fall below a 3.0 for a third term will be automatically dismissed from the program and the University. The designation will be notated on the transcript when dismissal is based on GPA. The student has ten working days to appeal the dismissal decision.
A student may also be dismissed for failure to make satisfactory progress toward degree completion or failure to complete all the requirements for a graduate degree within the time limits for degree completion. Each unit must have a policy specifying the criteria for satisfactory progress at each stage of the program.
A student may be dismissed for non-compliance with the continuous enrollment policy for doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy or master’s students with an approved research proposal.
A third unsatisfactory annual evaluation for doctoral students will result in dismissal.
Dismissed students who are readmitted or who register as non-degree-seeking students after a one-year period are placed on academic probation.
Related FIU Policy
FIU Policy 380.044 Graduate Academic Standing, Academic Dismissal, and Readmission