We ask you to please file an application for your diploma at
least four months before you expect to graduate. Applications are
available in the office of the Registrar – Room 106 Newman Hall,
Queens campus; or Room 200 Flynn Hall, Staten Island campus. At the
Manhattan campus, visit the Office of Enrollment Services, on
the first floor of Murray Hall.
If you need a name on your diploma that differs from your records,
please submit a Change of Name Form with proof of your new name.
Proof can be provided by court papers, marriage license, divorce
papers and similar documents. Students need only submit those
papers that attest to their name change, not confidential or
personal information about the reasons for their name change.
Graduation and Conferral of Degrees
The precise dates are announced each year. “Conferral” means that
the Registrar posts a notation of the award of a degree in our
academic record-keeping system. For most purposes, the terms
“graduation” and “conferral of a degree” are synonymous.
“Commencement,” however, is another matter.
Commencement
The University has one general Commencement ceremony a year, in
May. If you’re planning to attend your Commencement Exercises,
please reserve seats for yourself and your guests by completing the
forms for Queens and Manhattan Campus Commencement or Staten Island
Campus Commencement.
Please refer any questions about Commencement to the Office of
University Events at (718) 990-6365.
Replacement Diplomas
If an original diploma is lost, stolen or destroyed, we
will replace it. To order a replacement diploma, you need to
file a standard application for diploma and an affidavit that must
be notarized. Please call (718) 990-2000 for applications and
affidavits.
Loss, destruction, change of name and theft are the only reasons
for which a diploma will be replaced. We do not issue duplicate
diplomas.
Anyone ordering a replacement diploma also needs to provide copies
of two proofs of identity, one containing a photo. Examples include
a passport, driver’s license, social security card and work ID.
There is a $50 fee for a replacement diploma.
Mailing Addresses
Applications for original diplomas should be sent to the
office on the campus from which the student will graduate.
Applications for original and replacement diplomas may be mailed to
one of the following addresses:
Queens and Rome
Office of the Registrar
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
Attn: Replacement Diploma Desk
Staten Island
Office of the Registrar
St. John’s University
300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301
Attn: Replacement Diploma Desk
Manhattan
Office of Enrollment Services
St. John’s University
101 Murray Street
New York, NY 10007
Attn: Replacement Diploma Desk