Graduation

If you're on track to graduate, you will received an email asking you to complete the Diploma Form in BiONiC. The Diploma form is a custom form in BiONiC that indicates how you want your name to appear on your diploma and on the commencement program.

To navigate to the form, login to BiONiC.
Then go to the Self Service > Student Center.
Scroll down to the bottom right of that page and you will see the “Diploma Form”.

(Note: Bryn Mawr does not use the Apply for Graduation option available in BiONiC)

Diplomas are sent out to the graduates home address (unless otherwise specified on the diploma form) and should be received approximately six weeks after graduation. Diplomas sent internationally could take up to twelve weeks to be received due to international mail service. Students will be contacted prior to graduation to verify the spelling of their name and the address to which they would like the diploma mailed. 

The diploma is written in Latin and bears the graduates' name, graduation date and degree (with honors, if applicable), and the university’s seal and signatures. Majors aren’t shown on your diploma, but listed on your transcript.

You only need one copy of your diploma. which is provided free of charge after graduation. However, you may request a copy of your diploma by completing the Diploma Request Form. There is a $50 charge for each copy or replacement ordered. 

Bachelor of Arts

The following is a translation from the Latin into English of the text of the Bachelor of Arts diploma at Bryn Mawr College:

The Trustees and Faculty of Bryn Mawr College in the state of Pennsylvania to all into whose hands this document comes, greetings! We, the Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, upon the recommendation and approval of the Faculty, have admitted [graduate's name], our student, to the degree of Bachelor of Arts; and have conferred upon her all the distinctions and rights which belong to this degree. In witness whereof on this document validated by the Seal of the College, on the [date] day of May in the [year] year in the Gregorian calendar, we, the President of the Trustees and the President of Bryn Mawr College, by the authority entrusted to us, have affixed our signatures. 

President of the Trustees
President of the College

Master of Arts

Following is a translation from the Latin into English of the text of the Master of Arts diploma at Bryn Mawr College:

The Trustees and Faculty of Bryn Mawr College in the State of Pennsylvania state to all to whom the document shall come:

We the Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, with the nomination and approval of the Faculty, admit [graduate's name], who already possesses the degree of Bachelor of Arts or another equivalent degree, to the degree of Master of Arts, since s/he has completed his/her preliminary studies and the (additional) appropriate requirements in the course of (at least) one year and has passed a rigorous examination; and we give and confer upon him/her all the distinctions and privileges pertaining to this degree. In witness whereof, we, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the President of Bryn Mawr College, by the authority vested in us, have subscribed our names to this document with the seal of the College on May [date], [year].

President of the Trustees
President of the College

Doctor of Philosophy (Arts and Sciences)

Following is a translation from the Latin into English of the text of the Doctor of Philosophy diploma at Bryn Mawr College:

To all whom these letters shall come, greetings. We the Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, with the nomination and approval of the academic senate, admit [graduate's name], who has completed the examinations for the doctorate in the field of [field of study], to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and further give and confer upon him/her all the distinctions and privileges pertaining thereto. In witness whereof, we have subscribed our names to these letters with the seal of the College on [Month] [date], [year] by the authority vested in us.

President of the Trustees
President of the College