Faculty & Staff Forms

Note: For cybersecurity reasons, all Degree Forms are now only accessible through VPN or on campus internet.  If a student or staff member does not have VPN access they can request it from central campus via the following process:

1. Access the VPN Access Request Form.
2. Log in using your LinkBlue credentials.
3. Under “Justification for VPN Access”, enter “Required for graduate students and university staff to complete the Graduate School degree forms.”

Form to Appoint a new DGS or DGC

• Appointment Form for Directors of Graduate Studies or Directors of Graduate Certificate

Graduate Faculty Appointment Request Form

• UK Faculty
• Non-UK Faculty

Teaching Assistants

• Teaching Assistant Observation Form (PDF)
• Online Teaching Assistant Observation Form (Qualtrics)
• End-of-Semester Evaluation Form (Word)
• Online End-of-Semester Evaluation Form (Qualtrics)

Forms for DGS and DGS Staff

• Diversity Recruitment Allocation Planning Form
• Notice of Appointment to Graduate Student Academic Staff (GSAS)
• Exception to GSAS Business Procedures Form
• Hiring Department Procedure/GSAS for Non-Academic Departments
• Assistantship Overload Request Form (to request > 0.5 FTE work for grad students)
• Fellowship Overload Request Form (to request additional assignments or fellowships for those students who are already supported by a Graduate School Fellowship)
• Recruitment Expenditure Reimbursement
• Summer Option Verification
  • Instructions (pdf)
  • Form (pdf)

Forms for DGC

• Request a Graduate Certificate

Post-Doctoral Forms

• Request for Degree Certification (pdf)
• Inital Appointment
• Reappointment

Invited Visiting Student Form

• Invited Visiting Student Form

University Senate Forms

• For forms pertaining to actions which require University Senate approval, such as new program proposals, visit https://www.uky.edu/universitysenate/forms .