Congratulations on completing your Online MPH degree!
Please review the following information about the degree check-out process, requesting a certificate of completion, converting your student account to an alumni account, and other alumni services.
Certificate of Completion
The Certificate of Degree Completion is automatically generated by our system and emailed to students as soon as all steps in the filing process have been completed AND all requirements have been met on the student’s Academic Progress Report (APR).
Transcripts & Diplomas
Transcripts
Your degree is posted on your official transcript approximately three months after the end of the term.
Diplomas
Schedule for receiving diplomas:
- Fall Graduate: Early April
- Spring Graduate: Early September
- Summer Graduate: Early December
Address – Your diploma will be mailed to your address in CalCentral. Please see instructions in CalCentral on how to check and update this address prior to graduation.
Name – The name on your diploma will appear as it was recorded from your UC Berkeley admission application. You may change your name of record by providing a driver’s license or passport, or record of a legal name change. For more information on name changes, requests on diplomas, or ordering transcripts, please visit the Office of Registrar.
Commencement
Please visit our commencement page!
Cap, Gown and More
Whether the campus wide and department ceremonies are in person or virtual, you can watch them in your graduation regalia! If you are at home get comfy — or get formal! If you go all out, you may purchase your cap and gown, frame, and other graduation items from the Cal Student Store and have them shipped directly to your home. For more information, please visit the Berkeley bConnection website.
Berkeley Email Address
The campus will extend the courtesy of alumni email service to graduating students and alumni under new parameters that will include requirements around use, storage limits, and multifactor authentication but will not, at present, come at any cost to alums. While UC Berkeley cannot unconditionally commit to maintaining alumni email service indefinitely, we believe that this plan offers sustainability to this alumni benefit. If the policy needs to be changed in the future, impacted groups will be notified as appropriate.
For more information, please visit this page.
bMail Grace Period
When all of a person’s affiliations with UC Berkeley are no longer active, their CalNet ID is considered expired. However, that ID’s information is retained in the system for a certain length of time determined by the type of affiliation the person had with UC Berkeley. That length of time is called a grace period. An expired person with no active affiliations and who is no longer in grace will no longer be able to log in to their CalNet account.
Graduate Students taking a leave of absence or have just graduated have 274 day grace period
Alumni Services
Alumni OOMPH+: Connect with fellow alums. Update your contact information. Find out about new online courses and how to take them as an OOMPH alumni, and learn about career and volunteer opportunities on the new OOMPH+ Portal alumni webpage.
Berkeley Public Health (BPH): Visit the BPH Alumni page to keep in touch with your BPH classmates by attending an alumni event, submitting an Alumni Note, or connecting on social media.
Cal Alumni Association: Becoming a member of the Cal Alumni Association is the best way to stay connected to your alma mater! Membership provides many valuable discounts, privileges, and benefits to help you network with fellow Cal graduates and take full advantage of your alumni status.