Academic Policies Overview

The Stanford Bulletin provides a central source for policies – both academic and non-academic – that apply to all Stanford students.

Browse the full list of policies below arranged in alphabetical order.

Policies A-Z

• Age Discrimination Grievance Procedure

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Section 504 Grievance Procedure

• Anti-Doxxing

• Auditing a Stanford Course

• Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

• Baccalaureate Honors

• Campus Disruptions

• Campus Safety and Criminal Statistics

• Campus Visitors

• Childbirth Accommodations for Graduate Students

• Compliance with University Policies

• Copyright

• Coterminal Academic Progress

• Coterminal Admissions

• Coterminal Advising, Program Proposal, and Time Limit

• Coterminal Course Transfers

• Coterminal Program Changes

• Coterminal Residency Requirement

• Coterminal Tuition

• Dangerous Weapons on Campus

• Degree Conferral

• Directors of Graduate Studies

• Doctoral Degree Requirements

• Double-Counting of Credit in Undergraduate Programs

• Early Examinations

• End-Quarter Examinations

• End-Quarter Period

• Enrollment and Other Holds

• Fees

• Five-Year Funding Commitment for Doctoral Students

• Force Majeure

• Forms of Instruction

• Full-time Status

• General University Grading System

  • Graduate School of Business Grading System

  • Law School Grading System

  • School of Medicine Grading System

• Graduate Academic Progress

• Graduate Admissions

• Graduate Advising

• Graduate Degree Requirements

• Graduate Exchange Programs

• Graduate Financial Aid

• Graduate Non-matriculated Study

• Graduate Program Changes

• Graduate Residency

• Graduate Transfer Credit

• Guidelines for Dismissal of Graduate Students for Academic and Professional Reasons

• H1-B Certification

• Hazing

• Honor Code and Fundamental Standard

• Identification Requirements

• Involuntary Leave of Absence and Return

• Joint Degree Programs

• Master's Degree Requirements

• Midterm Examinations

• No Camping

• Noise and Amplified Sound

• Nondiscrimination Policy

• Paying the University Bill

• Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

• PhD Minor

• Posthumous Degrees

• Recording Lectures

• Reinstatement

• Religious Holidays

• Repeated Courses

• Reporting & Revision of End-Quarter Grades

• Rescission of Admission

• Separation from the University

• Special Registration Statuses for Coterminal Students

• Special Registration Statuses for Graduate Students

• Special Registration Statuses for Undergraduate Students

• Special Types of Undergraduate Credit

• Standard Meeting Patterns

• Student Academic Grievance Procedure

• Student Account Refunds

• Student Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy

• Student Grievances

• Student Initiated Courses

• Student Non-Academic Grievance Procedure

• Student Privacy

• Students of New Faculty

• Study Lists

• Teaching Credentials

• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Transcripts & Certifications

• Tuition

• Undergraduate Academic Progress

• Undergraduate Academic Residency

• Undergraduate Admission

• Undergraduate Financial Aid

• Undergraduate General Education Requirements

• Undergraduate Majors

• Undergraduate Minor

• Undergraduate Non-matriculated Study

• Undergraduate Test Credit

• Undergraduate Time to Degree Completion

• Undergraduate Transfer Credit

• Unit of Credit

• University Communication with Students

• Use of Stanford's Main Quad, Memorial Court, Oval, White Plaza and Other Designated Outdoor Event Spaces

• Veterans and Military Benefits Certification

• Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018 (Section 103)

• Veterans Financial Aid

• Visa Requirements for Registered Students

• Voluntary Leaves of Absence for Coterminal Students

• Voluntary Leaves of Absence for Graduate Students

• Voluntary Leaves of Absence for Undergraduate Students

Additional Policy Resources

If you can’t find a particular policy, check out policy information on these other Stanford websites:

• Student Activities and Leadership: policies for student organizations, including program and event planning

• Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures (the Gap): policies specifically for graduate students

• Office of Special Events and Protocols: policies for students, faculty, and staff who are planning university events

• Administrative Guide: guidelines for non-research activities that govern workplace interactions, approaches, procedures, and processes

Get help

If you have questions about academic or non-academic policies, submit a help request.