Welcome Back / Reactivating Students
Welcome back! We're glad you've decided to come back to finish your degree or continue taking classes for your professional development.
If it's been less than two years since taking your last class, you can call the Graduate School at (614) 292-6031 and request to be reactivated for a particular quarter.
If you have been away for more than two years and want to re-enter a degree program, you will have to request readmission to the program. We will take your current information and forward it to your previous advisor for review. We ask that you write a new statement of intent explaining your absence how you plan to complete your degree requirements. If your previous advisor is no longer with the School, we will forward your file and new statement of intent to the Section Chair for your previous program. Once your advisor or the section chair approves your re-entry into your previous program, we'll fax your updated information to the Graduate School. Again, once you have been reactivated by the Graduate School, we send you an email with information about activating your email and registering for classes.
Some students just want to come back and take classes for professional development without being readmitted to a degree program. In that case, we will just ask you for your updated information and we will ask you sign a waiver letting us know that you understand that you are being reactivated to take classes and are not being readmitted to a degree program.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have a "Do not Release" hold on your records, you will have to come in person to reactivate and show a picture ID.