Diploma Information

Your name as it will be printed on your diploma and in the ceremony program, can be seen in the box titled Graduation (see path listed above to find this information). Your DIPLOMA NAME is your legal name on file in the MTSU student system at the time you submitted your Intent to Graduate form. All diploma name changes for August 2025 expected graduates must be submitted by Friday, June 13, 2025. Diploma reprints due to a name change after the posted deadline are $30 per diploma.

You do NOT have to submit legal documentation if you are simply changing an existing middle name to an initial, removing a middle or maiden name from your diploma name or updating your diploma name based on an official name change completed after submission of your Intent to Graduate. For this type of diploma name change, you can email [email protected]from your MTSU issued email.  Please include your M number.

If you need to change your diploma name (for example, add a middle name, change a last name, etc.), you must submit a name change form (you will log into your PipelineMT account to go to the form) and the required documentation.  Required documentation that will be accepted for a name change includes valid state issued driver’s license, state-issued identification card, passport or permanent resident card.  The purpose of this new dynamic Name Change form is to allow for secure submission of documents for an official university name change.

IMPORTANT:  After you receive the confirmation email that your MTSU system name has been changed, you must then email [email protected] and indicate a diploma name change is also requested.  Submitting the Name Change form does not automatically update the diploma name.  You may also choose to go in person to the MT OneStop to complete a paper name change form with the accepted documentation as listed above. 

If you are an International Student only International Affairs or the College of Graduate Studies may change your system name. If International Affairs or the College of Graduate Studies makes a change to your system name you must then notify [email protected] to update your diploma name by the deadline.

Your diploma address is the address listed on your Intent to Graduate form. As you may have moved since submitting your intent or plan to move after graduation you are responsible for verifying your diploma address.

A diploma mailing address change can only be made by emailing [email protected] from your MTSU email indicating “diploma” address. You must include your M#. All diploma mailing address changes must be submitted by Friday, August 8, 2025. There will be a $30.00 charge to re-issue your diploma if the diploma address was not updated by the deadline and subsequently mailed to an invalid address. 

Submitting an address change through your PipelineMT account or completing a change of address form will NOT change the address to which your diploma will be mailed.

Diplomas will be mailed beginning August 25, 2025. There will be an option to pick up your diploma August 21-22 between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm in the Registrar’s Office (SSAC 150) before they are mailed. All financial obligations to the university (tuition, parking tickets, telephone charges, etc.) must be paid before a diploma will be released.

If you are mailing your diploma to an international address, you will need to use eShipGlobal for delivery.  eShipGlobal will verify your delivery address is valid, allow your diploma can be tracked and appropriately delivered.  If you need to update your DIPLOMA MAILING ADDRESS to a U.S. address please email the new address to [email protected] no later than Friday, August 1, 2025.

Transcripts for verified graduates will be available Thursday, August 14, 2025. If you would like to order transcripts to be included in the eShipGlobal package with your diploma, please complete the transcript request form and return to [email protected] no later than August 1, 2025. Please put your eShipGlobal order number as the MAIL TO on the transcript request.

MAILING DIPLOMA/TRANSCRIPTS INTERNATIONALLY:

Please follow the steps below to order eShipGlobal delivery:

1. Go to https://study.eshipglobal.com
2. Log in or sign up for an account
3. Select Receive Documents from the University
4. Select MTSU   
5. Select Registrar’s Office
6. Enter all shipping, payment, and carrier information

Please complete your eShipGlobal request no later than Friday, August 1, 2025. Once diplomas are ready to be mailed, we will mail using your eShipGlobal order which you will be able to track once it is picked up by the carrier. 

Deadlines for diploma name or diploma mailing address changes for August 2025 expected graduates:

Diploma name change deadline – Friday, June 13, 2025
Diploma mailing address deadline – Friday, August 8, 2025

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MTSU diploma sizes are 8½“x 11” for undergraduates and 11” x 14” for graduate students. The diploma will only include your name and degree earned.

Your name and degree earned are printed on the MTSU diploma. Majors, concentrations, and minors are not printed on the diploma but will be listed on the official transcript. Students earning a double major (same degree) receive one diploma. Students earning dual degrees (example: BS/BSN, BA/BM) will receive two diplomas. Latin Honors, if applicable, will be printed on the diploma. Your graduation date is also printed on the diploma, which reflects the last day of the term you graduated and not the actual day you particpated in the commencement ceremony.

All diplomas will be mailed to verified August graduates beginning Monday, August 25, 2025, to the diploma mailing address that displays on the Graduation Information link. There will be an option to pick up your diploma in person with a photo ID, August 21-22, between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm in the Registrar’s Office (SSAC 150) before they are mailed. Please expect 21 business days for the MTSU / U.S. Post Offices to process and deliver within the continental U.S. Graduates with an international diploma mailing address must choose to individually pay to have the diploma mailed using eShipGlobal, or change the diploma address to a U.S. mailing address.

Yes, there will be an option to pick up your diploma on August 21-22 between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm in the Registrar’s Office (SSAC 150) before they are mailed. We cannot accommodate pickup outside of these established days and times, so no exceptions will be made. If you are unable to pick up your diploma on these days it will be mailed to your diploma address on file starting August 25, 2025.

The Registrar’s Office is on the first floor of the Student Services and Admissions Center (SSAC) Room 150. There will be a table set up at the office during pickup times. August graduates may pick up their diploma in person. You must show a photo ID at diploma pickup.

The MTSU Phillips Bookstore offers diploma frames in-store and online.  The bookstore is located at 1768 MTSU Blvd, Murfreesboro, TN 37132.  Check out the Phillips Bookstore webpage for more MTSU merchandise.  

You have worked hard to earn your degree, and after graduation it’s time to celebrate your achievement, thank those who matter most to you, and let your credentials work for you. MTSU has teamed up with Parchment to offer our graduates an official digital version of our printed diploma. It is a faster, free, and sharable version of the diploma. Celebrate your accomplishment with those who supported you along the way – your family, friends and colleagues. You may also share your digital diploma with potential employers to kick-start the next step in your journey or career.

Confirmed graduates will receive an email from [email protected] to their MTSU email account informing them that their digital diploma is now accessible. You will then receive a notification from Parchment with the link to claim the digital diploma. Graduates can access the digital diploma more than a week before printed diplomas are available during diploma pick-up.

For August 2025 digital diplomas will be sent on Monday, August 18, 2025. Printed diploma pick-up will be held August 21-22, 2025, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Registrar’s Office (SSAC 150) before they are mailed. If confirmed graduates cannot pick up during these three days, diplomas will then be mailed to the diploma address which was listed on their intent to graduate form. Please allow up to 21 business days for the MTSU/U.S. Post Offices to process and deliver printed diplomas.

Confirmed graduates will receive an email notification to their MTSU email account from [email protected] letting them know that the notification email from Parchment is on the way with instructions to claim the free digital diploma. The Parchment notification email will come from [email protected].

Follow the link sent from Parchment to set up your Parchment account or sign into your existing Parchment account if you already have one. It will look like the picture below.

Share your digital diploma on social media like LinkedIn or Facebook, or download a secure PDF version. Your digital diploma will always be accessible through your Parchment account. You can download or share it again and again — at no cost to you.

Share your Achievements!

• Easily share your digital diploma with a secure and verified link.
• Share with family and friends on Facebook and LinkedIn.
• View your digital diploma online at any time with permanent access.
• Download your digital diploma and save as a PDF.
• Serve as an alternative to the Apostille process.
• Many countries recognize digital diplomas. Parchment Award diplomas support the needs of international credentials.

Yes, all students will receive both a digital diploma and a printed diploma upon graduation starting in Spring 2025. The diplomas will be identical in their information. Digital diplomas will be sent roughly a week after commencement. Printed diplomas will be sent a few weeks later.

Please note that any holds on your account will prevent either type of diploma from being sent. For students whose degree is awarded after the initial degree posting, their digital and printed diplomas will be delayed from the posted dates.