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Errata​ for Graduate Regulations Registration for Thesis Research

Prior to Fall 2026, thesis research was offered as a 0-credit course. Beginning in Fall 2026, 0-credit thesis research courses are no longer offered for all students regardless of admission term.

Thesis Research 

Registration for Thesis Research is limited to students who are enrolled in a graduate program that requires completion of a thesis or dissertation. Three sections of Thesis Research have been established to recognize different stages of the student’s progress toward the degree. A student enrolled in any section of Thesis Research will be certified as enrolled full-time. 

Students are eligible to register for Thesis Research only if: 

  1. they have already completed the coursework registration requirements for their thesis master’s program or a doctoral program; or 
  2. they are near or at the end of their required coursework and are enrolled in fewer than 9 credits; or
  3. they are the instructor of record for their own course.

Students may not register in Thesis Research to gain full-time enrollment status at earlier stages. 

Thesis Research registration is required for all semesters until the student defends the thesis or dissertation or completes the doctoral project. 

Students who are eligible for registering for the first time in Thesis Research 9999, Section 1  should self-register in their first semester. Thereafter, they will be registered automatically in the appropriate section of Thesis Research according to their academic progress and fellowship status in each subsequent Fall, Spring, or Summer semester. Students not on scholarship support will be responsible for the tuition and fees associated with automatic registration unless they are on either an approved Leave of Absence or have withdrawn from the University. 

  1. Thesis Research - 9999, Section 1 

    Graduate students enrolled in a master’s thesis program or a doctoral program who have completed all coursework, including those who plan to take language-proficiency or comprehensive examinations before beginning their research and writing, must register for Thesis Research - 9999, Section 1, in each Fall and Spring semester. The current tuition rates can be found here: https://studentaccounts.georgetown.edu/tuition/graduate/.

    Those who wish to receive thesis direction during the summer must register for Thesis Research - 9999, Section 61, for the summer term; no registration fee is charged for Thesis Research registration during the summer.
  2. Thesis Research - 9999, Section 3 

    Students enrolled in a master’s thesis program or a doctoral program who are near the end of their coursework and for whom registration for the remaining required course credits would total fewer than 9 credits may qualify for Thesis Research - 9999, Section 3. 

    Students cannot self-enroll in Thesis Research - 9999, Section 3. The student’s department or program must coordinate the student’s need for Thesis Research - 9999, Section 3 with their school dean’s office before the close of the Add/Drop period for the semester. 

    Note that a student who has received a language study scholarship and is enrolled solely in courses to develop language proficiency must enroll in Section 1 and pay the associated tuition. 
  3. Thesis Research - 9999, Section 5 

    Students who are the primary instructor of record for a course (Teaching Associates) must be enrolled in Thesis Research - 9999, Section 5. No additional registration fee will be assessed for this enrollment.

    Students cannot self-enroll in Thesis Research - 9999, Section 5; rather, the student’s department or program must communicate the student’s status as a Teaching Associate to their school dean’s office as soon as the teaching assignment is finalized. This section of Thesis Research is open only to doctoral students appointed as Teaching Associates and only during the semester(s) in which they hold such a teaching appointment.