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title: Policy on the Awarding of Posthumous Degrees
date: 2025-12-03T15:21:14-05:00
author: Mei Lu
canonical_url: "https://policies.umd.edu/academic-affairs/policy-on-the-awarding-of-posthumous-degrees"
section: "III: Academic Affairs"
---
Policy Number: III-7.30

##  Policy on the Awarding of Posthumous Degrees 

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  (Approved by the Board of Regents December 1, 2006, Amended June 19, 2015)

  [ View and Download Policy ](https://www.usmd.edu/regents/bylaws/SectionIII/iii730.pdf)