To request an official copy of this policy, contact:

The Office of the Governing Council
Room 106, Simcoe Hall
27 King's College Circle
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1A1

Phone: 416-978-6576
Fax: 416-978-8182
E-mail: governing.council@utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.utoronto.ca/govcncl/

Posthumous degrees should be awarded only under the following circumstances:

1. Where the student has successfully completed all the requirements of his or her program or where all of the academic requirements have been completed and only a limited amount of practical work remains to be completed.

2. Where the award of a posthumous degree is approved by the Divisional Council concerned, and by the Academic Affairs Committee or the delegates of the Committee charged with approving examination results.

3. Assent of the family should be sought after the Academic Affairs Committee has approved the award of the degree. 

September 9, 1976