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The University of Washington recognizes students after each academic quarter and year for their high scholarship award and inclusion on the corresponding Dean’s List. A suitable and official notation of this achievement is recorded on the student’s University transcript.
(Beginning Summer 2024, Dean’s List PDF letters will no longer be sent to students. Please refer to your UW transcript for verification of Dean’s List notation. Most recent Dean’s Lists recipients will be noted on Quarterly Dean’s List webpage)
Dean's List Criteria
Quarterly Dean’s List
To qualify for the quarterly Dean’s List, a student must be pursuing their first undergraduate degree and attain a quarterly GPA of 3.50 or higher in at least 12 graded credits.
Annual Dean’s List
To qualify for the Annual Dean’s List, a matriculated undergraduate student must be pursuing their first undergraduate degree and have achieved a quarterly GPA of 3.50 in 12 or more numerically graded credits each quarter for three quarters of the academic year (summer through spring). Students with an approved Reduced Course Load must complete at least 6 numerically graded credits.
Students enrolled for four quarters of the academic year (summer through spring) must satisfy the conditions previously outlined and attain a quarterly GPA of 3.50 or better in the fourth quarter, if enrolled for 10 or more credits.
Dean's List Notations
UW Transcript: The official University record that a student has qualified for the Quarterly or Annual Dean’s List is the notation on the student’s UW transcript.
Quarterly Dean’s List Webpage: Recipients for the most recent quarter will have their name listed on the Quarterly Dean’s List webpage. Students must have directory release for their name to be listed. See Dean’s List Name if you would like your name to appear differently than your Student Name of Record.
Dean's List Name
Student’s Quarterly or Annual Dean’s List Name does not have to match their Student Record Name. By submitting a Dean’s List name request via the Dean’s List Name form, students can now have the name of their choice reflected on the Dean’s List webpage.
Dean’s List Name requests must be submitted prior to the publication of Dean’s List Recipients. Students who do not provide their Quarterly or Annual Deans List Name via the form will have their Student Record Name posted on the corresponding Dean’s List Recipients webpage. Qualifying students are notified and provided the deadline to their UW email approximately 3 weeks following the end of the quarter.
