Master of Science Graduation Certificates

Generate a Master of Science Graduation Certificate

The MS is the standard graduate-research credential in STEM and quantitative fields — about 350,000 awarded annually in the US across CS, engineering, public health, statistics, and the natural sciences. Graduate programs have slightly different conventions than undergraduate: more emphasis on the specialty and thesis, fewer Latin honors, and more frequent inclusion of the graduate school as a distinct unit alongside the university.

What an MS Certificate Should Include

1. Institution name + Graduate School name — many institutions list both ("the University of California, on the recommendation of the Graduate Division")
2. Conferral language, formal
3. Recipient name in the largest type
4. The degree — "Master of Science" with specialty below
5. Thesis or project title, if applicable, in italic
6. Honors, when used (less common at MS level than BS/BA)
7. Date and location
8. Signatures — Department Chair, Graduate Dean, University President (sometimes Provost)

The Thesis Title Question

Programs vary on whether the thesis title appears on the certificate:

• Traditional research MS programs — often include the thesis title in italic below the degree
• Project-based or coursework MS — typically don't include a project title
• Hybrid programs — depends on the specific cohort and program director's preference

If your CSV has a thesis_title column with mixed empty/full values, the AI handles both — empty rows render without the line, populated rows include it. No awkward blank space.

Cohort Bulk-Printing

MS cohorts are typically 30-200 students per program per year. The bulk-merge flow:

1. Export the cohort from your SIS — name, specialty, thesis title (if applicable), graduation date
2. Design the master template once with your institution's identity
3. Upload the CSV. A 100-student cohort processes in roughly 90 seconds.

Departments that issue degrees across multiple MS specialties (an EE department offering MS-Computer-Engineering and MS-Communications, for example) handle this with one CSV column for specialty. The same template works for both.

Generate your MS certificate now — three free generations to dial in the design.