Requirements

Undergraduate and Professional/Veterinary Student Requirements

• 90 earned undergraduate cumulative hours
• 45 earned undergraduate resident hours
• 2.0 cumulative GPA
• Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

If your first semester enrolled at Texas A&M University was prior to 1/1/94, you must have:

• 90 earned undergraduate cumulative hours
• 30 earned undergraduate resident hours
• 2.0 cumulative GPA
• Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

 Please Note:

• When viewing your Transcript Totals on your Unofficial Transcript in HOWDY, look under the EARNED HOURS column to determine how many hours will count toward your Ring requirements.
• Only hours that are completed and posted on your Unofficial Transcript will count toward your Ring requirements.
• Repeated courses only count once toward the Ring requirements. 

Graduate Student Requirements

Master's Thesis Option

1. Defended Thesis
   
   Due to ordering deadlines, you may order at the beginning of the semester you will graduate. Your Ring will be delivered on Aggie Ring Day if you have defended your thesis prior to the deadline set by the Office of Graduate Studies . If you do not defend your thesis prior to this date, your Ring will be held until the qualification is met.
2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Master's Non-thesis Option

1. 75% of coursework completed for degree program at TAMU (degree plan must be on file with the Office of Graduate Studies)
2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Ph.D. Students

1. Admitted to Ph.D. candidacy
2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.