Office of the University Registrar

Dean’s Lists

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. Students may also be eligible for other Baccalaureate Honors.

Dean’s Lists 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 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

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.

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 corresponding Dean’s List Recipients webpage listing
  • Notifications from the UW News Office to the student’s hometown newspaper.

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.