Please remember that the application for thesis/dissertation/exhibition examination, as well as the most complete draft of your document, may be submitted at any time during the semester of intended defense. Defense dates must be at least ten days after submission of documents to both committee members and the graduate school.
Summer 2023
- Friday, July 7
- Thesis/dissertation drafts to be completed and checked for graduate/doctoral students completing work for degrees in August 2023.
- Applications for thesis/dissertation examinations are due.
- Friday, July 21
- Last day to have a thesis/dissertation/comprehensive exam. Results of examinations to be filed by academic unit head.
- Friday, August 4
- Deadline for all theses/dissertations/deficient coursework to be submitted to appropriate offices.
- Friday and Saturday, August 4–5
- Commencement
Fall 2023
- Friday, November 17
- Thesis/dissertation drafts to be completed and checked for graduate/doctoral students completing work for degrees in December 2023.
- Applications for thesis/dissertation examinations are due.
- Friday, December 1
- Last day to have a thesis/dissertation/comprehensive exam. Results of examinations to be filed by academic unit head.
- Friday, December 15
- Deadline for all theses/dissertations/comprehensive exams/deficient coursework to be submitted to appropriate offices.
- Saturday, December 16
- Commencement