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.
Spring 2023
- Friday, April 7
- Thesis/dissertation drafts to be completed and checked for graduate/doctoral students completing work for degrees in May 2023.
- Applications for thesis/dissertation examinations are due.
- Friday, April 21
- Last day to have a thesis/dissertation/comprehensive exam. Results of examinations to be filed by academic unit head.
- Friday, May 5
- Deadline for all theses/dissertations/deficient coursework to be submitted to appropriate offices.
- Friday and Saturday, May 5–6
- Commencement
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