Graduate School

Important Dates & Deadlines for Graduate Students

August 2024

  • August 1 Fall term bill due date 
  • August 21-23 International Graduate Student Orientation
  • August 24-25 Graduate Student of Color Orientation
  • August 27-28 All-Student Orientation
  • August 29 Resource Fair 1-4 pm (graduate student only hour 3-4 pm)

September 2024

  • September 3 Convocation
  • September 3 Fulbright Fellowship initial application deadline (internal) at 4:30 pm
  • September 4 Classes begin
  • September 6 Deadline for October graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
  • September 17 Last day to add a course without a fee
  • September 9-27 Fulbright campus interviews

October 2024

  • October 1 Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Spring travel
  • October 1 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in February (Registrar's requirement)
  • October 1 Last day to add a course (includes late fee), change from audit to credit, or change a grade option declaration (5 pm deadline)
  • October 11 DAAD applications due at 4 pm (internal deadline)
  • October 14 Indigenous Peoples' Day
  • October 8 Final submission deadline for Fulbright Fellowship at 5:00 pm
  • October 20 Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5 pm deadline)

November 2024

  • November 1 Deadline for students on leave to notify the Graduate School of a desire to return in the spring and to submit materials for readmission
  • November 4 Deadline to apply for an Appointment Extension for spring or summer 2025 
  • November 12 Registration for Spring classes for continuing students
  • November 14* Spring term bills generated (see Bursar website)
  • November 27 - December 1 Thanksgiving recess

December 2024

January 2025

  • January 1 Spring term bill due date
  • January 10 Deadline for February graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
  • January 10 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for February graduates
  • January 13 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in May (Registrar's requirement)
  • January 22 Classes begin

February 2025

  • February 4 Last day to add a course without a fee
  • February 10 Open Graduate Education application deadline
  • February TBA Deadline for student applications for Deans' Faculty Fellowships
  • February TBA Application deadline for Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellowship
  • February 15-18 Long weekend
  • February 19 Last day to add a course (includes late fee), change from audit to credit, or change a grade option declaration (5 pm deadline)
  • February 28 Deadline to apply for an Appointment Extension for fall 2025
  • February TBA Application deadline for Joukowsky Summer Research Award

March 2025

April 2025

  • April 1 Deadline for students who are on medical leave to notify the Graduate School and their program about returning for the summer and to submit materials for readmission
  • April TBA Nominations for Graduate Student Contribution to Community Life Award
  • April 18 Deadline for May graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner

May 2025

  • May 1 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for May graduates
  • May 1 Deadline for students on leave to notify the Graduate School of a desire to return in the fall and to submit materials for readmission
  • May 7-16 Final exams
  • May 23* (approximate) Bills for summer-start programs, such as UEP and MAT are generated (aid entered before this date will be reflected)
  • May 23-25 Commencement weekend

June 2025

  • June TBA Summer term bill due date
  • June TBA* Fall term bills generated 

July 2025

  • July TBA Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in October (Registrar's requirement)

August-September 2025

  • August 1 Fall term bill due date 
  • August 20-22* International Graduate Student Orientation
  • August 24-25* Graduate Student of Color Orientation
  • August 26-27* All-Student Orientation (Wednesday half day for PhD/MFA only)
  • August 28* Resource Fair

*Tentative date