Graduate School

Important Dates & Deadlines for Programs

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June 5 Fall term appointments and departmental funding due to Graduate School via GSIM
July 1 Doctoral Preview Day Application Opens
August 1 Fall term bill due date
August 1 Deadline for each program to set online application deadline cutoff for next admission cycle and request application changes (e.g., requirements or program-specific questions)
August 13 Online applications open for School of Public Health PhD programs
August 17 Fulbright Fellowship initial application deadline (internal) at 4:30 pm
August 27-27 International Orientation (with social and community building events held throughout the weekend
August 30-31 Graduate Student of Color Orientation
September 1-2 All-Student Orientation for PhD & MFA students
September 3 Resource Fair 1-4 pm (1-2 graduate student only hour)

September 1-25 Fulbright Campus Committee evaluation mock interviews
September 11 Deadline for October graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
September TBA Online applications open for PhD and MFA programs

October 1 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in February (Registrar's requirement)
October 1 Spring term Fellowship appointments and funding due to Graduate School via GSIM
October 22 Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Spring travel
October 18-19 Fall Preview Day

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 23 Spring term bills generated (see Student Financial Services website)
November 30 Application deadline for the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship
November 30 Application deadline for Brown Executive Scholars Training (BEST) Program

January 8 Deadline for February graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
January 8 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for February graduates
January 11 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in May (Registrar's requirement)
January TBA Deadline for entering Spring Progress Evaluation and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM for students receiving progress evaluations of “warning,” “satisfactory,” or who are returning to “good” or “satisfactory” from warning
January TBA Deadline to notify student of potential for removal from program
January TBA Mae Williamson Simmons Fellowship nomination deadline

February TBA Deadline for changing progress evaluations that have already been submitted for the Spring term
February TBA Deadline for entering Spring Progress Evaluation and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM for students who are continuing in good standing
February 12 Open Graduate Education application deadline
February TBA Application deadline for Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellowship (to be released after focus areas have been confirmed)
February TBA Application deadline for Joukowsky Summer Research Award

March 1 Nominations due for the Faculty Mentoring and Advising Award and the Excellence in Teaching Award
March TBA Deadline for DEP applications (submit through UFunds) for Humanities & Social Science students who will be beyond the sixth year (can also be submitted after this date to be reviewed on a rolling basis)
March tBA Interdisciplinary Opportunity program application deadline
March TBA Diversity and Inclusion Divisional Meetings
March TBA Spring application cycle Appointment Extensions due
March TBA Doctoral Welcome Days (All students - March 15-16; Humanities - March 17)
March TBA Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Fall travel
March TBA Summer appointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM

April 1 Nominations due for the Joukowsky Outstanding Dissertation Prize (presented at Commencement)
April 15 PhD and MFA admissions response date (admitted applicants must accept admissions offer by this date and cannot be asked to decide in advance of this date)
April TBA Summer appointments to be entered in GSIM
April 16 Deadline for May graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner

May 1 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for May graduates
May 28-30 Commencement weekend
May 31 Deadline to notify student of potential for removal from program before the start of the fall semester

June TBA Fall appointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's)
June 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
June TBA Doctoral Preview Day Application Opens
June TBA Deadline for submitting Summer Progress Evaluations and Standing Letters to GSIM
June TBA Summer term bill due date (see Student Accounts and Billing website)
June TBA Fall term bills generated (see Student Accounts and Billing website)
June TBA Deadline for programs to communicate change in chair and DGS for next academic year
June 30 GSIM Appointment Management closed for changes for fiscal year end. Via GSIM: 1) Add and/or update progress evaluations in the current term with prior term performance 2) Update of milestones 3) Update advisors (current and prospective terms)
July TBA Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in October (Registrar's requirement)
August 1 Fall term bill due date
August TBA Deadline for entering Fall Progress Evaluations and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM