Graduate School

Important Dates & Deadlines for Programs

August 2025

  • August 1 Fall term bill due date
  • August 13 Online applications open for School of Public Health PhD programs
  • August 20-21 International Graduate Student Orientation
  • August 24-25 Graduate Student of Color Orientation
  • August 26-27 All-Student Orientation
  • August 28 Resource Fair (1-4 pm; 1-2 pm graduate student only hour)

September 2025

  • September 1 (estimated date) Online applications open for PhD and MFA programs
  • September 2 Fulbright Fellowship initial application deadline (internal) at 4:30 pm
  • September 5 Deadline for October graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
  • September 8-26 Fulbright campus interviews

October 2025

  • October 1 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in February (Registrar's requirement)
  • October 1 Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Spring travel
  • October 15 Spring term Fellowship appointments and funding due to Graduate School via GSIM
  • October 18 Recruitment event: California Forum For Diversity In Graduate Education
  • October 20-21 Fall Preview Day
  • October 30 Recruitment event: Florida International Univ. McNair Conference 

November 2025

  • 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 3 Fall cycle Pandemic-related Appointment Extension applications due
  • November 13-16 Recruitment event: ABRCMS
  • November 15-19 Recruitment event: Society for Neuroscience Conference
  • November 19* Spring term bills generated (see Student Financial Services website)

December 2025

January 2026

  • January 1 Spring term bill due date
  • January 9 Deadline for February graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
  • January 9 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for February graduates
  • January 12 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in May (Registrar's requirement)
  • January 17 Deadline to notify student of potential for removal from program
  • January 20 Deadline for entering Spring Progress Evaluation and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM
  • January TBA Recruitment Activities Summary submission deadline
  • January 29-31 Recruitment Event: Univ. of Central Florida Promising Practice
  • January 31 Mae Williamson Simmons Fellowship nomination deadline

February 2026

March 2026

  • March 1 Nominations due for the Faculty Mentoring and Advising Award and  the Excellence in Teaching Award
  • March 3 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 Diversity and Inclusion Divisional MeetingS
  • March 13 Spring application cycle Pandemic-related Appointment Extensions due
  • March 16-18 Doctoral Welcome Days (Super Monday - March 16-17; Humanities Tuesday - March 18)
  • March 21 Deadline for student applications for Deans' Faculty Fellowships (nominations and recommender forms due on March 28)
  • March 21 Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Fall travel
  • March 31 Summer appointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM

April 2026

  • 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 17 Deadline for May graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner

May 2026

  • May 1 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for May graduates
  • May 22-24 Commencement weekend
  • May 31 Deadline to notify student of potential for removal from program before the start of the fall semester

June 2026

  • June 1 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 1* Doctoral Preview Day Application Opens
  • June 1 Deadline for submitting Summer Progress Evaluations and Standing Letters to GSIM
  • June 11* Summer term bill due date
  • June 22* Fall term bills generated (see Student Accounts and Billing website)
  • June 30 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 2026

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

August-September 2026

  • August 1 Fall term bill due date
  • August TBA International Graduate Student Orientation
  • August TBA Graduate Student of Color Orientation
  • August TBA All-Student Orientation
  • August TBA Resource Fair
  • August 31 Deadline for entering Fall Progress Evaluations and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM

*Tentative date