Graduate School

Important Dates & Deadlines for Programs

August 2024

  • August 1 Fall term bill due date 
  • August 21-23 International Graduate Student Orientation
  • August 25-26 Graduate Student of Color Orientation
  • August 27-28 All-Student Orientation
  • August 29 Resource Fair (1-4 pm; 3-4 pm graduate student only hour)

September 2024

  • September 1 (estimated date) Online applications open in CollegeNET (PhD, MFA, BioMed Master's)
  • September 1 Fulbright Fellowship initial application deadline (internal) at 4:30 pm
  • September 8 Deadline for October graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
  • September 11-29 Fulbright campus interviews

October 2024

  • 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 5-9 Graduate School at the Society for Neuroscience Conference
  • October 11 DAAD applications due at 4 pm (internal deadline)
  • October 15 Spring term Fellowship appointments and funding due to Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's students). Non-Fellowship appointment (TA/RA/Proctor) entry deadline TBA
  • October 20-21 Fall Preview Day
  • October 31-November 3 Graduate School at the SACNAS Conference

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 13-16 Graduate School at the ABRCMS Conference
  • November 16* Spring term bills generated (see Student Financial Services website)

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 21 Deadline for entering Spring Progress Evaluation and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM
  • January TBA Recruitment Activities Summary submission deadline
  • January 31 Mae Williamson Simmons Fellowship nomination deadline
  • January 29-31 Graduate School at the McNair Promising Practices Institute and Graduate School Fair

February 2025

March 2025

  • 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 11 STEM Diversity and Inclusion Divisional Meeting 
  • March 13 Humanities & Social Science Diversity and Inclusion Divisional Meeting
  • 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

April 2025

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 23 Summer term bills generated (see Student Financial Services website)
  • May 23-25 Commencement weekend

June 2025

  • June TBA Deadline for submitting Summer Progress Evaluations and Standing Letters to GSIM
  • June 1* Doctoral Preview Day Application Opens
  • June TBA Deadline for each program to set online application deadline cutoff for next admission cycler and request application changes (e.g., requirements or program-specific questions)
  • June TBA Fall appointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's)
  • June 11* Summer term bill due date
  • June 22* Fall term bills generated (see Student Financial Services website)
  • 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 2025

  • June 22 Deadline for programs to communicate change in chair and DGS for next academic year
  • 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
  • August 28* Resource Fair
  • August 31 Deadline for entering Fall Progress Evaluations and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM

*Tentative date