Important Deadlines

Departmental Deadlines

• Submission of Tuition Benefit forms
  • Due to Grad advising by first Friday of each semester
  • You must submit a Tuition Benefit form every semester that you are eligible for Tuition Benefit, even if your job remains the same
  • Tuition Benefit Enrollment Form
• Program Declaration
  • Before your first semester begins
  • Program Declaration Form
• Preliminary Program of Study
  • Due to your Grad Advisor by the end of your first semester
  • Link to Department Forms
• Qualifying Exams
  • Registration forms are due to Grad advising by first Friday of each semester
  • Exams are held during the 12^th week of Spring and Fall semesters (counting Spring/Fall break as week)
  • Exam results are provided within 2 weeks following the exams
  • Qualifying Exam Handbook
• Public MS and PhD Defenses and Proposals
  • Proposal and defense manuscripts must be provided to your Research Advisor at least 3 weeks before the event
  • Proposal and defense manuscripts must be provided to your Supervisory Committee at least 2 weeks before the event
  • Defense and Proposal announcements due to Grad Advising 1 week before the event
  • Signed Defense and Proposal forms due to Grad Advising by 1 week after the event
  • To obtain department approval for your manuscript, you must meet with your Grad Advisor for a format review
  • To graduate in the current semester a Defense must be held at least 1 week before the Thesis Office’s deadline (see below)
    • Defending before the deadline does not guarantee the Thesis Office will have time to clear your manuscript in time for you to graduate in the same semester
    • To streamline your manuscript submission process, work with your Grad Advisor on your manuscript format well before your defense
  • The last day to defend in a semester is the Friday before the next semester’s classes begin
  • Link to Department Forms

University Deadlines

• Deadlines for enrollment, add/drop, tuition payment, withdrawals, final exam period, holidays
  • Add/drop without permission code: 1st Friday of the semester
  • Add/drop with permission code: 2nd Friday of the semester (get permission codes from Grad Advising)
  • Tuition due: 2nd Friday of the semester
  • Consult with your grad advisor before withdrawing from any class
  • Academic Calendar deadlines
• International Teaching Program deadlines
• University Fellowship deadlines
• Residency Reclassification
• Graduation deadlines
• Thesis Office manuscript submission deadlines