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Important Dates and Deadlines for Graduate Students

The deadlines for manuscript submissions via online submission through the ETD Administrator to the Graduate Arts and Sciences office are indicated below. Individual departments may have earlier deadlines for completion, so be sure to check with your department assistant.

Semester Term Dates Online Application
for Degree Form Deadline
Dissertation/Thesis to Grad School Office for Formatting Check* Final Dissertation/Thesis Uploaded to ProQuest Official Graduation Date
Fall 2024 August 26 – December 9, 2024 September 24, 2024 December 5, 2024 December 12, 2024 December 30, 2024
Spring 2025 January 13 – May 6, 2025 February 9, 2025 April 24, 2025 May 1, 2025 May 19, 2025
Summer 2025 To be determined May 25, 2025 August 5, 2025 August 12, 2025 August 31, 2025

Graduate degrees are conferred three times during the academic year (August, December, and May). Students who receive their degrees in August and December and those enrolled for the spring semester who submit their completed dissertation or thesis to the Graduate Arts and Sciences office by the May deadline will be eligible to participate in Commencement in May. Commencement-related information will be emailed to student’s Clark email accounts in February.

*The preliminary pages of your dissertation/thesis, which are the title page through the first page of your manuscript must be submitted in a Word document to the Graduate School Office (gradschool@p8216.com) for a formatting check one week prior to the deadline to upload your final dissertation/thesis to ProQuest.