Graduate School Calendar
Academic Year 2024-2025
| January/February | July/August |
| March/April | September/October |
| May/June | November/December |
See Registrar's website for more detailed academic calendars as they become available.
Graduation deadlines for degree candidates >
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October 23, 2024 |
College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided |
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November 1, 2024 |
UCGS – 2-4 – Teams |
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November 1, 2024 |
Last day to upload defended and corrected thesis or dissertation PDF to ProQuest for review along with required documents to the Graduation Analyst |
GA |
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November 20, 2024 |
College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided |
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December 6, 2024 |
UCGS – 2-4 – Teams |
BWM |
| December 17, 2024 |
Commencement, Fall 2023 |
GA |
| December 23, 2024 |
Spring 2025 GA contracts due to the Graduate School |
LM |
| January 29, 2025 |
College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided |
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| February 7, 2025 |
UCGS – 2-4 – Teams |
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| February 26, 2025 |
College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided |
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| March 7, 2025 |
UCGS – 2-4 – Teams |
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| March 26, 2025 |
College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided |
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| April 4, 2025 |
UCGS – 2-4 – Teams |
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| **April 5, 2025 |
University Council for Graduate Studies meeting (2:00-4:00 PM) |
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| **April 8, 2024 |
Summer 2025 GA contracts due to the Graduate School |
LS |
| **April 17, 2025 |
Morton Awards recipients annouced |
LM |
| **April 17, 2025 |
UofM Society Doctoral Fellowship recipients annouced |
LM |
| **April 17, 2025 |
Graduate Assistant Meritorious TeachingAward recipients annouced |
LM |
| **April 17, 2025 |
Graduate College Directors Meeting (1:00-3:00 PM) |
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| April 23, 2025 |
College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided |
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| May 2, 2025 |
UCGS – 2-4 – Teams |
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| **May 3, 2025 |
University Council for Graduate Studies meeting (2:00 - 4:00 PM) |
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| **May 17, 2025 |
Part-Time Masters Fellowship applications from colleges due to Graduate School |
LM |
| May 31, 2025 |
Last day to "Apply to Graduate" in MyMemphis Portal |
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| June 1, 2025 |
Part-Time Masters Fellowship applications from colleges due to Graduate School |
LM |
| June 15, 2025 |
Part-time Masters Award recipients announced |
LM |
| July 5, 2025 |
Deadline to upload defended and final copy of thesis or dissertation to ProQuest for review along with required documents to the Graduation Analyst- gsgraduateanalyst@memphis.edu |
GA |
| July 6, 2025 |
First Generation PhD Fellowship receipts for AY 2023-24 announced |
LM |
| July 21, 2025 |
Fall 2024 GA contracts due to the Graduate School |
LS |
| July 26, 2025 |
Comprehensive Exams – Doctoral exam results are sent to the Graduation Analyst when complete. Please submit Comp Exam results before the last day of the term. Fall 2024 Comp Exams for Master’s level students will not be required by the Graduate School |
LS |
| August 5, 2025 |
Commencement, Summer 2024 |
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| August 24, 2025 |
College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided |
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| August 30, 2025 |
UPDATE – Last day to submit Doctoral Candidacy form through the Etrieve Systems. Master’s level students – in the Fall semester Candidacy forms are no longer required; UMDegree will be used to verify competition progress |
GA |
| August 30, 2025 |
Last day to "Apply to Graduate" in MyMemphis Portal |
GA |
| September 6, 2025 |
UCGS – 2-4 – Teams |
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| September 25, 2025 |
College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided |
BMW |
| October 4, 2025 |
UCGS – 2-4 – Teams |
BMW |
*Responsible Persons:
BWM: Brian Meredith, 800 Wilder Tower, x1404, bmeredth@memphis.edu
GA: Graduate Analyst, 800 Wilder Tower, x3560, gsgraduateanalyst@memphis.edu
LM: Lakesha Moore, 809 Wilder Tower, x4212, lsherrng@memphis.edu
SJ: Shelia Jones, 800 Wilder Tower, x4381, sljnes22@memphis.edu