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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 >

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

 

February 7, 2025

UCGS – 2-4 – Teams

 

February 7, 2025

Spring 2025: Last day to "Apply to Graduate" in MyMemphis Portal for All Doctoral, Masters and Certificate degrees 

 

February 7, 2025

Spring 2025: Last day to submit Doctoral Candidacy form through the Etrieve Systems. Master’s & Certificate level students – in the Fall semester Candidacy forms are no longer required; UMDegree will be used to verify competition progress 

 

February 14, 2025

Van Vleet Nominations due

LM

February 26, 2025

College Graduate Directors meeting –2-4 – location to be decided

 

March 7, 2025

UCGS – 2-4 – Teams

 

March 14, 2025

Van Vleet winners annouced 

LM

March 17, 2025

U of M Society Doctoral Fellowship Applications due - FIT 201C

LM

March 17, 2025

Morton Thesis/Dissertation Nominations due - FIT 201C

LM

March 17, 2025

Graduate Assistant Meritorious Teaching Award Application due - FIT 201C

LM

March 21, 2025

First Generation PhD Fellowship applications for AY 2022-23 due - FIT 201C

LM

March 26, 2025

College Graduate Directors meeting –(2:00-4:00 PM) – location to be decided

 

March 28, 2025

Spring 2025: Deadline to upload defended and final copy of thesis or dissertation to ProQuest for review along with required documents to the Graduation Analyst 

 

April 4, 2025

UCGS – (2:00-4:00 PM) – Teams

 

April 5, 2025

University Council for Graduate Studies meeting (2:00-4:00 PM)

 

April 8, 2025

Summer 2025 GA contracts due to the Graduate School

LM

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)

 

April 23, 2025

College Graduate Directors meeting –(2:00-4:00 PM) – location to be decided

 

May 2, 2025

UCGS – (2:00-4:00 PM) – Teams

 

May 2, 2025

Spring 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 

 

May 3, 2025

University Council for Graduate Studies meeting (2:00 - 4:00 PM)

 

May 10, 2025

Commencement, Spring 2025 

 

May 17, 2025

Part-Time Masters Fellowship applications from colleges due to Graduate School 

LM

May 30, 2025

Summer 2025: Last day to "Apply to Graduate" in MyMemphis Portal for All Doctoral, Masters and Certificate degrees 

 

May 30, 2025

Summer 2025: Last day to submit Doctoral Candidacy form through the Etrieve Systems. Master’s & Certificate level students – in the Fall semester Candidacy forms are no longer required; UMDegree will be used to verify competition progress 

 

May 31, 2025

Last day to "Apply to Graduate" in MyMemphis Portal

 

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 2025-26 announced

LM

July 7, 2025

Summer 2025: Deadline to upload defended and final copy of thesis or dissertation to ProQuest for review along with required documents to the Graduation Analyst 

 

July 21, 2025

Fall 2025 GA contracts due to the Graduate School

 

July 25, 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

 

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 2025 Comp Exams for Master’s level students will not be required by the Graduate School

 

August 9, 2025

Official End of Term, Summer 2025 (No Ceremony)

 

August 24, 2025

College Graduate Directors meeting –(2:00-4:00 PM) – location to be decided

 

August 30, 2025

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 – (2:00-4:00 PM) – Teams

 

September 25, 2025

College Graduate Directors meeting – (2:00-4:00 PM) – location to be decided

BMW

October 4, 2025

UCGS – (2:00-4:00 PM) – Teams

BMW

October 23, 2025

College Graduate Directors meeting –2:00-4:00 PM) – location to be decided

 

November 1, 2025

UCGS – (2:00-4:00 PM) – Teams

 

November 1, 2025

Last day to upload defended and corrected thesis or dissertation PDF to ProQuest for review along with required documents to the Graduation Analyst

GA

November 20, 2025

College Graduate Directors meeting –(2:00-4:00 PM) – location to be decided

 

December 6, 2025

UCGS – (2:00-4:00 PM) – Teams

BWM

December 13, 2025

Commencement, Fall 2025

GA

*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