FALL 2024
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 19-23 | Mandatory Biomedical Science Ph.D. Incoming Student Orientation begins |
| August tbd (week of 19-23) | Biomedical Science Graduate Student Research Day |
| August 23 | Conferral date for Summer 2024 degrees |
| August 26 | Fall semester begins |
| September 2 | Labor Day- No Classes |
| September 9 | Last day to register, including Continuous Registration, without penalty. Last day to drop a course without a “W” (withdrawal); last day to add/drop courses without additional signatures. |
| September 20 | Deadline to apply for graduation and submit Final Plan of Study for conferral of Fall 2024 degree |
| September 24 | Last day to add a course without permission from the Associate Dean of the Graduate School |
| October TBD | Ph.D. in Biomedical Science Open House |
| November 11 | Last day for graduate students to withdraw from a course |
| November 24-30 | Thanksgiving Recess |
| November 29 | Last day for degree candidates to submit thesis and dissertation final copies to Submittable and related paperwork to Degree Audit in the Office of the Registrar for conferral of a Fall 2024 degree. It is recommended that students defend at least two weeks prior to this deadline to allow for revisions. Defense must be announced two weeks prior to defending. |
| December 1 | Deadline for applications for the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Science for Fall 2025 |
| December 6 | Last day for Fall semester classes Final Exams (Dec. 9-15) |
| December 15 December 18 |
Conferral date for Fall 2024 degrees Semester grades due by 4PM |
SPRING 2025
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 21 | Spring semester begins |
| January/February TBD | Biomedical Science Ph.D. Interviews- online |
| February 3 | Last day to register, including Continuous Registration, without penalty. Last day to drop a course without a “W” (withdrawal); last day to add/drop courses without additional signatures. |
| February 14 | Deadline to apply for graduation and last day to submit Final Plan of Study (Master’s, Sixth-Year and Graduate Certificate students only) for conferral of a Spring 2025 degree |
| February 17 | Last day to add a course without permission from the Associate Dean of the Graduate School |
| February tbd (likely 14th) | Deadline for applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences |
| March 1 | Deadline to apply for Summer 2025 graduation to be included in the 2025 Commencement Book (it is recommended that students submit a Final Plan of Study by the end of the Spring term) |
| March 16-22 | Spring Recess-Graduate School |
| April 1 | Admissions for M.P.H. program: for preferred consideration, apply by April 1st |
| April 14 | Last day for graduate students to withdraw from a course |
| April 25 | Last day for degree candidates to submit thesis and dissertation final copies to Submittable and related paperwork to Degree Audit in the Office of the Registrar for conferral of a Spring 2025 degree. It is recommended that students defend at least two weeks prior to this deadline to allow for revisions. Defense must be announced two weeks prior to defending. |
| May 2 | Last day of Spring semester classes Final exams: May 5-10 |
| May 11 May 12 May 13 |
Conferral date for Spring 2025 degrees UConn Health 2025 Commencement Ceremony, 1PM, Jorgenson Center for the PErforming Arts, Storrs campus Semester grades due by 4 PM |
| August 8 | Last day for degree candidates to submit thesis and dissertation final copies to Submittable and related paperwork to Degree Audit in the Office of the Registrar for conferral of a Summer 2025 degree. It is recommended that students defend at least two weeks prior to this deadline to allow for revisions. Defense must be announced two weeks prior to defending. |
| August 24 | Conferral date for Summer 2025 degrees |
| August 25 | FALL 2025 semester begins |