Academic Calendar

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 tbd
May 13
Conferral date for Spring 2025 degrees
UConn Health 2025 Commencement Ceremony
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
rev. 10/24