FALL 2023
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Week of August 14th | Summer Lab Rotation Talks-Biomedical Science PhD students |
| August 21-25 | Mandatory Biomedical Science Ph.D. Incoming Student Orientation begins Biomedical Science PhD Summer Lab Rotation Talks-TBD during Orientation Week |
| August 23 | Biomedical Science Graduate Student Research Day |
| August 24 | Conferral date for Summer 2022 degrees |
| August 28 | Fall semester begins |
| September 4 | Labor Day- No Classes |
| September 11 | 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 22 | Deadline to apply for graduation and submit Final Plan of Study for conferral of Fall 2023 degree |
| September 25 | 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 13 | Last day for graduate students to withdraw from a course |
| November 19-25 | Thanksgiving Recess |
| December 1 | Deadline for applications for the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Science for Fall 2024 |
| December 1 | 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 2022 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 8 | Last day for Fall semester classes Final Exams (Dec. 11-15) |
| December 17 December 20 |
Conferral date for Fall 2023 degrees Semester grades due by 4PM |
SPRING 2024
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 16 | Spring semester begins |
| January/February TBD | Biomedical Science Ph.D. Interviews- online |
| January 29 | 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 9 | Deadline to apply for graduation and submit Final Plan of Study for conferral of Spring 2024 degree |
| February 12 | Last day to add a course without permission from the Associate Dean of the Graduate School |
| March 1 | Deadline for applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Deadline to apply for Summer 2024 graduation to be included in the 2024 Commencement Book (it is recommended that students submit a Final Plan of Study by the end of the Spring term) |
| March 10-16 | Spring Recess-Graduate School |
| April 1 | Admissions for M.P.H. program: for preferred consideration, apply by April 1st |
| April 8 | Last day for graduate students to withdraw from a course |
| April 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 Spring 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. |
| April 26 | Last day of Spring semester classes Final exams: April 29-May 3 |
| May 5 May TBD May 7 |
Conferral date for Spring 2024 degrees UConn Health 2024 Commencement Ceremony Semester grades due by 4 PM |
| August 9 | 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 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. |
| August 23 | Conferral date for Summer 2024 degrees |
| August 26 | FALL 2024 semester begins |