Academic Calendar

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  last day to submit Final Plan of Study (Master’s, Sixth-Year and Graduate Certificate students only) for conferral of a Spring 2024 degree
February 12 Last day to add a course without permission from the Associate Dean of the Graduate School
February 16 Deadline for applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
March 1 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 19 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 6
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
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