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FALL 2025<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nEvent<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 18-22<\/td>\nMandatory Biomedical Science Ph.D. Incoming Student Orientation begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August tbd (week of 18-22)<\/td>\nBiomedical Science Graduate Student Research Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 24<\/td>\nConferral date for Summer 2025 degrees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 25<\/td>\nFall 2025 semester begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 1<\/td>\nLabor Day- No Classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 8<\/td>\nLast day to register, including Continuous Registration, without penalty.
\nLast day to drop a course without a “W” (withdrawal); last day to add\/drop courses without additional signatures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 19<\/td>\nDeadline to apply for graduation and submit Final Plan of Study (Master\u2019s, Sixth-Year and Graduate Certificate students only) <\/span>for conferral of Fall 2025 degree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 22<\/td>\nLast day to add a course without permission from the Associate Dean of the Graduate School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October TBD<\/td>\nPh.D. in Biomedical Science Open House<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 10<\/td>\nLast day for graduate students to withdraw from a course<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 25-28<\/td>\nThanksgiving Recess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 28<\/td>\nLast day for degree candidates to submit thesis and dissertation final copies to Submittable<\/a> and related paperwork to Degree Audit in the Office of the Registrar for conferral of a Fall 2025 degree.
\nIt is recommended that students defend at least two weeks prior to this deadline<\/strong> to allow for revisions. Defense must be announced two weeks prior to defending.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 1<\/td>\nDeadline for applications for the Ph.D. program<\/a> in Biomedical Science for Fall 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 5<\/td>\nLast day for Fall semester classes
\nFinal Exams (Dec. 8-12)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 14
\nDecember 17<\/td>\n		Conferral date for Fall 2025 degrees
\nSemester grades due by 4PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

SPRING 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nEvent<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
January 20<\/td>\nSpring 2026 semester begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January\/February<\/td>\nBiomedical Science Ph.D. Interviews- virtual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 1<\/td>\nDeadline for applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences<\/a> [check webpage for details]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 2<\/td>\nLast day to register, including Continuous Registration, without penalty.
\nLast day to drop a course without a “W” (withdrawal); last day to add\/drop courses without additional signatures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 13<\/td>\nDeadline to apply for graduation and\u00a0 last day to submit Final Plan of Study (Master\u2019s, Sixth-Year and Graduate Certificate students only) for conferral of a Spring 2026\u00a0degree<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 16<\/td>\nLast day to add a course without permission from the Associate Dean of the Graduate School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 1<\/td>\nDeadline to apply for Summer 2026 graduation to be included in the 2026 Commencement Book<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 16-20<\/td>\nSpring Recess-Graduate School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 1<\/td>\nAdmissions for M.P.H. program<\/a>: for preferred consideration, apply by April 1st<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 13<\/td>\nLast day for graduate students to withdraw from a course<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 24<\/td>\nLast day for degree candidates to submit thesis and dissertation final copies to Submittable<\/a> and related paperwork to Degree Audit in the Office of the Registrar for conferral of a Spring 2026 degree.
\nIt is recommended that students defend at least two weeks prior to this deadline<\/strong> to allow for revisions. Defense must be announced two weeks prior to defending.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 1<\/td>\nLast day of Spring semester classes
\nFinal exams: May 4-8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 10<\/td>\nConferral date for Spring 2026 degrees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 11<\/td>\nUConn Health 2026 Commencement<\/a><\/strong> Ceremony, Jorgenson Center for the Performing Arts, Storrs campus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 12<\/td>\nSemester grades due by 4 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 11<\/td>\nDeadline to apply for graduation and\u00a0 last day to submit Final Plan of Study (Master\u2019s, Sixth-Year and Graduate Certificate students only) for conferral of a Summer 2026 degree<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 10<\/td>\n<\/a>Last day for degree candidates to submit thesis and dissertation final copies to Submittable<\/a> and related paperwork to Degree Audit in the Office of the Registrar for conferral of a Summer<\/strong> 2025 degree.
\nIt is recommended that students defend at least two weeks prior to this deadline<\/strong> to allow for revisions. Defense must be announced two weeks prior to defending.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 24<\/td>\nConferral date for Summer 2026 degrees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 31<\/td>\nFall 2026 semester begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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FALL 2025 Date Event August 18-22 Mandatory Biomedical Science Ph.D. Incoming Student Orientation begins August tbd (week of 18-22) Biomedical Science Graduate Student Research Day August 24 Conferral date for Summer 2025 degrees August 25 Fall 2025 semester begins September 1 Labor Day- No Classes September 8 Last day to register, including Continuous Registration, without […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 07:49:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5554,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812\/revisions\/5554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}