School of Graduate Studies

Summer 2025

May 2025
Tuesday 20 Last Day of Registration
Wednesday 21 Classes Begin
June 2025
Wednesday 04 Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
Tuesday 17 MDPhD Retreat
Wednesday 18 Registration for Fall 2025 Opens
Friday 20 Final Date for Submission of Approved Dissertations for MD/PhD Students
July 2025
Friday 04 Independence Day Holiday
Friday 11 Final Date for Submission of Approved Theses and Dissertations
August 2025
Friday 01 Summer Semester Ends
Saturday 09 Conferral of Degrees

Fall 2025

 August 2025
Monday 04 Orientation Begins
Wednesday 13 Official Semester Start
Wednesday 27 Last Day to Add/Drop without a Penalty
September 2025
Monday 01 Labor Day
November 2025
Friday 07 Final Date for Submission of Theses and Dissertations
Wednesday 12 Registration for Spring 2025 Opens
Thursday 14 Research Day
Friday 15 Research Day
Friday 21 Last Day to Drop a Term Class with a W
Thursday 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday 28 Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2025
Friday 05 Fall Semester Ends
Thursday 11 Conferral of Degrees

Spring 2026

January 2026
Wednesday 14 Classes Begin
Monday 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Wednesday 28 Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
February 2026
TBD TBD SGS Open House
Tuesday 17 Mardi Gras Holiday
March 2026
Wednesday 25 Registration for Summer 2025 Opens
April 2026
Friday 3 Easter Holiday
Friday 10 Last Day to Submit Theses/Dissertations
Friday 24 Last Day to Drop a Term Class with a W
May 2026
Friday 08 Spring Semester Ends
TBD TBD Pre-Commencement Brunch
TBD TBD Commencement

Summer 2026

May 2026
Wednesday 20 Classes Begin
June 2026
Wednesday 03 Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
Friday 19 Final Date for MD/PhD Submission of Approved Dissertations
July 2026
Friday 03 Independence Day Holiday
Friday 10 Final Date for Submission of Approved Theses and Dissertations
Friday 31 Summer Semester Ends
August 2026
Saturday 08 Conferral of Degrees