Dates and Deadlines
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Fall 2023
AUGUST 2023
August 17
- Graduate School New Student Orientation
August 21
- Fall Semester Begins
- Late Registration fee begins
August 25
- Deadline for receipt of Graduate Scholarship Program (GSP) Applications for Fall 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023
September 1
- Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration Office to drop a semester length course to be eligible for a credit/refund; change credit/audit status; and to withdraw from the university with a full refund
- Last day to be admitted as a Nondeclared Graduate Student for Fall 2023
September 3
- Last day for students to drop a full-term course with a full refund through SalukiNet
September 4
- HOLIDAY — Labor Day
September 5
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – Meet and Greet
September 7
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – How to format and submit thesis or other final paper
- Graduate School Workshop for new Graduate Assistants
September 11
- Last day to begin an assistantship for fall semester and still receive a tuition waiver
September 13
- Workshop for Directors of Graduate Studies
September 15
- Deadline to apply for IL residency for Fall 2023
- Deadline to apply for December 2023 graduation
September 20
- Fellowships Workshop – How to apply for external fellowships
September 26
- Graduate School Fair – Recruiting
September 27
- Coop PhD Annual In-Person Meeting at SIUC
OCTOBER 2023
October 9
- Fellowship Recipients Award Ceremony
October 10
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – Graduate Student Mental Health
October 13
- Willis Swartz Award nominations due
- Outstanding Dissertation and Outstanding Thesis Award nominations due
October 25
- Funding Workshop – How to pay for graduate school
October 27
- Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration office related to the last-day-to-drop or for a withdrawal from the University (no refund; resulting in a W grade)
October 29
- Last day for students to drop a full-term course (no refund; resulting in a W grade) online using using SalukiNet
NOVEMBER 2023
November 7
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – Graduate Students Sharing Their Research
November 10
November 11
- HOLIDAY - Veterans Day is Saturday this year. SIU won’t have administrative closure.
November 15
- Deadline for receipt of Graduate School Tuition Scholarship Applications for Spring semester 2024
- Fellowships Workshop – How to apply for SIUC fellowships
November 17
November 23-24
- HOLIDAY - Thanksgiving
DECEMBER 2023
December 1
- Last day to add a full-term course with instructor approval through the Graduate Registration Office
- GA Re-Employment Notification: Units must notify a Graduate Assistant of a decision to re-employ or not re-employ as a Graduate Assistant for the following Spring 2024
- Deadline for Spring 2024 Graduate Assistantship contracts due to Graduate School
December 5
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – End of Semester, Winter Holiday Party
December 11-15
- Final Exams
December 15
- Semester Ends
December 16
- Commencement
December 18
- Winter Intersession Begins
December 25 - January 1
- Campus Holiday & Administrative Closure
JANUARY 2024
January 12
- Graduate Student New Student Orientation
January 14
- Winter Intersession Ends
January 15
- Monday – SIU closed - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
SPRING 2024
JANUARY 2024
January 16
- First day of Spring 2024 semester
- Late registration begins
January 19
- Doctoral and Morris Graduate Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School
January 26
- Master’s Fellowship nominations due to Graduate School
- Graduate Dean’s Fellowship applications and nominations due to Graduate School
- PROMPT assistantship applications and nominations due to Graduate School
- Last day to be admitted to the Spring 2024 semester
- Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration Office to drop a semester length course to be eligible for a credit/refund; change credit/audit status; and to withdraw from the university with a full refund
January 28
- Last day for students to drop a full-term course with a full refund
January 31
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – How to format and submit thesis or other final paper
FEBRUARY 2024
February 1
- Native American Scholarship applications due
- Graduate School 3MT Competition (Tentative)
February 6
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – topic to be determined
February 8
- Workshop for Directors of Graduate Studies
February 9
- Deadline to apply for May 2024 graduation
February 15
- Deadline to apply for IL residency for Spring 2024
- Coop PhD Spring Meeting – Virtual – hosted by SIUC (Tentative)
MARCH 2024
March 5
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – topic to be determined
March 15
- Dissertation Research Assistantship Award (DRA) nominations due to Colleges
March 29
- Dissertation Research Assistantship Award (DRA) nominations due to Graduate School
- Last day to submit paperwork to the Registration office related to the last-day-to-drop or for a withdrawal from the University (no refund; resulting in a W grade)
March 31
- Last day for students to drop a full-term course (no refund; resulting in a W grade) online using SalukiNet
APRIL 2024
April 2
- Let’s Talk Graduate Studies – topic to be determined.
April 5
April 12
- Deadline to make final submission of research paper/thesis/dissertation/capstone report for May 2024 graduation
April 15
- Deadline for receipt of Graduate School tuition Scholarship Applications for Summer Semester 2024
April 26
- Last day to add a full-term course with instructor approval through the Graduate Registration Office
MAY 2024
May 1
- Deadline for Summer 2024 Graduate Assistantship contracts to be submitted
May 6-10
- Final Exam Week, various events of support