Dates and Deadlines | Graduate School | SIU

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

• Deadline to make initial submission of research paper/thesis/dissertation/capstone report for December 2023 graduation

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

• Deadline to make final submission of research paper/thesis/dissertation/capstone report for December 2023 graduation

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