Graduate College Calendar

Each year, the Graduate College publishes a new calendar filled with graduation and general deadlines and other dates important to the success of graduate students at ASU.

Fall 2024

Dates and Deadlines

Fall UGF award entry deadline

Deadline to apply for graduation (see My ASU)

Session B classes begin

Fall RA/TA tuition award entry deadline

Last day to schedule an oral defense of a thesis/dissertation via the iPOS

Last day to hold an oral thesis/dissertation defense

Submit Survey of Earned Doctorates (PhD and DMA only)

Submit final revisions for thesis/dissertation format approval via the iPOS

Last day for Chair to submit defense results via the iPOS

Last day to submit Commencement Ceremony RSVP (see My ASU)

Submit thesis/dissertation to ETD/ProQuest

Last day for Academic Unit to record Culminating Experience
(non-thesis/dissertation) in the iPOS

I-20/DS-2019 Important Dates

First day to issue I-20/DS-2019

Final day to issue I-20/DS-2019 outside the U.S.

Final day to issue I-20/DS-2019 for SEVIS
transfer students within the U.S.

Last day to request an academic deferral and deferral of I-20 (Immersion Students)

Last day to request an academic deferral and deferral of I-20 (Online Students)

Mandatory SEVIS check-in with ISSC

First day of classes and deadline to
check in with ISSC

Breaks

University Observed Holidays

Spring 2025