Graduate College Deadlines for Fall 2023 Graduation

Last day to submit  Form 9, Request for Change in a Dissertation or Thesis Committee Friday, August 4, 2023
Semester begins Saturday, August 19, 2023
Last day to submit  Application for Degree  (use the online form) Friday, September 8, 2023
Last day to submit defense announcement and signature page draft to the Graduate College (online submission here) Friday, September 22, 2023
Last day to submit completed doctoral dissertation (submitted in PDF or Word format) to GraduateWriting@fau.edu along with the Transmittal Memorandum (Please note: Extension requests must be submitted no later than November 1, 2023 via a Form 10) Monday, November 13, 2023
Last day to submit completed master’s thesis (submitted in PDF or Word format) to GraduateWriting@fau.edu along with the Transmittal Memorandum (Please note: Extension requests must be submitted no later than November 13, 2023 via a Form 10) Monday, November 20, 2023
Last day to submit Final Manuscript Package to the Graduate College, including electronic thesis/dissertation (ETD) to the FAU library and ProQuest Publishing. Monday, December 4, 2023
Commencement (TBA) Thursday, December 14, 2023
Commencement (TBA) Friday, December 15, 2023


Complimentary reviews
 should be submitted early in the semester and are first come first serve. Complimentary reviews should be emailed to graduatewriting@fau.edu and will take 1-2 weeks to process.