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Graduate School Calendar

(Auburn University reserves the right to make adjustments to this calendar)

 
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May 21 Classes begin
May 25 Memorial Day Holiday. Last day to apply for foreign language examinations.
June 8

Last day for submission of Doctoral Dissertation First Draft Approval Forms and drafts for format check.

June 15-19 Submission of thesis rough drafts for format check
June 17 Last day to clear incomplete grades from Fall 2008
July 3 Independence Day Holiday
July 10

Last day for submission of approved theses to Graduate School in final form, last day for filing Form 9 (report of thesis-option final oral examination), and last day for uploading electronic thesis

July 20 Last day for doctoral final oral examinations
July 20 Last day for non-thesis final oral examinations (Form 8)
July 27 Last day for submission of final copies of dissertations to Graduate School and last day for uploading electronic dissertation
August 3 Classes end for semester
August 4-6 Final examinations for semester
August 10

Graduation and last day for students to request graduation checks in Graduate School for December graduation (students must be registered no later than the fifteenth class day of Fall semester to graduate)

 
FALL 2009
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August 13 Orientation for new graduate students (9:00-11:00 A.M.) - Student Center Ballroom (room 3315)
August 17 Classes begin
Sept. 4 Last day to apply for foreign language examinations
Sept. 7 Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 21

Last day to submit Dissertation First Submission Approval Forms and PDFs for format check.

Oct. 1-9 Submission of thesis PDFs for format check
October 7   Mid-semester and last day to drop classes
November 9

Last day to upload approved electronic theses, and last day for filing Form 9 (Thesis Master's Final Examination Form)

Nov. 10 Last day to clear incomplete grades from Spring 2009
Nov. 13 Last day for doctoral and non-thesis (Form 8) master's final oral examinations
Nov. 23-28 Thanksgiving holiday
December 4 Last day to upload approved electronic dissertations
December 7 Classes end for semester
December 8 Study/reading day
Dec 9-11, 14-15 Final examinations for semester
Dec. 18

Last day for students to request graduation checks in Graduate School for May graduation (students must be registered no later than the fifteenth class day of spring semester to graduate)

Dec. 18 Graduation
 
SPRING 2010
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January 11 Classes begin
January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 30 Last day to apply for foreign language exam
February 9 Last day to clear incomplete grades from Summer 2008
February 22

Last day to submit Dissertation First Submission Approval Forms and PDFs for format check.

March 3 Mid-semester and last day to drop courses
Mar 1-5 Submission of thesis PDFs for format check
Mar 15-20 Spring Break
April 5

Last day to upload approved electronic theses, and last day for filing Form 9 (Thesis Master's Final Examination Form)

April 19 Last day for doctoral and non-thesis (Form 8) master's final oral examinations
April 30 Last day to upload approved electronic dissertations
May 3 Classes end for semester
May 4 Study/reading day
May 5-7, 10-11 Final examinations for semester
May 14

Last day for students to request graduation checks in Graduate School for August graduation (students must be registered no later than the fifteenth class day of summer semester to graduate)

May 14 Graduation