Graduate School

Important Dates & Deadlines for Programs

August 2023

  • August 1 Fall term bill due date 
  • August 27-28 Graduate Student of Color Orientation
  • August 23-25 International Graduate Student Orientation
  • August 29-30 All-Student Orientation for PhD & MFA Students
  • August 31 Resource Fair

September 2023

  • September 1 (estimated date) Online applications open in CollegeNET (PhD, MFA, BioMed Master's)
  • September 1 Fulbright Fellowship initial application deadline (internal) at 4:30 pm
  • September 8 Deadline for October graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
  • September 11-29 Fulbright campus interviews

October 2023

  • October 2 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in February (Registrar's requirement)
  • October 2 Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Spring travel
  • October 10 Brown final submission deadline (internal) for Fulbright Fellowship at 4:30 pm
  • October 13 Spring term Fellowship appointments and funding due to Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's students). Non-Fellowship appointment (TA/RA/Proctor) entry deadline TBA
  • October 15-16 Fall Preview Day
  • October 30 DAAD applications due to the Graduate School at 4 pm (internal deadline)

November 2023

  • November 1 Deadline for students on leave to notify the Graduate School of a desire to return in the spring and to submit materials for readmission
  • November 16* Spring term bills generated (see Bursar website)

December 2023

January 2024

  • January 1 Spring term bill due date
  • January 12 Deadline for February graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
  • January 12 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for February graduates
  • January 15 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in May (Registrar's requirement)
  • January 22 Deadline for entering Spring Progress Evaluation and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM
  • January 30 Mae Williamson Simmons Fellowship nomination deadline
  • January 30 Recruitment Activities Summary submission deadline

February 2024

March 2024

April 2024

May 2024

  • May 1 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for May graduates
  • May 1 Deadline for students on leave to notify the Graduate School of a desire to return in the fall and to submit materials for readmission
  • May 23 Summer term bills generated (see Bursar website)
  • May 24-26 Commencement weekend

June 2024

  • June 1 Deadline for submitting Summer Progress Evaluations and Standing Letters to GSIM
  • June 5 Deadline for each program to set online application deadline cutoff for next admission cycler and request application changes (e.g., requirements or program-specific questions)
  • June 5 Fall  appointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's)
  • June 11 Summer term bill due date
  • June 22 Fall term bills generated (see Bursar website)
  • June 22 Deadline for programs to communicate change in chair and DGS for next academic year
  • June 30 GSIM Appointment Management closed for changes for fiscal year end. Via GSIM: 1) Add and/or update progress evaluations in the current term with prior term performance 2) Update of milestones 3) Update advisors (current and prospective terms)

July 2024

  • July TBA Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in October (Registrar's requirement)

August-September 2024

  • August 1 Fall term bill due date 
  • August 21-23 International Graduate Student Orientation
  • August 24-25 Graduate Student of Color Orientation
  • August 26-27 All-Student Orientation
  • August 31 Deadline for entering Fall Progress Evaluations and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM

*Tentative date