Graduation Deadlines and Ceremony Dates Calendar

The calendar below lists the most widely applicable graduation deadlines. However, some colleges, schools, or departments may have additional specific deadlines that are not included here but must be followed by students in those programs. Graduating students are responsible for knowing and meeting all relevant deadlines to ensure they remain on track for graduation.

¹ Effective Fall 2023, all undergraduate and graduate degree candidates have three weeks from the end of their graduation application term to ensure that all degree requirements are complete and posted on their SIU academic record. (For Fall terms, this noted deadline is extended by one week due to the end-of-year University closure.) This includes – but is not limited to – all NR ("Not Recorded") course grades, any required INC ("Incomplete") or DEF ("Deferred") course grades, and any required work experience or proficiency credit. Undergraduates must also ensure by this three week deadline that complete official transcripts from any previous post-secondary institutions are on file with the Articulation and Evaluation office. If you do not meet all degree requirements by the three week deadline, it will be your responsibility to submit a new application with a new application fee by the application deadline for the future term in which you then plan to complete your degree requirements.

² Final approval date, including all corrections. More information about the submission of these papers is available on the Thesis, Dissertation, Research Paper, Capstone Report-Graduate School-SIU.

³ Because there is no August Commencement ceremony for Summer graduates, Summer graduates would normally attend a ceremony held in the following December. Some Summer graduates – but not Ph.D. students – will be allowed to attend a ceremony in the prior May per the Commencement Participation Policy, though such graduates would have to have their applications submitted by the "early walk" deadline noted (effective 2024, this is now the Friday of Week 6 of the preceding Spring term). Summer graduates who will attend in December or who will not attend any ceremony only need to have their applications submitted by the regular deadline noted.

⁴ Effective Spring 2024, for Fall and Spring graduation terms, the late graduation application submission deadline is now the Friday of Week 6 of the term.