June 5, 2023: Application for summer 2023 degree due.
June 9, 2023: Last day to defer your graduation date for the current semester
June 9, 2023: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
June 9, 2023: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
June 19, 2023: Juneteenth (university closed)
June 20, 2023: Summer term begins
June 30, 2023: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
July 4, 2023:
July 7, 2023: Last day to submit a post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation. Submit through ProQuest ETD Administrator.
July 15, 2023: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due
July 18, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for full sessions
July 31, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 2nd half sessions
Aug. 4, 2023: Last day to submit comprehensive exam results (master’s students) examination report form.
Aug. 13, 2023: Summer term ends
Aug. 28, 2023: Fall term begins
Sept. 4, 2023: Labor Day (university closed)
September 10, 2023: Last day to add/drop a course
Sept. 15, 2023: Application for degree/graduation due
Oct. 10, 2023:
October 22, 2023: Last day to change grading option (audit/credit)
Oct. 31, 2023: Last possible day for oral defenses for this term’s graduates
November 3, 2023: Last day to withdraw from current course/term
Nov. 10, 2023:
Nov. 15, 2023: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due.
Nov. 22, 2023: Thanksgiving break begins (no classes on Wednesday)
Nov. 27, 2023: Thanksgiving break ends, classes resume
December 3, 2023: Last day to add a course, change credit hours, or swap a course
Dec. 9, 2023: Fall term ends
Dec. 11-16, 2023: Final examinations
Dec. 16, 2023: Fall graduate commencement
January 15, 2024: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday (university closed)
January 16, 2024: Spring Term Begins
February 14, 2024: Application for degree/graduation due
March 8, 2024: Last day to change your graduation term
March 8, 2024: Last day for thesis students to submit the request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
March 8, 2024: Last day for doctoral students to submit the request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
March 10-17, 2024: Spring Recess
March 18, 2024: Spring Recess Ends, Classes Resume
March 29, 2024: Last possible day for oral defenses for this term’s graduates
April 5, 2024: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
April 5, 2024: Last day to submit a post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation. Submit work through ProQuest ETD Administrator.
April 15, 2024: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due.
May 2, 2024: Spring Term Ends.
May 4, 6-10, 2024: Final Examinations
May 10, 2024: Spring Graduate Commencement
Phone: 815-753-0395
Fax: 815-753-6366
Email: gradsch@niu.edu
Monday-Friday
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.