{"id":119764,"date":"2022-07-19T15:11:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=119764"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:20:59","slug":"graduate-program-deadlines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/resources\/graduate-student-resources\/graduate-program-deadlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Program Deadlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following deadlines apply to students who anticipate receiving their advanced degrees at the time indicated. The deadlines are for graduate programs only, which are separate from student benefit\/health insurance end dates.<\/p>\n<p>International students, who wish to request a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/immigration-status\/maintaining-status\/courseload\/\">Reduced Courseload<\/a>\u00a0in their final semester, should apply for graduation before the start of the final semester to ensure compliance with ISSO guidelines.<\/p>\n<table width=\"901\" height=\"305\" border=\".5\" style=\"height: 305px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Official Graduation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Jan 16, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>May 17, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Aug 25, 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graduation Application due at GPO<\/td>\n<td>Nov 1, 2025<\/td>\n<td>Mar 1, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Jul 1, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Master&#8217;s Students<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thesis Proposal<\/td>\n<td>Aug 15, 2025<\/td>\n<td>Dec 10, 2025<\/td>\n<td>Apr 30, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thesis defense<\/td>\n<td>Dec 19, 2025<\/td>\n<td>Apr 17, 2026<\/td>\n<td>July 31, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Approved thesis due<br \/>\nin the department\/division and BU library<\/td>\n<td>Jan 5, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Apr 24, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Aug 7, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Doctoral Students<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dissertation defense<\/td>\n<td>Dec 19, 2025<\/td>\n<td>Apr 17, 2026<\/td>\n<td>July 31, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Approved dissertation due<br \/>\nin the department\/division and BU library<\/td>\n<td>Jan 5, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Apr 24, 2026<\/td>\n<td>Aug 7, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: .75em;\">* The graduation application is valid only for the graduation date specified; a new application must be filed as soon as possible if the student cannot graduate as planned.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: .75em;\">\n<p>** Thesis defense and PhD dissertation defense must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance of defense date. A Master\u2019s Thesis\/PhD dissertation announcement document must be submitted to the department\/division.<\/p>\n<p>*** All PhD degree requirements are complete only when the PDF of the dissertation have been approved by the department\/division and accepted by the library. A request for an extension must be made through the department, not the library.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following deadlines apply to students who anticipate receiving their advanced degrees at the time indicated. The deadlines are for graduate programs only, which are separate from student benefit\/health insurance end dates. International students, who wish to request a\u00a0Reduced Courseload\u00a0in their final semester, should apply for graduation before the start of the final semester to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21087,"featured_media":0,"parent":119517,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21087"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119764"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170062,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119764\/revisions\/170062"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}