Editorial Office

ETD Deadlines

Keep up with deadlines to smooth your path toward graduation!

Deadlines for Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Students

On this webpage, you’ll find the steps all University of Florida thesis and dissertation students must take and the deadlines they must meet to submit their theses or dissertations in time to graduate. Questions? Email gradedit@aa.ufl.edu.

Project in lieu of thesis students must follow their academic unit’s deadlines, which differ from the Graduate School Editorial Office’s deadlines. Contact your academic unit’s graduate coordinator or staffer for details: Contacts.

Spring 2024

Classes Start: January 8, 2024
Degree Application: February 2, 2024
Doctoral Dissertation First Submission: February 7, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Master’s Thesis First Submission: March 1, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Submission for All ETD Students: April 5, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Clearance (Approval): April 24, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Clear Prior (to the upcoming term): May 10, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)

Summer 2024

Classes Start: May 13, 2024
Degree Application: July 2, 2024
Doctoral Dissertation First Submission: June 14, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Master’s Thesis First Submission: July 12, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Submission for All ETD Students: July 26, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Clearance (Approval): August 9, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Clear Prior (to the upcoming term): August 21, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)

Fall 2024

Classes Start: August 22, 2024
Degree Application: September 13, 2024
Doctoral Dissertation First Submission: September 27, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Master’s Thesis First Submission: October 23, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Submission for All ETD Students: November 22, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Clearance (Approval): December 4, 2024 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Clear Prior (to the upcoming term): January 10, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)

Spring 2025

Classes Start: January 13, 2025
Degree Application: February 7, 2025
Doctoral Dissertation First Submission: February 12, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Master’s Thesis First Submission: March 7, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Submission for All ETD Students: April 4, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Clearance (Approval): April 23, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Clear Prior (to the upcoming term): May 9, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)

Summer 2025

Classes Start: May 12, 2025
Degree Application: July 2, 2025
Doctoral Dissertation First Submission: June 13, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Master’s Thesis First Submission: July 11, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Submission for All ETD Students: July 25, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Final Clearance (Approval): August 8, 2025 · 5 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time)
Clear Prior (to the upcoming term): To be determined

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