JUN 7

DEFENSE NOTIFICATION - Doctoral Students & Masters Students (thesis option)

Last day (or at least 3 weeks prior to your defense date) for Doctoral & Masters students to have their defense notification form submitted by department via Enrollment Services Sharepoint.

JUN 11

APPLICATION TO GRADUATE

Last Day to File Statement of Intent to Graduate.

NOTE: Please notify the Graduate School if you do NOT plan to graduate this semester and have already filed an intent to graduate. If you have not filed an intent and do not plan to graduate this semester, please follow the steps below for changing your graduation date. update your expected graduation date via the Student Dashboard. Please know, if your graduation is delayed, you will need to Submit Another Application to Graduate for the semester during which you plan to graduate.

• APPLY TO GRADUATE

APPLICATION TO COMPLETE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

Those who will be completing their certification requirements must also apply to graduate by the listed deadline.

• APPLY TO GRADUATE

JUN 8

REGALIA

Doctoral Students: Tentative date. If you are purchasing your regalia, you must do so 10 weeks before graduation. (The Bookstore telephone number is 806.742.3816 or 800.377.7329.)

JUN 28

DEFENSE DEADLINE

Last day to defend theses/dissertations.
Students must obtain signatures from committee members on the Oral Defense and Thesis-Dissertation Approval Form. Print this form and bring it with you to your defense.

• Oral Defense and Thesis-Dissertation Approval Form

COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS

Last day for Master's Non-Thesis students to complete comprehensive evaluations for the Master's degree. Reports on the evaluation are not due until July 9th.

JUL 5

SUBMISSION OF THESIS/DISSERTATION FOR FORMATTING REVIEW

Last day to submit a final, committee-approved copy of your thesis or dissertation for review.

A final copy of your thesis or dissertation must be submitted in PDF format to the ETD web site within two weeks of your defense or no later than the posted date.

Documents must comply with the Graduate School formatting guidelines.

• Thesis-Dissertation Formatting Guidelines

• Electronic Thesis-Dissertation (ETD) Submission

SIGNED ORAL DEFENSE AND THESIS-DISSERTATION APPROVAL FORM

The Thesis-Dissertation Approval Form with ALL committee members' signatures should be turned in within two weeks of your defense or no later than this deadline. This will be submitted by your department via the Enrollment Services Sharepoint.

• Oral Defense and Thesis-Dissertation Approval Form

July 9

GRADE CHANGES

Last day to remove grades of I, PR, or CR in the Graduate School. This does not apply to the PR/CR received on a previous thesis or dissertation enrollment.

OFFICIAL REPORTS ON FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR MASTER'S

Official reports on final comprehensive examinations for the Master's degree (non-thesis students) are due in the Graduate School. This will be submitted by your department via the Enrollment Services Sharepoint.

• Comprehensive Exam/Oral Defense Report Form

REPORTS ON PORTFOLIO

Final day for committee chairs for Master's Interdisciplinary Students to submit Portfolio reports and for their advisors to submit the Report on the Portfolio (faculty use the Comprehensive Exam Report form for this purpose)

• Comprehensive Exam/Oral Defense Report Form

THESIS-DISSERTATION FEE

Last day to pay the thesis-dissertation fee posted to your university bill. This is a required fee.

MM-DMA RECORDINGS AND RECITAL PROGRAMS

Last day for music performance students to submit one copy of performance recording.

Last day to submit recital programs in PDF format to the ETD website

• More information on MM-DMA submission

AUG 5

DEFER COMMENCEMENT WALK

Last day to submit commencement participation deferral agreement form to attend Fall 2021 ceremony. Form will be submitted to the Enrollment Services team via email, enrollment.services.gradschool@ttu.edu

• Commencement Participation Deferral Agreement

AUG 7

UNIVERSITY GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT

Information regarding the times and location of the University Commencement Ceremony is sent to students one month prior. Please notify us if your address changes.

• More Information on Graduate Commencement
• FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS ONLY: COMPLETE THE SURVEY OF EARNED DOCTORATES
• Complete the survey of earned Doctorates before this date.
• https://sed.norc.org/showRegister.do