Wednesday, June 4, 2025, (or at least 3 weeks prior to your defense date) is the last day for Doctoral & Master Thesis students to have their defense notification form submitted by department via Enrollment Services Portal.

Defense Notification Form

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 is the last day to order your Graduation Regalia online. This date is tentative; see the Graduation Regalia Order Details for more information.

Master's & Doctoral Students, you may order your regalia online.

Graduate School Regalia Information

Friday, June 13, 2025 is the last day to file statement of intent to graduate.

Apply 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 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.

Those who will be completing their certification requirements must also apply to graduate by Friday, June 13, 2025.

Apply to Graduate

Friday, June 27, 2025, is the last day to defend Thesis & Dissertations. Signatures from committee members on the Oral Defense and Thesis-Dissertation Approval Form must be obtained. Please work with your department to initialize the oral defense approval form before your defense date.

Oral Defense and Thesis-Dissertation Approval Form**

**Note: 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 Portal.

Friday, June 27, 2025, is the 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 Friday, July 11, 2025.

Monday, July 7, 2025, is the 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) Submissions

The Oral Defense Approval and Thesis-Dissertation Document Approval Forms with ALL committee members' signatures should be turned in within two weeks of your defense or no later than this deadline. These will be submitted by your department via the Enrollment Services Portal.

• Oral Defense and Thesis-Dissertation Approval Form
• Thesis/Dissertation Document Approval Form

Friday, July 11, 2025, is the last day to remove grades of I, PR, or CR in the Graduate School. This does not apply to the CR received on a previous thesis or dissertation enrollment.

Friday, July 11, 2025, is the deadline to submit official reports on final comprehensive evaluation for the Master’s degree (non-thesis students). Results will be submitted by your department via the Enrollment Services Portal.

Friday, July 11, 2025, is the final deadline for committee chairs to submit Portfolio reports for Master’s Interdisciplinary Students.

Friday, July 11, 2025, is the last day to pay the thesis-dissertation fee posted to your university bill. This is a required fee.

Wednesday, August 6, 2025, is the last day to submit commencement participation deferral agreement. To request deferment, please contact Enrollment Services via email, enrollment.services.gradschool@ttu.edu

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

Complete the Survey of Earned Doctorates online.