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Thesis and Dissertation Deadlines

Thesis and Dissertation Deadlines

All deadlines are firm and apply to all written theses and dissertations for all collegesColleges, schools, and departments may have earlier and/or additional deadlines. Students need to confirm with their department/college that they have fulfilled all other graduation requirements.

All students must be registered for a minimum of 0.5 credit hour in the current term to receive services.

Students are encouraged to obtain a Pre-Defense Format Review and are required to meet the Post-Defense Format Review Deadline by emailing the content-final, advisor-approved document in Word format to tad@ohio.edu. Students working in LaTeX may submit a PDF.

 

 

2024-2025 Deadlines

 

Semester

 

Year

Graduation Application Deadline

 

Oral Defense1 

Post-defense Format Review Deadline

Final Clearance Deadline: TAD Process  Complete

Fall Dissertation

2024

Mon, September 30, 2024

Fri, October 25, 2024

Fri, November 1, 2024 at 3 P.M.

Fri, November 15, 2024 at 3 P.M.

Fall Thesis

2024

Fri, November 15, 2024

Fri, November 22, 2024 at 3 P.M.

Fri, December 6, 2024 at 3 P.M.

Early for Spring2

2024

 

Mon, February 17, 2025

Fri, December 20, 2024

Thur, January 2, 2025 at 12 Noon

Fri, January 10, 2025 at 12 Noon

Spring Dissertation

2025

Fri, March 14, 2025**

Fri, March 21, 2025 at 3 P.M.

Fri, April 4, 2025 at 3 P.M.

Spring Thesis

2025

Fri, April 4, 2025

Fri, April 11,2025 at 3 P.M.

Fri, April 25, 2025 at 3 P.M.

Early for Summer2

2025

Mon, July 14, 2025

Fri, April 25, 2025

Fri, May 2, 2025 at 12 Noon

Fri, May 9, 2025 at 12 Noon

Summer

2025

Fri, July 25, 2025

Fri, August 1, 2025 at 3 P.M.

Fri, August 15, 2025 at 3 P.M.

Early for Fall2

2025

Mon, September 29, 2025*

Fri, August 8, 2025

Fri, August 15, 2025 at 12 Noon

Fri, August 22, 2025 at 12 Noon

All deadlines are firm. Exceptions cannot be granted by TAD Services.

These deadlines are set by the registrar’s office.

*This is tentative and will not be finalized until Feb/Mar 2025. 

If you defend after this deadline, you will not graduate in your intended term.

The document’s content must be final. Only formatting changes allowed after this date.

Students must meet the “Format Review Deadline” to qualify for this deadline. All steps in the TAD Process must be complete by this

deadline.

College of Health Sciences and Professions students: Your document must be sent to Dr. Sally Marion-Fetty (marinels@ohio.edu) for document edits and College approval no less than two weeks before the Post-Defense Format Review Deadline. For this reason, please schedule your oral defense at least two weeks earlier than the date shown in the table above.

2 Early Filing: Deadlines cannot be moved. If you miss any deadline for your intended semester of graduation, you may avoid paying tuition and fees in the following semester if you meet the following requirements:

  • You have no visa restriction requiring you to be registered in the semester you graduate. (You can call International Student and Scholar Services at 740-593-4330 to confirm your eligibility.)
  • You have no obligations to your home college (all coursework complete, all requirements met).
  • You meet all posted “Early” deadlines.

** Please Note: University Offices are closed from December 23, 2024 through January 1, 2025 and will re-open January 2, 2025.

** Please Note: This deadline falls during spring break, please plan accordingly.

Downloadable Documents

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