Spring 2025
| Description | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|
Activate Intent to Graduate | January 2–27 | In LionPATH |
| Registration Deadline | January 12, 2025 | |
| Classes Begin | January 13, 2025 | |
| Regular Drop Deadline | January 18 at 11:59 p.m. | |
| Regular Add Deadline | January 19 at 11:59 p.m. | |
| Late Drop Begins | January 19, 2025 | |
| Late Registration Begins | January 20, 2025 | |
| Martin Luther King Day (no classes) | January 20, 2025 | |
| Last Date for a spring graduate to upload a draft of the doctoral dissertation or master's thesis to the eTD website for format review | February 3, 2025 | https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/author |
| Last Date for a spring graduate to pass the final Doctoral Defense | February 21, 2025 | All paperwork must be submitted to the EME Graduate Office at least two weeks prior to the requested exam date. |
| Spring Break (no classes) | March 9-March 15, 2025 | |
| Last Date for a spring graduate to pass the M.S. Thesis Defense | March 7, 2025 | All paperwork must be submitted to the EME Graduate Office at least two weeks prior to the requested exam date. |
| Last Date for a spring graduate to upload final thesis or dissertation to eTD website | March 24, 2025 | https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/author |
| Late Drop Deadline | April 11 at 11:59 p.m. | |
| Classes End | Friday, May 2, 2025 | |
| Finals Week | May 5–May 9, 2025 | |
| Commencement | May 11, 2025 | commencement.psu.edu |
Summer 2025
| Description | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|
Activate Intent to Graduate | May 10 - June 20 | In LionPATH |
| Classes Begin | May 19, 2025 | |
| Memorial Day Holiday (no classes) | May 26, 2025 | |
| Last Date for a summer graduate to upload a draft of the doctoral dissertation or master's thesis to the eTD website for format review | June 13, 2025 | https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/author |
| Last Date for a summer graduate to pass the final Doctoral Defense | June 23, 2025 | All paperwork must be submitted to the EME Graduate Office at least two weeks prior to the requested exam date. |
| Last Date for a spring graduate to pass the M.S. Thesis Defense | June 27, 2025 | All paperwork must be submitted to the EME Graduate Office at least two weeks prior to the requested exam date. |
| Juneteenth Holiday (no classes) | June 19, 2025 | |
| Last Date for a summer graduate to upload final thesis or dissertation to eTD website | July 7, 2025 | https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/author |
| Independence Day Holiday (no classes) | July 4, 2025 | |
| Last Day to complete Comprehensive Exam (Must be registered for Summer 2025) | August 22, 2024 | |
| Classes End | August 13, 2025 | |
| Commencement | August 16, 2025 | commencement.psu.edu |
This form was last updated 11/21/2024. If you have additional questions, please see our Graduate Program Coordinator, Lan Ziegler.