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Completing Your Degree

Graduate Students Completing Your Degree
Completion Checklist
Theses: Getting Started
Theses: Submission & Completion
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Deadlines

For each term, there are deadlines by which the draft and the final thesis or dissertation must be submitted to the Graduate School. Materials must be received by the Graduate School no later than 11:59 p.m. the day of the deadline. 
 
Your degree will not be awarded until the final thesis or dissertation has been accepted and processed and all other graduation requirements have been met. 
 

Step
Resources
Summer
2026
Fall
2026
Spring
2027
1. Submit your thesis draft to ProQuest for Graduate School formatting review 
  • Consult the Thesis Formatting page for more information on formatting requirements 
  • A thesis is eligible to be uploaded even if some content is still being finalized with the advisory committee. However, key formatting elements such as a Table of Contents, page numbers, and all required sections must be in place to facilitate an initial formatting review.  
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2. Monitor your ProQuest email account and upload revised versions of your thesis in a timely manner 
  • All communications about your thesis formatting review will go to the email address that you include with your ProQuest account 
  • To see what email account you included with your ProQuest registration, login to ProQuest and click "My Profile" 
3. Defend thesis
  • Coordinate with your thesis advisory committee to defend your thesis by the deadline 
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4. Receive a ProQuest decision of "Accepted" from the Graduate School
  • Read through the Formatting Review Process page to understand the steps required for your thesis formatting to be accepted 
  • Comply with all formatting requirements by the deadline in order to graduate in the intended term 
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