Timelines

  • Doctoral Candidate

  • Master's Candidate

Normally the entire process, from the Graduate Chair's request for a Thesis Examination to the placement of the candidate's name on the convocation list, requires approximately eight weeks.

Please note that revisions and final thesis submission are due 6 weeks after a successful thesis examination.

If revisions continue into a new term, registration and related fee charges will also continue into the new term until the final copy of the thesis is submitted. To avoid registration and charges in the following term, the final thesis submission must take place by the last day of the current term (see chart below).

Final Date for Program
to Submit Examination
Request to SGPS		 Final Date for Candidate
to Submit Thesis for
Examination to SGPS		 Final Date for
Thesis Examination		 Final Date for
Final Submission
of the Thesis		 Notes Convocation Eligibility
November 5, 2020 November 12, 2020 December 17, 2020 December 24, 2020 Last term of registration is Fall 2020 Award Degree in Absentia, February 2021
March 12, 2021 March 19, 2021 April 23, 2021 April 30, 2021 Last term of registration is Winter 2021 Eligible for Spring Convocation 2021
July 13, 2021 July 20, 2021 August 24, 2021 August 31, 2021 Last term of registration is Summer 2021 Eligible for Fall Convocation 2021

*If this date falls on a weekend or holiday, the submission will be reviewed on the next business day.

Normally the entire process, from the Graduate Chair's request for a Thesis Examination to the placement of the candidate's name on the convocation list, requires approximately five weeks.

Please note that revisions and final thesis submission are due 6 weeks after a successful thesis examination.

If revisions continue into a new term, registration and related fee charges will also continue into the new term until the final copy of the thesis is submitted. To avoid registration and charges in the following term, the final thesis submission must take place by the last day of the current term (see chart below).

Final Date for Program 
to Submit Examination 
Request to SGPS		 Final Date for Candidate 
to Submit Thesis for 
Examination to SGPS		 Final Date for 
Thesis Examination		 Final Date for 
Final Submission 
of the Thesis		 Notes Convocation Eligibility
November 19, 2020 November 26, 2020 December 17, 2020 December 24, 2020 Last term of registration is Fall 2020 Award Degree in Absentia, February 2021
March 26, 2021 April 1, 2021 April 23, 2021 April 30, 2021 Last term of registration is Winter 2021 Eligible for Spring Convocation 2021
July 27, 2021 August 3, 2021 August 24, 2021 August 31, 2021 Last term of registration is Summer 2021 Eligible for Fall Convocation 2021

*If this date falls on a weekend or holiday, the submission will be reviewed on the next business day.