January 15, 2024: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday (university closed)
January 16, 2024: Spring Term Begins
February 14, 2024: Application for degree/graduation due
March 8, 2024: Last day to change your graduation term
March 8, 2024: Last day for thesis students to submit the request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
March 8, 2024: Last day for doctoral students to submit the request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
March 10-17, 2024: Spring Recess
March 18, 2024: Spring Recess Ends, Classes Resume
March 29, 2024: Last possible day for oral defenses for this term's graduates
April 5, 2024: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
April 5, 2024: Last day to submit a post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation.
April 15, 2024: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due.
May 2, 2024: Spring Term Ends.
May 3, 2024: Last day for departments to submit Comprehensive Exam Report forms
May 4, 6-10, 2024: Final Examinations
May 10, 2024: Spring Graduate Commencement
There is no August commencement. August graduates are invited to the December commencement.
June 5, 2024: Application for degree/graduation due.
June 7, 2024: Last day to change your graduation term
June 7, 2024: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)
June 7, 2024: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)
June 17, 2024: Summer Term Begins
June 19, 2024: Juneteenth (university closed)
June 28, 2024: Last possible day for oral defenses for this term’s graduates
July 4, 2024: Independence Day (university closed)
July 5, 2024: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)
July 5, 2024: Last day to submit post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation.
July 15, 2024: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due.
August 2, 2024: Last day for departments to submit Comprehensive Exam Report forms
August 11, 2024: Summer Term Ends
August 26, 2024: Classes begin
September 15, 2024: Last day to submit Application for Graduation for fall 2024 in MyNIU
October 11, 2024: Last day for fall 2024 graduates to submit a Request for Oral Defense of Thesis or Dissertation
November 1, 2024: Last possible day for fall 2024 graduates to hold an Oral Defense
November 8, 2024: Last day for fall 2024 graduates to submit Results of Oral Defense form
November 8, 2024: Last day for fall 2024 graduates to submit post-defense version of Thesis or Dissertation
November 15, 2024: Last day for departments to submit Certificate of Graduate Study forms
December 6, 2024: Last day for departments to submit Comprehensive Exam Report forms
December 7, 2024: Classes end
December 9-14, 2024: Final Examinations
December 14, 2024: Fall Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.