IMPORTANT DATES FOR FALL 2021
STUDENTS WHO APPLIED FOR SPRING 2021 CONVOCATION BUT DID NOT GRADUATE MUST REAPPLY FOR FALL 2021 CONVOCATION
September 6 - Labour Day (statutory holiday)
September 22
Academic Add/Drop Date: Last day for late registration and change of courses
September 23
Final oral defense and format checking deadline for Fall graduation and Phase I:
- last day for the final oral defense of dissertations, theses and major papers for Fall graduation, and
- last day to submit for format checking dissertations, theses and major papers to Graduate Studies, for students who are planning to meet the Fall graduation and Phase I (100% tuition refund) deadline for Fall term 2021. Students should allow at least 3 business days to receive formatting feedback.
Defending students must be registered for Fall 2021 - review the registration requirements for students in research programs who are defending and/or depositing.
September 30
Fall graduation and Phase I deposit deadline:
- Last day to complete all requirements for graduate degrees, including the deposit of dissertations, theses and major papers to Graduate Studies, for Fall graduation; and
- Last day for completion of all requirements for graduate degrees, including the deposit of dissertations, theses and major papers to Graduate Studies, under Phase I (100% tuition refund) of the tuition fee refund policy for the Fall term 2021.
Note: All students who are planning to gradate in the Fall convocation must have applied to graduate. Students who applied for Spring 2021 graduation but did not graduate must re-apply for Fall - review details from Registrar's office graduation webpage.
Students completing the deposit must be registered for Fall 2021 - review the registration requirements for students in research programs who are defending and/or depositing.
October 6
Financial Drop Date for Fall Semester
October 7
Format checking deadline for Phase II:
Last day to submit for format checking dissertations, theses and major papers to Graduate Studies, for students who are planning to meet the Phase II (50% tuition refund) deadline for Fall term 2021.
October 11 - Thanksgiving Day (University closed)
October 9-17 - Reading Week
October 14
Phase II deposit deadline:
Last day for completion of all requirements for graduate degrees, including the deposit of dissertations, theses and major papers to Graduate Studies, under Phase II (50% tuition refund) of the tuition fee refund policy for the Fall term 2021.
November 5
Fall 2021 Convocation
Note: All students who are planning to gradate in the Fall convocation must have applied to graduate. Students who applied for Spring 2021 graduation but did not graduate must re-apply for Fall - review details from Registrar's office graduation webpage.
November 26
Last day to send a doctoral dissertation to the External Examiner for a January 2022 defense.
Students who wish to request the following need to submit a Service Request* to obtain approval:
- apply for a leave of absence
- apply for a course substitution
- submit a thesis/dissertation committee form
- request an PhD external examiner
- apply for a time limit extension
*Service Request
Graduate students must:
1. Visit the Faculty of Graduate Studies website at http://www.uwindsor.ca/graduate-studies/
2. Click Current Students
3. On the left-side of the page, click Student Forms
4. Select the appropriate form
5. Complete and save the form
6. Submit the completed form as a Service Request