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Student and Postdoc Events and Workshops

Looking for graduate student or postdoc specific events and work focusing on career development, mentorship, wellness and more. Visit the Student Events page to events specifically designed for you.

Trevon Logan, Professor and Associate Dean of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences Director of the American Economic Association Mentoring Program, Logan is hoping to open more opportunities for underrepresented master’s and PhD economics students and match them with mentors in the economics field.

Faculty and Staff Events and Workshops

Are you part of the graduate faculty and staff community? Visit the faculty and staff events page to see events specifically for graduate program faculty and staff. 

Upcoming Events, Workshops and Deadlines

Graduate Community News

  • Wednesday Wellness Tips Autumn 2025 Week 7

    Build on your strengths rather than weaknesses, as this will help you achieve greater satisfaction and success. You should not ignore your weaknesses, but by prioritizing your strengths, you can achieve naturally higher levels of achievement as well as personal and professional happiness.Learn more Social, Wellness and Student Life...
  • Wednesday Wellness Tips Autumn 2025 Week 6

    Instead of stress eating to find comfort or destruction in food, engage in healthy behaviors, such as taking a break and going for a short walk, listening to music, watching a movie, talking to someone/calling a friend. Do not keep comfort food around, it will be too tempting and hard to resist. Learn more Social, Wellness and Student Life...
  • Graduate Assistant, Jiaxuan Lily Wang, Performs at Carnegie Hall After International Award Wins

    Jiaxuan Lily Wang, pianist and Graduate Teaching Associate at The Ohio State University School of Music, performed at Carnegie Hall twice in 2025 as a winner of the American Protégé International Competitions.On March 23, Wang appeared at Carnegie Hall in the Winners Recital, performing Schubert’s Marche Militaire in a piano four-hand arrangement. She returned on June 27 for a solo performa...

 

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In celebration of the achievements of the graduate community at Ohio State, the Graduate School invites submissions of success stories about graduate and professional students, student organizations, and graduate and professional program’s faculty and staff.  Learn more and submit your graduate news today!

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Graduation Calendar

Select your expected graduation term below to see specific dates concerning when to apply for graduation, complete your examinations and reports, submit approved thesis and dissertation, commencement, and the end-of semester deadline.

Summer 2025 Graduation

Applications to Graduate Due: May 23, 2025

Examinations and Reports completed by2 : July 11, 2025

Approved thesis and dissertation submitted and accepted by3 : July 18, 2025

Commencement4 : August 3, 2025

End of Semester Deadline5 : August 25, 2025

Autumn 2025 Graduation

Applications to Graduate Due: September 12, 2025

Examinations and Reports completed by2 : November 26, 2025

Approved thesis and dissertation submitted and accepted by3 : December 5, 2025

Commencement4 : December 21, 2025

End of Semester Deadline5 : January 9, 2026

Spring 2026 Graduation

Applications to Graduate Due: January 30, 2026

Examinations and Reports completed by2 : April 17, 2026

Approved thesis and dissertation submitted and accepted by3 : April 24, 2026

Commencement4 : May 10, 2026

End of Semester Deadline5 : May 8, 2026

Summer 2026 Graduation

Applications to Graduate Due: May 29, 2026

Examinations and Reports completed by2 : July 17, 2026

Approved thesis and dissertation submitted and accepted by3 : July 24, 2026

Commencement4 : August 9, 2026

End of Semester Deadline5 : August 24, 2026

1 Applications to graduate include current semester or End-of-Semester deadline. Applications must be received by close of business.

2The final examination deadline refers both to the completion of the exam itself, as well as the recording of satisfactory votes from all committee members on the Report on Final Exam form on Grad Forms.

Format reviews of theses and dissertations may occur electronically or in person at the Graduate School during announced business hours. Both options require submitting a digital version of the dissertation or DMA document draft in a PDF format to 
grad-schoolformatreview@osu.edu
Documents should be submitted for the review at least two weeks prior to the student’s final exam date. 

3 Approved documents must be submitted via OhioLINK and accepted by the Graduate School by the close of business before the Report on Final Document will be processed.

4 Students not attending commencement must complete the commencement section on the Application to Graduate to indicate how their diploma should be disbursed.

5 A degree applicant who does not meet published graduation deadlines but who does complete all degree requirements by the last business day prior to the first day of classes for the following semester or summer term will graduate the following semester or summer term without registering or paying fees

Other Graduate and Professional Student Events

Looking for more graduate and professional student events at Ohio State, visit the Graduate and Professional page of the Ohio Union Activities Board as part of the Office of Student Life.

Graduate and Professional Events by OUAB