Change in Final Defense and Exam Expiration Dates

 

Change in Final Defense and Exam Expiration Dates
Timeline extended from six months to three semesters

Date distributed: September 25, 2024

Good news! The Graduate Council has approved extending the expiration timeline for final defenses and exams from six months to three semesters.

This decision better aligns this expiration timeline with other deadlines on the academic calendar. It will cut down on the need for petitions and lighten workload both for the academic unit and the Graduate School. And it will allow for fair flexibility while maintaining the integrity of the final defense or exam as a current final milestone.

If a graduate student does not complete degree requirements within an academic year (for example, spring + summer + fall) of completing a final defense or examination, the academic unit must submit a petition to the Graduate School that explains the extenuating circumstances that warrant approving the expired defense or exam as current.

The Graduate Catalog now reflects this updated language online here:

Within Ph.D. and Other Doctoral Degree Requirements, under the Final Examination heading:

“The defense should be no more than three semesters, including the term in which the defense is completed, before the degree is awarded.”

Within Master’s Degree Requirements, at the Thesis final examination section:

“The defense date must be fewer than three semesters, including the term in which the defense is completed, before degree awarded.”

Within Master’s Degree Requirements, at the Non-these final comprehensive examination section:

“This comprehensive examination must be taken no more than three semesters, including the term in which the exam is completed, before the degree is awarded.”

Within Specialist in Education (Ed.S.)N, at the Specialist degree requirements section:

“Students are tested (no more than three semesters, including the term in which the exam is completed, before graduation) by written and oral examination. A thesis is not required; however, each program includes a research component relevant to the intended profession. With the academic unit’s approval, coursework taken as part of the specialist program may count toward a doctoral degree.”

Questions? Please contact the UF Graduate School’s Academic Career Tracking team via its Contact Us webpage.

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