Graduate Students

Submission Deadline - December 1, 2022 at 5 p.m. ET

• Each semester has a deadline for the initial submission of theses and dissertations to ProQuest.  The deadline is generally two weeks prior to the final deadline.  Plan your defense accordingly.
• The document submitted to ProQuest is expected to be a final version, meaning it has been successfully defended, corrections the committee wants have been made, and there are no more content changes.

• The Graduate School will not accept documents for review for the current semester after 5 p.m. ET on the submission deadline date.

Final Deadline - December 15, 2022 at 5 p.m. ET

• Each semester has a final deadline where documents have been accepted and delivered for publishing, all required paperwork has been turned in, all milestones have been completed and all degree audits have been completed.

• Your document must be accepted and delivered to the publisher, ProQuest, by 5 p.m. ET on the final deadline date.

For more ETD information and resources please visit https://grad.msu.edu/etd