Thesis preparation
Deadlines, procedures, submission methods, formatting guidelines, and other thesis/dissertation information is available on the IUPUI Graduate Office website.
You can schedule an appointment for a thesis format review with Summer Layton, sllayton@iupui.edu.
Graduate Student Examination deadlines & Candidacy (CAND) enrollment
If you are entering the last semester of your Ph.D. or M.S. degree, it is important to know that graduation deadlines are set separately by Purdue University or Indiana University.
Graduate and doctoral student enrollment in CAND 99100, CAND 99200, or CAND 99300 is dependent on remaining requirements.
| Eligibility/Purpose |
CAND 99100 | Used for Purdue graduate school students planning to graduate at the end of the semester (May, August or December), who need some or all of the 3 items: course work, defense/exam, and thesis deposit. Must be taken with at least one credit hour of fee-bearing course(s). |
CAND 99200 | One-time use course with a reduced fee. Used for Purdue MS or PhD graduate school thesis students planning to graduate by the end of the semester (May, August or December), who have completed all coursework and passed final defense, who only need to deposit their thesis. Non-thesis students who have not yet completed the Directed Project or have 1 or more Incomplete (I) grades can also register in CAND 99200. Instructor Permission Required. |
CAND 99300 | One-time use courses with a reduced fee. Used for Purdue MS or PhD graduate school thesis students planning to graduate by the end of the semester (May, August or December), who need to complete BOTH the defense/exam and deposit their thesis. Non-thesis students who have not yet completed the Directed project and have 1 or more Incomplete (I) grades can also register in CAND 99300. Instructor Permission Required. |