Approved summer extension – For ALL Masters Students
If your thesis advisor(s) approve a summer extension, you would still present in May, but your thesis committee would decide whether that presentation is more of a meeting to discuss your progress or if it will be open to the public and/or have external critics, as we do not have public reviews/external critics over the summer. Some thesis committees request their students to present (usually via Zoom) their final work over the summer, and if this is what is decided, it would be up to the student + thesis committee to schedule. Some thesis committees may just ask the student to submit the final book to be reviewed and graded when it’s complete, without a final presentation of the work.
See Applying for an Extension in the registration section of your handbook: https://architecture.mit.edu/registration and the Extension Agreement.
- Monday, June 2, 2025: Summer registration for 4.THG
- Friday, August 8, 2025: 9am department thesis deadline via the Department Thesis Submission Tool
- Friday, August 15, 2025: All theses must be cleared by noon by each department (multiple departments for dual degrees) and submitted to the Institute. If a thesis is not approved by this point, the student will be not be approved for the September degree list.
- Friday, September 19, 2025: Degree award date