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Undergraduate Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ Deadlines 

January 6, 2023

Previously enrolled students who are on admissions suspension, academic probation, probation continued, or academic suspension must submit all necessary documentation by this date in order to be considered for readmission for spring 2023.

January 11, 2023

Deadline for spring freshman admission – Please see Office of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for more information.

Freshman students who intend to enroll at Southern Miss for the Spring 2023 semester must be offered admission on or before this date.

Deadline for spring transfer admission – Please see Office of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for more information.

Transfer students who intend to enroll at Southern Miss for the Spring 2023 semester must be offered admission on or before this date.

Deadline for spring readmission – Please see Office of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for more information.

Previously enrolled students who intend to re-enroll must be offered admission on or before this date.

Advisement dates 

Academic dates 

First day to submit a Spring 2023 Very Late Degree Application at the $125 late application fee

Graduate Students, please visit the grad student deadlines page at

Last day to add/drop Intersession classes without academic or financial penalty and receive 100% tuition credit

Last day to drop Intersession classes without grade of W

Previously enrolled students who are on admissions suspension, academic probation, probation continued, or academic suspension must submit all necessary documentation by this date in order to be considered for readmission for spring 2023.

Intersession classes meet

Martin Luther King holiday (observed)

(No class meetings/activities/tests/quizzes/exams may be given regardless of mode of instruction.)

Last day and final exams for Intersession classes

Classes begin

Late registration and add/drop begin ($50.00 late registration fee)

First day for Spring 2023 degree candidates to reserve seat free of charge for May 2023 Commencement ceremonies

Graduate Students, please visit the grad student deadlines page at

Last day to add/drop Session I (8W1) classes without academic or financial penalty and receive 100% tuition credit

Last day to drop Session I (8W1) classes without grade of W

Saturday classes begin

Last day to add/drop full term classes without academic or financial penalty and receive 100% tuition credit

Last day to drop full term classes without grade of W

All approved drops for full term classes assigned a grade of W

Last day to withdraw from Session I (8W1) courses with grade of W

Mardi Gras break
(No class meetings/activities/tests/quizzes/exams may be given regardless of mode of instruction.)

Last day of and final examinations for MW Session I (8W1) classes

Last day of and final examinations for TTH Session I (8W1) classes

Saturday courses meet

Spring break

(No class meetings/activities/tests/quizzes/exams may be given regardless of mode of instruction.)

Session II MW (8W2) classes begin

Session II TTH (8W2) classes begin

Last day to add/drop Session II (8W2) classes without academic or financial penalty and receive 100% tuition credit

Last day to drop Session II (8W2) classes without grade of W

Last day to submit a Spring 2023 Very Late Degree Application at the $125 late application fee

Last day for Spring 2023 degree candidates to reserve seat free of charge for May 2023 Commencement ceremonies

Graduate Students, please visit the grad student deadlines page at

Last day to file an application for degree for Summer 2023 Commencement at the $50 fee

First day to submit a Spring 2023 Rush Degree Application at the $175 late application fee

First day for Spring 2023 degree candidates to reserve seat for May 2023 Commencement ceremonies at $100 fee

Last day to file applications for graduate degree for summer 2023 commencement. No late applications will be accepted.

Graduate Students, please visit the grad student deadlines page at

Last day to withdraw from full term classes with grade of W

HOLIDAY

(No class meetings/activities/tests/quizzes/exams may be given regardless of mode of instruction.)

Last day to withdraw from Session II (8W2) classes with grade of W

Last day to submit a Spring 2023 Rush Degree Application at the $175 late application fee

Graduate Students, please visit the grad student deadlines page at

First day to submit a Spring 2023 Extreme Exception Degree Application at the $275 late application fee

Graduate Students, please visit the grad student deadlines page at

Last day for Spring 2023 degree candidates to reserve seat for May Commencement ceremonies at $100 fee

Last day to submit a Spring 2023 Extreme Exception Degree Application at the $275 late application fee

Graduate Students, please visit the grad student deadlines page at

Monday night final exams

Tuesday night final exams

Wednesday night final exams

Final exams for MW Session II (8W2) classes

Thursday night final exams

Last day of TTH full term courses

Final exams for TTH Session II (8W2) classes

Students requesting after April 22 will not be allowed to participate in the May Commencement ceremonies

Reading Day

Final exams for Friday block courses and 1 hour labs

Full term final examinations

Thursday, May 11

6:00 p.m. - Graduate Commencement at
Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg campus

Commencement Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg campus

9:00 a.m. (Undergraduate candidates; College of Business and Economic Development and College of Education and Human Sciences)

2:00 p.m. (Undergraduate candidates; College of Arts and Sciences and College of Nursing and Health Professions)

Registrar’s Office processes end of term grades