Students apply for and are admitted to begin graduate work in a specific term.
Usually the admission will be considered valid for the succeeding semester and summer session. The time period in which admission is valid will vary among programs. Students who are unable to begin graduate work in the term of admission but who wish to begin at a later time must contact the Graduate School to determine what must be done to change the original entrance term date. Other programs permit inactive periods of varying lengths. The maximum inactive period in which reentry will be permitted is 24 months.