The Graduate Center Calendar
Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Fall 2024 | ||
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July 31 | Financial aid registration deadline: Last day for students to register fulltime in order to ensure fellowship payment during the first week of classes. | |
August 5 | Deadline for filing readmission and last day for nonmatriculated and auditor students to file an application for Fall 2024 . | |
August 20 | Registration begins for newly admitted matriculated students at 9:30 a.m. | |
August 21 | Last day to apply for leave of absence for Fall 2024. Last day to file ePermit request. | |
August 23 | Registration begins for nondegree and permit students. | |
August 27 | Last day to drop a course with 100% refund. | |
August 28 | First day of classes for the Fall 2024 semester All students who register on or after this day must pay tuition and fees in full at this time, including a $25 late registration fee. Students making adjustment to an already existing enrollment on or after this day will be assessed an $18 program adjustment fee. 75% Refund Period begins. “SWAP,” don’t drop when adjusting your class schedule (remember that there is an $18 adjustment fee for all changes). | |
September 2 | The Graduate Center is closed. | |
September 3 | Last day to register for Fall 2024 courses without permission. Last day to drop a course with 75% refund. Last day to submit intent to deposit a dissertation, thesis, or capstone project for a September 2024 degree. | |
September 4 | 50% Refund Period begins. | |
September 10 | Last day to drop a course with 50% refund. | |
September 11 | 25% Refund Period begins. | |
September 17 | Last day to drop a course for 25% tuition refund. Deadline for level changes. Last day to deposit dissertation or thesis for a September 30, 2024 degree. Last day to drop a course without a grade of “W” appearing on your transcript Last day to add a course with special permission . | |
September 18 | A grade of “W” will be assigned to students who officially withdraw from a course. | |
October 2-4 | No classes scheduled. | |
October 11-12 | No classes scheduled. | |
October 14 | The Graduate Center is closed. | |
October 15 | Classes follow a Monday schedule. | |
November 27 | Classes follow Friday schedule. | |
November 28-29 | The Graduate Center is closed. | |
November 30 | No classes scheduled. | |
December 1 | The Graduate Center is closed. | |
December 14 | Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of “W”. | |
December 15-21 | Fifteenth week of the semester including final examinations. | |
December 21 | End of Fall 2024 Term. | |
December 24-25 | The Graduate Center is closed. |
Spring 2025 (tentative) | ||
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December 3 | Registration begins for the Spring 2025 semester for those matriculated students enrolled in the Fall 2024 semester. | |
December 31 | Financial aid registration deadline: Last day for students to register full time in order to ensure fellowship payment during the first week of classes. | |
January 2 | Deadline for filing for readmission and last day for non-matriculated and auditor students to file an application for the Spring 2025 semester. | |
January 13 | Deadline for filing intent to graduate with a February 1, 2025 degree. | |
January 16 | Registration begins for newly admitted matriculated students. Last day to apply for leave of absence for Spring 2025. | |
January 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed. The Graduate Center is closed. | |
January 21 | Registration begins for non-degree and permit students. | |
January 24 | Last day to drop for 100% tuition refund. Last day to file ePermit request. | |
January 25 | First day of classes for the Spring 2025 semester. All students who register on or after this day must pay tuition and fees in full at that time, including $25 late registration fee. Students making an adjustment to an already existing enrollment on or after this day will be assessed an $18 Program Adjustment Fee. | |
January 31 | Last day to deposit dissertation or thesis for a February 1, 2025 degree. Last day to register for Spring 2025 courses without permission. Last day to drop for 75% tuition refund. | |
February 7 | Last day to drop for 50% tuition refund. | |
February 12 | Lincoln's Birthday observed. The Graduate Center is closed. | |
February 14 | Last day to drop for 25% tuition refund. Deadline to add a course with permission or drop (without the grade of “W” appearing on the student record). All changes that may affect student billing must be completed by this date (including level and residency changes). No petitions for changes will be accepted after this date. | |
February 15 | Grade of W is assigned to students who officially withdraw from a course. | |
February 17 | Presidents' Day observed. The Graduate Center is closed. | |
February 18 | Classes follow a Monday schedule. | |
March 6 | Classes follow a Wednesday schedule. | |
March 31 | No classes scheduled. | |
April 15 | Last day to submit intent to deposit a dissertation, thesis or capstone project for a June 2025 degree. | |
April 12-April 20 | Spring Recess. | |
April 30 | Last day to deposit dissertation or thesis for a June 2025 degree. | |
May 15 | Last day to file for an unevaluated withdrawal ("W") from courses. | |
May 16-22 | Fifteenth week of the semester including Final Examination Period. | |
May 22 | End of Spring semester. |