Yale University Academic Calendar 2024-2025| Yale Important Dates. The Yale academic calendar provides critical information regarding activities and holidays during the academic year 2024-2025. Yale University is on a semester system, and there are typically 13 weeks in a semester at Yale. Students can enrol in four or five courses each semester to complete thirty-six courses while earning a degree.
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Yale University Academic Calendar 2024-2025 | Yale Important Dates
Yale academic calendar fall 2024
Check out the important dates and deadlines on the Yale academic calendar for fall 2024
- Yale Move-in day Fall 2024 for new first-year and transfer students is on August 21, 2024. Residences open to first-year students at 9 a.m. Yale Students may arrive between 9 am and 4 pm. The Yale University campus map will assist you as you navigate campus.
- Yale Orientation begins on August 22, 2024 to August 23, 2024.
- Residences open for upper-level students on August 25, 2024 at 9 a.m.
- Mid-Orientation Programs are from August 24, 2024 to August 27, 2024.
- Orientation Resumes from August 27 2024 to August 30 2024.
- Yale Fall-term classes start on Wednesday, August 31 2024 at 8:20 a.m.
- Add/Drop period begins on Wednesday, August 31 2024 at 8:00 a.m.
- Friday classes do not meet on September 2, 2024; Monday classes meet instead.
- Labor Day holiday is Monday, September 5 2024.
- Add/Drop period ends on Wednesday, September 7 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
- All students planning to complete degree requirements at the end of the fall term must file a petition by Wednesday, September 14 2024.
- Withdrawal from Yale College on Wednesday, September 14 2024, or before this date entitles a student to a full rebate of fall-term tuition.
- Wednesday, September 14 2024 is the final deadline to apply for fall-term Leave of Absence according to Yale academic calendar
- Thursday, September 22 2024 is the last day to withdraw from a course offered in the first half of the fall term without the course appearing on the transcript.
- Withdrawal from Yale College on Saturday, September 24 2024, or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of fall-term tuition.
- Saturday, October 1 2024 is the deadline to complete applications for financial aid for the 2025 spring term, for students not enrolled in the 2024 fall term.
- Family Weekend is from October 7, 2024 to October 9, 2024.
- The last day of courses offered in the first half of the fall term is Friday, October 14 2024.
- Friday, October 14 2024 is the last day to convert from a letter grade to the Cr/D/F option in a course offered in the first half of the fall term according to Yale academic calendar 2024-2025.
- Fall second half-term classes begin on Monday, October 17 2024.
- Yale Fall break 2024 is from Tuesday, October 18 2024 to Sunday, October 23 2024.
- Classes resume on Monday, October 24 2024 at 8:20 a.m.
- Midterm is Friday, October 28 2024 on the Yale academic calendar 2024-2025.
- Friday, October 28 2024 is the last day to withdraw from a fall full-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.
- Friday, October 28 2024 is the deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course.
- Withdrawal from Yale College on Friday, October 28 2024, or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term’s tuition according to Yale academic calendar.
- Thursday, November 10 2024 is the last day to withdraw from a fall second half-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.
- Thanksgiving break (November recess)is from Friday, November 18 2024 to Sunday, November 27 2024.
- Classes resume on Monday, November 28 2024.
- Fall 2024 classes end on Friday, December 9 2024.
- Reading period begins on Friday, December 9 2024 to Thursday, December 15 2024.
- Friday, December 9 2024 is the last day to convert from a letter grade to the Cr/D/F option for a full-term course and/or a course offered in the second half of the fall term according to Yale academic calendar.
- Friday, December 9 2024 is the last day to withdraw from a full-term course and/or a course offered in the second half of the fall term.
- Final examinations begin on Thursday, December 15 2024 to Wednesday, December 21 2024.
- Thursday, December 15 2024 is the deadline for all course assignments, other than term papers and term projects. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean.
- Winter recess begins on Wednesday, December 21 2024 to Friday, December 30 2024.
- Wednesday, December 21 2024 is the deadline for all term papers and term projects. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean.
- Fall-term final grades are due on Tuesday, January 3 2025.
- Residences close on December 2024, at noon according to Yale academic calendar 2024-2025.
Yale academic calendar spring 2025
Check out the important dates and deadlines on the Yale academic calendar for Spring 2025
- Saturday, October 1 2024 is the deadline to complete applications for financial aid for the 2025 spring term, for students not enrolled in the 2024 fall term.
- Tuesday, October 11 2024 is the deadline to apply for spring 2025 Term Abroad, 1 p.m.
- Registration for spring 2025 opens on Wednesday, November 16 2024 at 8:00 a.m. and closes on Wednesday December 14 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
- Residences open, at 9:00 a.m. on January 12 2025.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday is Monday, January 16 2025.
- Spring-term classes start on Tuesday, January 17 2025.
- Friday classes do not meet on January 20 2025; Monday classes meet instead.
- Friday, January 27 2025 is the last day for students in the Class of 2025 to petition for permission to complete the requirements of two majors according to Yale academic calendar.
- Friday, January 31 2025 is the final deadline to apply for a spring-term Leave of Absence (section J).
- Withdrawal from Yale College is on Friday, January 31 2025 or before this date entitles the student to a full rebate of spring-term tuition (Undergraduate Regulations).
- Tuesday, February 7 2025 is the last day to withdraw from a course offered in the first half of the spring term without the course appearing on the transcript.
- Withdrawal from Yale College is on Friday, February 10 2025 or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of spring-term tuition (Undergraduate Regulations).
- The last day to withdraw from a course offered in the first half of the spring term is Wednesday, March 1 2025.
- Wednesday, March 1 2025 is the last day to convert from a letter grade to Cr/D/F option for a course offered in the first half of the spring term.
- Courses offered in the second half of the spring term begin on Thursday, March 2 2025.
- Yale Spring break 2025 is from Friday, March 10 2025 to Sunday, March 26 2025.
- Midterm is Friday, March 10 2025 on the Yale academic calendar.
- Friday, March 10 2025 is the last day to withdraw from a spring full-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.
- Friday, March 10 2025 is the deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course.
- Withdrawal from Yale College is on Friday, March 10 2025 or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term’s tuition (Undergraduate Regulations).
- Classes resume on Monday, March 27 2025 at 8:20 a.m.
- Thursday, April 6 2025 is the last day to withdraw from a spring second-half course without the course appearing on the transcript.
- Spring 2025 classes end on Friday, April 28 2025.
- Reading period begins on Friday, April 28 2025 to Thursday, May 4 2025.
- Friday, April 28 2025 is the last day to convert from a letter grade to Cr/D/F option for a full-term course and/or a course offered in the second half of the spring term according to Yale academic calendar.
- Friday, April 28 2025 is the last day to withdraw from a full-term course and/or a course offered in the second half of the spring term.
- Final examinations begin on Thursday, May 4 2025 to Wednesday, May 10 2025.
- Thursday, May 4 2025 is the deadline for all course assignments, other than term papers and term projects. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean.
- Wednesday, May 10 2025 is the deadline for all term papers and term projects. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean.
- Residences close for underclassmen on Thursday, May 11 2025 at 12 noon.
- Final grades are due for graduating seniors on Friday, May 12 2025.
- Final grades are due for continuing students on Wednesday, May 17 2025.
- Yale University Commencement/Graduation 2025 is on Monday, May 22 2025.
- Residences close for seniors on Tuesday, May 23 2025 at 12 noon.
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