Fall Term 2024-2025

The current Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Academic Calendars are located at https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/academic-calendar.

June 11, Tuesday

  • FAS Course Registration (Crimson Cart) opens for  incoming (new) students .

July 1, Monday

  • Applications for non-resident status for the fall term or full academic year for graduate students due.
  • Applications for part-time graduate study due in the Harvard Griffin GSAS Dean’s Office.

August 1, Thursday

  • Graduation applications for November 2024 degrees (A.M., S.M., M.E., MFS, and Ph.D.) must be submitted on or before this date.
  • Undergraduate applications for November 2024 degrees (A.B. and S.B.) must be submitted on or before this date.
  • Last day that November 2024 graduate degree candidates may submit a completed and signed application for a secondary field.

August 13, Tuesday

  • Fall online Check-In opens for students.

August 19, Monday

  • Course registration opens for incoming (new) FAS students.

TBD

August 26,  Monday

August 28, Wednesday and August 29, Thursday

September 2, Monday

  • University Holiday: Labor Day.

September 3, Tuesday

  • Academic year begins; first day of classes. (If classes begin on Wednesday, they begin on a Monday schedule.)
  • Fall Online Check-In must be completed for undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Course Registration Deadline for minimum course load - typically 16 credits - on my.harvard by 11:59 PM.
  • Approved graduate dissertations due for November 2024 degree candidates who wish to have fall tuition and Student Health Insurance Plan removed from their student account.

September 4, Wednesday

  • Approved graduate dissertations due for November 2024 degree candidates who wish to retain health coverage for the fall 2024 term (through January 31, 2025) and who would like to be charged accordingly.

September 10, Tuesday

  • After this date students must obtain permission from all instructors to enroll in courses.

September 23, Monday (3rd Monday)

  • Last day that undergraduates and graduate students may drop or add any course without a fee.

October 1, Tuesday

  • Faculty meeting at 3:00 PM.

October 7, Monday (5th Monday)

  • Last day that undergraduates may drop or add any course.
  • Last day students from other schools may file cross-registration petitions for fall term with the FAS Registrar's Office. Note some schools have earlier deadlines.

October 11, Friday

  • Declaration of Concentration due for third semester undergraduates.

October 14, Monday

  • University Holiday: Columbus Day (Federal) / Indigenous Peoples' Day (City of Cambridge).

October 21, Monday (7th Monday)

  • Last day that graduate students may add (or enroll in) fall term courses. To add a course after this date an approved Petition to Add must be submitted to the Harvard Griffin GSAS Office of Student Affairs.
  • Last day that graduate students may add or change SAT/UNS grading option for designated language courses.

October 23, Wednesday

  • FAS Spring 2025 Crimson Cart opens  - to allow searching for courses.

October 24, Thursday through October 27, Sunday

November 4, Monday (9th Monday)

  • Last day that graduate students may drop a fall course. To withdraw from a fall course after this date an approved Petition to Withdraw must be submitted to the Harvard Griffin GSAS Office of Student Affairs and a notation of WD will be recorded if petition is approved.

 November 5, Tuesday

  • Faculty meeting at 3:00 PM, includes degree proceedings.

November 6, Wednesday

  • Course registration for Spring 2025  begins.

November 11, Monday

  • University (Administrative) Holiday: Veterans' Day. FAS classes will be held as scheduled.

November 12, Tuesday

  • Conferral date for November 2024 degrees.

November 18, Monday (11th Monday)

  • Last day that undergraduates may petition to withdraw from a fall term course.
  • Last day that undergraduates may change the grade status of a letter-graded or Pass/Fail course.

November 20, Wednesday

  • Course Registration Deadline. Spring 2025 term course registrations are due for all students by 11:59 PM. Students must submit minimum course load - typically 16 credits - on my.harvard by 11:59 PM.

November 27, Wednesday through December 1, Sunday

  • Thanksgiving Recess.

December 2, Monday

  • Undergraduate applications for February 2025 degrees (A.B. and S.B.) must be submitted on or before this date.
  • Last day for Undergraduates to change concentration for February 2025 degree candidates without Administrative Board approval.
  • Last day that February 2025 undergraduate degree candidates (A.B. and S.B.) may file for a foreign language citation study plan or petition for a secondary field.
  • Graduate student applications for February 2025 degrees (A.M., S.M., M.E., MFS, and Ph.D.) must be submitted on or before this date.
  • Graduate student applications for Secondary Field due for February 2025 degree candidates.
  • Graduate student applications for part-time study for Spring 2025 due.

December 3, Tuesday

  • Faculty meeting at 3:00 PM.

December 4, Wednesday

  • Last day of fall term classes.

December 5, Thursday, through December 10, Tuesday.

  • Reading Period.

December 10, Tuesday

  • Last day in the fall term upon which graduate students may petition for late withdrawal from a course.

December 11, Wednesday, through December 20, Friday

  • Final Examination Period. (Does not include Sunday)
    See the Registrar's Office website for exam times and locations for fall term courses.

December 20, Friday

  • Last day that graduate students may submit work for incomplete grades from the spring 2024 term.

December 21, 2024, Saturday through January 2, 2025, Thursday

  • Harvard Griffin GSAS Winter Recess. (Most University offices are closed during recess.)

December 21, 2024, Saturday through January 26, 2025, Sunday

  • College Winter Recess.  

January 13, Monday through January 24, Friday

January 20, Monday

  • University Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  

January 22, Wednesday and January 23, Thursday  

  • Make up exams held for Fall 2024 courses.