Spring Term 2024-2025

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

October 23, 2024, Wednesday

  • Spring 2025  Crimson Carts open for all students - to allow searching for courses.

November 6, 2024, Wednesday

  • Spring 2025 FAS Course Registration begins.

November 20, 2024, Wednesday

  • Spring 2025 Course Registration Deadline - Spring 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.

January 7, 2025, Tuesday

  • Spring term Online Check-In opens for students.

January 14, Tuesday

  • Approved graduate student dissertations due for February 2025 degree candidates.

January  TBD

January 20, Monday

  • University Holiday: Martin Luther King Day.

January 22, Wednesday and January 23, Thursday

  • Make-up examinations for Fall 2024 term are held.

January 27, Monday

  • Online Check-In must be completed. Students who fail to Check-In online will be charged a late Check-In fee.
  • Spring term begins.

February 3, Monday

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

February 4, Tuesday

  • Faculty meeting at 3:00 PM.

February 10, Monday (3rd Monday)

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

February 11, Tuesday

  • Conferral date for February 2025 degrees.

February 17, Monday

  • University Holiday: Presidents’ Day. No classes held.

February 24, Monday (Fifth Monday)

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

March 4, Tuesday

  • Faculty meeting at 3:00 PM.

March 10, Monday (7th Monday)

  • Last day that graduate students may add (or enroll in) spring term courses. To add a course after this date an approved Petition to Add must be submitted.
  • Last day that graduate students may add or change SAT/UNS grading option for designated language courses.

March 15, Saturday through March 23, Sunday 

  • Spring Recess.

March 19, Wednesday

  • Continuing students:  Fall 2025 Crimson Carts open—to allow searching for courses.
  • Undergraduate (A.B. and S.B.) and graduate (A.M., S.M., M.E., MFS, and Ph.D.) student applications for May 2025 degrees must be submitted on or before this date.

March 24, Monday (9th Monday)

  • Last day that graduate students may drop a spring course. To withdraw from a spring course after this date an approved Petition to Withdraw must be submitted and a notation of WD will be recorded.

April 1, Tuesday

  • Last day to change concentration for May and November 2025 degree candidates without Administrative Board approval. Last day that May and November 2025 undergraduate degree candidates (A.B. and S.B.) may file a foreign language citation study plan or petition for a secondary field.
  • Graduate student application for secondary field due for May 2025 degree candidates.

April 1, Tuesday

  • Faculty meeting at 3:00 PM.

April 2, Wednesday

  • Continuing students: Course Registration for Fall 2025 begins. Incoming (new) students will register during summer for the fall term.

April 7, Monday (11th Monday)

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

April 16, Wednesday

  • Continuing students: Course Registration deadline for Fall 2025. Incoming (new) students will register in August for the fall term.

April 30, Wednesday

  • Last day of spring term classes.

May 1, Thursday, through May 7, Wednesday

  • Reading Period.

May 6, Tuesday

  • Faculty meeting at 3:00 PM.

May 7, Wednesday

  • Last day in the spring term that graduate students may submit approved petition to withdraw from a spring course and a notation of WD will be recorded.

May 8, Thursday, through May 17, Saturday (Sunday not included)

May 15, Thursday

  • Approved graduate dissertations due for May 2025 degree candidates.

May 17, Saturday

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

May 26, Monday

  • University Holiday: Memorial Day.

May 27, Tuesday

  • Degree Meeting; Faculty vote May 2025 degrees.

May 29, Thursday

  • Harvard University Commencement.
  • Conferral of May 2025 degrees