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Events for students and alumni, plus academic and degree calendar dates!

Date
September 2, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Dissertations are due on ProQuest ETD by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, September 2, 2024* for a diploma for an advanced degree to be awarded on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

Date
September 2, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

University Holiday: Labor Day

Date
September 3, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Deadline for electronic submission of approved dissertations for November 2024 degree candidates who wish to have the Student Health Fee and Student Health Insurance Plan removed from their student account. Submissions must be made by 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Date
September 10, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Deadline to add or drop a fall course; instructor permission needed after this date

Date
October 22, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Degree recommendations from programs are due on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 for a diploma for an advanced degree to be awarded on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

Date
October 24, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

University Holiday: Columbus Day (federal); Indigenous Peoples’ Day (City of Cambridge) 

Date
November 27, 2024 – December 1, 2024

Thanksgiving recess begins on Wednesday, November 27 and ends on Sunday, December 1

Date
December 4, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Last day of fall term classes

Date
December 10, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Fall term reading period ends

Date
December 11, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Fall term examinations begin 

Date
December 20, 2024
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Fall term examinations end 

Date
December 21, 2024 – January 2, 2025

Winter recess begins on Saturday, December 21, 2024, and ends on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Most University offices closed during recess.

Date
January 2, 2025
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

University offices reopen 

Date
January 13, 2025 – January 24, 2025

January@HarvardGriffinGSAS begins on Monday, January 13, and ends on Friday, January 24.

Date
January 14, 2025
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Dissertations are due on ProQuest ETD by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 for a diploma for an advanced degree to be awarded on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.

Date
January 20, 2025
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

University Holiday: Martin Luther King Day

Date
January 21, 2025
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Degree recommendations from programs are due on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 for a diploma for an advanced degree to be awarded on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.

Date
January 22, 2025 – January 23, 2025

Make-up examinations for last fall term begin on Wednesday, January 22, and end of Thursday, January 23.

Date
May 15, 2025
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Dissertations are due on ProQuest ETD by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 15, 2025 for a diploma for an advanced degree to be awarded on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

Date
May 20, 2025
Time
12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

Degree recommendations from programs are due on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, for a diploma for an advanced degree to be awarded on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

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