Calendar

• Course registration opens for fall 2025 for incoming students

• Fall 2025 course registration for minimum course load due for incoming students

• Harvard Griffin GSAS deadline for paying fall tuition and fees

• Fall 2025 check-in opens in my.harvard

• Open add/drop for fall 2025 begins in my.harvard; instructor permission not needed to enroll in courses

• Make-up examinations for last spring term begins

• Make-up examinations for last spring term ends

• Enrollment deadline for fall term HUSHP coverage for dependents.

• University Holiday: Labor Day

• Fall term begins for incoming Harvard Griffin GSAS students

• First meeting of fall term courses 

• Fall full-term course registration for all students due. ​Students must submit enrollments for minimum course load (typically 16 credits) at my.harvard by 11:59 p.m.

• Deadline for all students, including special students and visiting fellows, to check in for the fall 2025 term 

• Deadline for electronic submission of approved dissertations to ProQuest ETD for November 2025 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.

• Deadline for electronic submission of approved dissertations to ProQuest ETD for November 2025 degree candidates who wish to retain the Student Health Fee and the Student Health Insurance Plan through January 31, 2026, and will be charged accordingly.

• Last day to drop a fall course via my.harvard. To withdraw from a fall course after this date, an approved Petition to Withdraw must be submitted to the Office of Academic Programs.

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

• Last day on which master's students may withdraw from their program and cancel registration for the fall term without payment of tuition. Students withdrawing after this date will be charged tuition pursuant to Tuition Associated with Mid-Term Withdrawal.

• Deadline to add or drop a fall course without paying a fee

• Fall Harvard University Student Health Insurance Plan late waiver deadline

• Degree applications for February 2026 degree candidates open in my.harvard

• Last day students from other Schools may file cross-registration petitions for fall term with the FAS Registrar’s Office. Some schools have earlier deadlines. 

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

• Students who fail to register by this date for a minimum required course load, withdraw from their academic program, or submit an application for non-resident status for the fall 2025 term are subject to disciplinary action and may be placed on an involuntary leave of absence, also known as an administrative leave of absence, for the remainder of the academic term. 

• Last day to add (or enroll in) fall 2025 courses. To add a course after this date, an approved Petition to Add must be submitted to the Office of Academic Programs.

• Last day to change to or from SAT/UNS grading option for designated language courses.

• Degree recommendations from academic programs for November 2025 degree candidates are due

• Spring 2026 Crimson Cart opens in my.harvard

• Course registration opens to allow enrolling in spring 2025 courses at my.harvard

• University Holiday: Veterans' Day (observed for staff). Classes are held. Harvard Griffin GSAS Offices are closed.

• Conferral date for November 2025 degrees

• Spring 2025 full-term course registration for all students due. ​Students must submit enrollments for minimum course load (typically 16 credits) at my.harvard by 11:59 p.m. EST.  

• Final application for a February 2026 secondary field due to the Registrar's Office

• Final degree applications for February 2026 degree candidates due in my.harvard

• Last day on which students may submit an approved  Petition to Withdraw  for a fall term course to the Office of Academic Programs.

• Last day to submit work for a course with an incomplete (INP) grade for the spring 2025 term

• Spring full-term course registration for all students due. ​Students must submit enrollments for minimum course load (typically 16 credits) at my.harvard by 11:59 p.m.

Check-In Information

Student Health Insurance Program Waiver Checklist

SAT/UNSAT Language Course Grading Form

• Last day to add (or enroll in) spring 2026 courses. To add a course after this date, an approved Petition to Add must be submitted to the Office of Academic Programs.

• Students who fail to register by this date for minimum required course load, withdraw from their academic program, or submit an application for non-resident status for the spring 2026 term are subject to disciplinary action and may be placed on an  involuntary leave of absence, also known as an administrative leave of absence, for the remainder of the academic term.&nbs

Secondary Fields

• Last day to drop a spring course via my.harvard.

• Fall 2026 full-term course registration for all students due. ​Students must submit enrollments for minimum course load (typically 16 credits) at my.harvard by 11:59 p.m. EDT.

• Last day on which students may submit an approved Petition to Withdraw from spring term course to the Office of Academic Programs.

• Deadline for May 2026 degree candidates to submit their dissertation electronically to ProQuest ETD. Submissions must be made by 11:59 p.m. EDT.  

Harvard Griffin GSAS Commencement