Calendar

The fall Harvard University Student Health Insurance Plan waiver application is due. 

The final degree applications for November 2026 degree candidates are due in my.harvard.

Final applications for a November 2026 secondary field are due through my.harvard.

The Harvard Griffin GSAS deadline for paying fall tuition and fees.

Fall 2026 check-in opens in my.harvard.

Course registration opens for fall 2026 incoming students.

Open add/drop for fall 2026 begins in my.harvard; instructor permission is not needed to enroll in courses.

Make-up examinations for the last spring term begin.

Make-up examinations for the last spring term end.

Fall 2026 course registration for the minimum course load is due for incoming students.

The enrollment deadline for fall term HUSHP coverage for dependents.

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

Deadline for electronic submission of approved dissertations to ProQuest ETD for November 2026 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 all students, including special students and visiting fellows, to check in for the fall 2026 term.

The first meetings of fall term courses are held.

Deadline for electronic submission of approved dissertations to ProQuest ETD for November 2026 degree candidates who wish to retain the Student Health Fee and the Student Health Insurance Plan through January 31, 2027, and will be charged accordingly.

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.”

The deadline to add or drop a fall course; instructor permission is needed after this date.