Graduate Academic Calendar 2009-2010
The calendar below supplements the university's Three-Year Academic Calendar, which is created primarily for undergraduate use. Many of the dates overlap, but dates highlighted in yellow are specific to Graduate students. For a printable PDF version, click here.
Jump to: Fall 2009 | Spring 2010| Summer 2010
2009 Fall Term
| Date | Event |
| Mid-August | December graduation application period opens |
| September 8 | Graduate Orientation General Meeting |
| September 9 | Fall term classes begin |
| September 25 | Add period ends - last day to drop without financial obligation for graduate students |
| October 17-19 | Fall term break (Saturday through Monday) |
| November 7 | Homecoming |
| November 9-22 | Advance registration for Spring term (all students) |
| November 25 | Thanksgiving recess begins at close of classes |
| November 30 | Thanksgiving recess ends at 8:00 am |
| December 10 | Fall term classes end |
| December 11-14 | Reading Days |
| December 15-22 | Final Examinations |
| December 22 | Fall term ends |
| Late December | May graduation application period opens |
2010 Spring Term
| Date | Event |
| January 13 | Spring term classes begin; Graduate Orientation for Spring |
| January 18 | Martin Luther King Day (Observed; University closed) |
| February 1 | Add period ends - last day to drop without financial obligation for graduate students |
| March 5 | Spring recess begins at close of classes |
| March 15 | Classes resume at 8:00 am |
| March 22-April 4 | Advance registration for Fall term and Summer Sessions |
| April 27 | Spring term classes end |
| April 28-30 | Reading Days |
| May 3-11 | Final Examinations |
| May 15 | Alumni Day |
| May 16 | Baccalaureate |
| May 17 | Commencement |
2010 Summer Sessions
(Consult this calendar as well: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/calendar)
| Date | Event |
| Early May | August graduation application period opens |
| May 24 | 12-week evening session classes begin |
| May 24 | First Session classes begin |
| May 31 | Memorial Day (no classes) |
| First week of June | Last day to Add/Drop or Change Grade Type (SSI) |
| July 2 | First Session classes end |
| July 5 | Independence Day Observed (no classes) |
| July 6 | Second Session classes begin |
| Second week of July | Last day to Add/Drop or Change Grade Type (SSII) |
| August 13 | Second Session classes end |