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