Graduate Academic Calendar

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 2012 | Spring 2013 | Summer 2013

2012 Fall Term

Date Event
Mid-August December graduation application period opens
August 31 Graduate Orientation General Meeting
September 12 Fall term classes begin
September 21 Add period ends - last day to drop without financial obligation for graduate students
October 20-23 Fall term break (Saturday through Tuesday)
October 27 Homecoming
October 29-November 11 Advance registration for Spring term (all students)
November 22 Thanksgiving recess begins at close of classes
November 26 Thanksgiving recess ends at 8:00 am
December 7 Fall term classes end
December 8-11 Reading Days
December 12-19 Final Examinations
December 19 Fall term ends
Late December May graduation application period opens

2013 Spring Term

Date Event
January 9 Spring term classes begin; Graduate Orientation for Spring
January 21 Martin Luther King Day (Observed; University closed)
January 28 Add period ends - last day to drop without financial obligation for graduate students
March 2 Spring recess begins at close of classes
March 11 Classes resume at 8:00 am
March 18-March 31 Advance registration for Fall term and Summer Sessions
April 23 Spring term classes end
April 24-26 Reading Days
April 29-May 7 Final Examinations
May 11 Alumni Day
May 12 Baccalaureate
May 13 Commencement

2013 Summer Sessions

(Consult this calendar as well: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/calendar)

Date Event
Early May August graduation application period opens
May 20 12-week evening session classes begin
May 20 First Session classes begin
May 27 Memorial Day (no classes)
First week of June Last day to Add/Drop or Change Grade Type (SSI)
June 28 First Session classes end
July 2 Second Session classes begin
July 4 Independence Day Observed (no classes)
Second week of July Last day to Add/Drop or Change Grade Type (SSII)
August 9 Second Session classes end