Fall 2024 Academic Calendar
Fall 2024
Students enrolled in executive formatted programs should contact their programs to confirm the dates of their program.
Date |
Day |
Event/Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| August 19-23 | Monday-Friday | New Student Orientation |
| August 27 | Tuesday | Fall term classes begin |
| September 2 | Monday | Labor Day (NO CLASSES) |
| September 10 | Tuesday | LAST DAY to add or drop a class without financial penalty (11:59PM ET via Path@Penn). Executive education students must drop courses before their first in-person classes of the term to receive a full refund; if separating from the program during the first in-person classes there will be a 50% refund; if separating after conclusion of the first in-person classes there will be no refund |
| DOCTORAL (PH.D. and Ed.D.) STUDENTS GRADUATING IN DECEMBER 2024 are strongly advised to defend by October 21 to ensure that they can submit their dissertation for format review by November 4. The link to schedule your final defense is: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/student-forms/final-defense-sched. SRO requests that this form is submitted two weeks prior to defense date |
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| October 7 | Monday | LAST DAY to drop a course (NO REFUND) Courses dropped after this date require instructor approval and "W" will appear on transcript in place of grades |
| October 25 | Friday | LAST DAY to request course grade type change to audit. Requires instructor approval. GSE courses must be taken for a letter grade (standard grade mode) to satisfy GSE degree requirements. Please send request and approval to gse-sro@gse.upenn.edu |
| October 28 | Monday | Advance Registration for Spring 2025 available via Path@Penn |
| October 30 | Wednesday | Opening of December 2024 Graduation Application: https://srfs.upenn.edu/student-records/GradApp |
| November 4 | Monday | LAST DAY to withdraw from a course with a "W". There are no drops from a course after this date |
| November 4 | Monday | LAST DAY doctoral students may submit dissertation for review by the Associate Dean for December 2024 degree: EdD students: upload to Proquest PhD students: Email dissertation to Faculty Affairs Office |
| November 11 | Monday | Advance registration for Spring 2025 ends at 11:59 PM. Your primary and alternative cart will not be available until Course Selection re-opens on November 19 |
| November 19 | Tuesday | Course selection for Spring 2025 re-opens. Log into Path@Penn after 8:00am to register for courses |
| November 25 | Monday | LAST DAY to apply for December 2024 degree: https://srfs.upenn.edu/student-records/GradApp |
| November 25 | Monday | Monday classes meet; no alternative schedule on Tuesday and Wendesday for GSE Graduate Classes |
| November 26-December 1 | Tuesday-Sunday | Thanksgiving Break (NO GSE Graduate CLASSES) |
| December 2 | Monday | Classes resume |
| December 2 | Monday | LAST DAY Divisions may submit Master’s Examination/Thesis Portfolio results to the GSE Student Records Office for December 2024 degree |
| December 9 | Monday | LAST DAY of Undergraduate Classes |
| December 12 | Monday | LAST DAY to submit Signed Title Page to Faculty Affairs for December 2024 degree |
| December 15 | Sunday | Last day for the new Summer and Fall incoming students to complete Penn Experience modules |
| December 16 | Monday | LAST DAY of Fall classes at GSE |
| December 19 | Thursday | LAST DAY May 2025 EdD and PhD graduates can hold final defense without having to pay Spring 2025 tuition (must receive a successful pass; tuition waiver does not apply for pending pass) |
| December 19 | Thursday | Fall term ends for University |
| January 3 | Friday | Fall term grades due |
| Spring Classes begin on January 15, 2025 (Monday class schedule) | ||
