Academic Calendar

Autumn Term 2024
Date	Day of the Week	Deadline
April 29	Monday	Registration for Autumn Term for continuing students via web registration begins.
June 17	Monday	Registration for Autumn Term begins for new students.
September 2	Monday	Labor Day. College Holiday.
September 3	Tuesday	Deadline to meet all program requirements for October 2024 Master's Degree or Advanced Certificate
September 3	Tuesday	Classes begin. Autumn Term.
September 5	Thursday	Last day to file the application for Doctoral Certification Examination (Ed.D./Ph.D.) for all Autumn term 2024 exams.
September 12	Thursday	Last day to file notification of Intention to Defend for the Ed.D. and Ph.D. dissertation during the Autumn term 2024 to the Office of Doctoral Studies.
September 16	Monday	Last day to add and drop classes for the Autumn term.
September 20	Friday	Autumn semester payment due date for tuition and fees.
September 23	Monday	Last day to change points in variable-point courses.
October 3	Thursday	Last day to submit all required materials for October 16th award date of the Master of Philosophy degree (Ph.D. students). Deadline time: 4 p.m.
October 10	Thursday	Last day to make final deposit and not be required to register for an additional term of Dissertation Advisement for candidates who defended in a prior term and who have not yet made final deposit.
October 10	Thursday	Last day to complete the final deposit for the Ed.D. dissertation which has been corrected in accordance with Office of Doctoral Studies' evaluation for October award of degree.
October 10	Thursday	Last day to deposit Ph.D. dissertation with the Office of Doctoral Studies and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for the October award of degree. Deadline time: 4 p.m.
October 16	Wednesday	Award of October degrees and certificates. No ceremony.
October 18	Friday	Doctoral Certification Examination (Ed.D./Ph.D.), 9 A.M. to 12 noon and 1:45 to 4:45 P.M.
November 5	Tuesday	Election Day. College Holiday.
November 27	Wednesday	No Classes. Offices open.
November 28	Thursday	Thanksgiving Holidays.
November 29	Friday	Thanksgiving Holidays.
December 2	Monday	Registration for the Spring term for continuing students via web registration begins.
December 9	Monday	Registration for the Spring term for new students via web registration begins.
December 23	Monday	Autumn Term ends.
December 23	Monday	Last day to hold the dissertation defense (Ed.D./Ph.D.) to be considered an Autumn 2024 term defense.
December 27	Friday	Final grades due for Autumn 2024 graduating students.
January 6	Monday	Remaining final grades for Autumn 2024 due.

Spring Term 2025
Date	Day of the Week	Deadline
December 2	Monday	Registration for the Spring term for continuing students via web registration begins.
December 9	Monday	Registration for the Spring term for new students via web registration begins.
January 20	Monday	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed. College Holiday.
January 21	Tuesday	Classes begin. Spring Term.
February 3	Monday	Last day to add and drop classes for the Spring term.
February 7	Friday	Spring semester payment due date for tuition and fees.
February 12	Wednesday	Award of February degrees and certificates. No ceremony.
March 16	Sunday	First day of spring holidays.
March 23	Sunday	Last day of spring holidays.
May 12	Monday	End of Spring Term.
May 21	Wednesday	Conferring of degrees at Columbia University.

Summer Term 2025
Date	Day of the Week	Deadline
April 28	Monday	Registration for Summer Term and Autumn Term for continuing students via web registration begins.
May 5	Monday	Registration for Summer Term and Autumn Term begins for new students.
May 22	Thursday	Session A courses begin.
May 26	Monday	Memorial Day Observed. College Holiday.
May 28	Wednesday	Last day to add and drop Summer Session A and Full Summer courses.
July 2	Wednesday	End of Summer Session A courses.
July 4	Friday	Independence Day observed. College Holiday.
July 7	Monday	Session B courses begin.
July 14	Monday	Last day to add and drop Summer Session B courses.
August 15	Friday	End of Summer Session B courses.

* Please refer to the full academic calendar for the most up-to-date information.