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Move-in for First-Year & Transfer Students |
Wednesday-Thursday |
August 24-25 |
August 23-24 |
August 22-23 |
Opening Exercises and Freshman Convocation |
Monday |
August 29 |
August 28 |
August 27 |
Course Selection Period ends |
Monday |
September 19 |
September 18 |
September 17 |
Advance Registration for Spring Term |
Monday-Sunday |
October 31-November 13 |
October 30-November 12 |
October 29-November 11 |
Last day to withdraw from a course |
Friday |
November 11 |
November 10 |
November 9 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Observed (no classes) |
Monday |
January 16 |
January 15 |
January 21 |
Course Selection Period ends |
Monday |
January 30 |
January 29 |
February 4 |
Advance Registration for Fall Term and Summer Sessions |
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March 20-April 2 (Mon-Sun) |
March 19-April 1 (Mon-Sun) |
March 26-April 8 (Tue-Mon) |
Last day to withdraw from a course |
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March 24 (Friday) |
March 23 (Friday) |
March 30 (Saturday) |
11-Week Session Classes begin |
May 22 (Mon) |
May 21 (Mon) |
May 28 (Tue) |
Memorial Day Observed (no classes) Monday |
May 29 |
May 28 |
May 27 |
Session I Classes end Wednesday |
June 28 |
June 27 |
July 3 |
Independence Day Observed (no classes) |
July 4 (Tue) |
July 4 (Wed) |
July 4 (Thurs) |
Session II & 11-Week Session Classes end Friday |
August 4 |
August 3 |
August 9 |
Notes:
Graduate and professional programs follow their own calendars with different registration/drop deadlines, which are typically available on the website of the school or program.
The College of Liberal and Professional Studies may have different registration/drop deadlines. Please visit the LPS website, www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/ for more information.
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, the first two days of Passover and Good Friday are religious holidays that affect large numbers of University community members and that fall during the academic year. To view the University’s policy regarding these and other holidays, please visit http://provost.upenn.edu/policies/pennbook/2013/02/13/policy-on-secular-and-religious-holidays
The University’s Three-Year Academic Calendar is subject to change. In the event that changes are made, the latest, most up-to-date version will be posted to Almanac’s website, www.upenn.edu/almanac To find out why these changes—“Thursday-Friday Class Schedule on Tuesday-Wednesday” and “First Day of Classes (Monday class schedule on Wednesday)”— have happened, please visit http://provost.upenn.edu/education/calendar
Updated: 04/19/16 |