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University of Pennsylvania Three-Year Academic Calendar, 2019-2020 through 2021-2022

Fall 2019 Fall Term 2020 Fall Term 2021 Fall Term
Move-in for First-year and Transfer Students August 21 August 26 August 25

New Student Orientation

August 21-26 August 26-31 August 25-30
Opening Exercises and Freshman Convocation August 26 August 31 August 30
First Day of Classes August 27 September 1 August 31
Labor Day (no classes) September 2 September 7 September 6
Course Selection Period ends September 10 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Fall Term Break October 10-13 October 1-4 October 14-17
Drop Period ends October 7 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Classes Resume October 14 October 5 October 18
Grade Type Change Deadline October 25 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Family Weekend November 1-3 (Brown) October 16-18 (Columbia) October 29-31 (Brown)
Advance Registration for Spring Term October 28-November 10 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Last Day to withdraw from a course November 4 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Homecoming November 9 (Cornell) November 14 (Harvard) November 6 (Cornell)
Thur-Fri class schedule on Tue-Wed November 26-27 November 24-25 November 23-24
Thanksgiving Break November 28-December 1 November 26-29 November 25-28
Classes Resume December 2 November 30 November 29
Last Day of Classes December 9 December 10 December 10
Reading Days December 10-11 December 11-14 December 11-14
Final Examinations December 12-19 December 15-22 December 15-22
Fall Term ends December 19 December 22 December 22
Spring 2020 Spring Term 2021 Spring Term 2022 Spring term
First Day of Classes (Monday class schedule on Wednesday) January 15 (Monday classes) January 13 (Monday classes) January 12 (Monday classes)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed (no classes) January 20 January 18 January 17
Course Selection Period ends January 28 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Drop Period ends February 24 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Spring Term Break March 7-15 March 6-14 March 5-13
Classes resume March 16 March 15 March 14
Grade Type Change Deadline March 20 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Advance Registration for Fall Term & Summer Sessions March 23-April 5 (to be decided) to be decided)
Last day to withdraw from a course March 30 (to be decided) (to be decided)
Last day of classes April 29 April 28 April 27
Reading Days April 30-May 3 April 29-May 2 April 28-May 1
Final Examinations May 4-12 May 3-11 May 2-10
Spring Term ends May 12 May 11 May 10
Alumni Day May 16 May 15 May 14
Baccalaureate May 17 May 16 May 15
Commencement May 18 May 17 May 16
Summer 2020 Summer Term 2021 Summer Term 2022 Summer Term
11-Week Session Classes begin May 26  May 24 May 23
Session I Classes begin May 26 May 24 May 23
Memorial Day Observed (no classes) May 25 May 31 May 30
Session I Classes end July 1 June 30 June 29
Session II Classes begin July 2 July 1 June 30
Independence Day observed (no classes) July 3 July 5 July 4
Session II & 11-Week Session classes end August 7 August 6 August 5
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