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