The calendar below is to be used by research master's and PhD students in the School of Arts & Sciences. This calendar supplements the university’s Academic Calendar, which is created primarily for undergraduate use.
2025 Spring Term
DATE |
EVENT |
|---|---|
| January 15 | Spring term classes begin |
| January 15 | Graduate Degree: Graduation application opens |
| January 20 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed |
| January 22 | Graduate Degree: Begin accepting dissertations |
| January 28 | Course selection period ends - Last day to add/swap/drop courses for graduate students |
| February 26 | Graduate Degree: Last day to defend for tuition waiver |
| March 3 | Graduate Degree: Graduation applications received after this date will not have their name included in the University Commencement program |
| March 8 - 16 | Spring Break |
| March 24 | Summer 2025 registration begins |
| March 26 | Graduate Degree: Last day to deposit for tuition waiver |
| April 7 | Advance registration for Fall 2025 ends |
| April 7 | Graduate Degree: Peak deposit window begins - must attend formatting appointment |
| April 15 | Add/drop/swap for Fall 2025 opens ; administrative registration permitted |
| April 23 | Graduate Degree: Last day to defend + last day to submit graduation application and sign up for deposit appointment |
| April 30 | Last day of spring term classes |
| May 1 - 4 | Reading Days |
| May 5 | Graduate Degree: Last day to deposit |
| May 5 - 13 | Final examinations |
| May 13 | Spring term ends |
| May 16 | Graduate Division of Arts & Sciences Graduation Ceremony |
| May 19 | Penn Commencement ; Degree Conferral Date |