July 2022 - June 2023 JULY 2022
July 1, Friday and July 4, Monday
July 6, Wednesday
July 8, Friday
July 31, Sunday
August 1, Monday
o University Holiday: Independence Day (no classes held)
o Start of Fall term classes for:
o Clinical Investigation (Year 1)
o Healthcare Quality & Safety (Year 1)
o Global Health Delivery (Year 2 and 3)
o Fall term bill available in my.harvard
o Health Insurance Waiver Deadline
AUGUST
o Students able to “shop” for HMS classes via my.harvard
o Application to graduate made available (eligible November graduates only)
o Fall term bills due
August 2, Tuesday
August 22, Monday
o Summer term course evaluations start
o Students begin enrolling in Fall term class
August 26, Friday
August29,Monday
August 30, Tuesday
August 31, Wednesday
September 5, Monday
September 19, Monday
September 26, Monday
o Master’s Online Orientation Q & A (Open to all master’s students via Canvas)
o Start of classes at HSPH
o Deadline for students to cancel enrollment and not incur a fee.
o Summer term course evaluations end
o Start of Fall term classes for:
o Bioethics
o Biomedical Informatics
o Clinical Investigation (Year 2 and 3)
o Clinical Service Operations
o Global Health Delivery (Year 1)
o Healthcare Quality & Safety (Year 2)
o Immunology
o Media, Medicine, and Health
o Medical Education
SEPTEMBER
o University Holiday: Labor Day (no classes held)
o End of add/drop HMS Fall term courses (this includes full term, Fall I†). Student who drop Fall I† classes by this day will not receive a withdrawn (W) grade.
o Deadline for Spring course changes from the programs
o Last day to withdraw from Fall I† courses and receive a withdrawn (W)grade.
September 30, Friday
o Fall I course evaluations start
o Last day for eligible November graduates to upload theses to Proquest
OCTOBER
October 10, Monday
October 21, Friday
October 24, Monday
November 3, Thursday
November 7, Monday
November 8, Tuesday
o University Holiday: o Columbus Day (Federal) Indigenous Peoples’ Day (City of Cambridge) (no classes held)
o Last day of Fall I classes
o First day of Fall II classes
o Students able to “shop” for Harvard Medical School January and Spring term classes via my.harvard
NOVEMBER
o End of add/drop from Fall II‡ classes. Students who drop Fall II‡ classes by this day will not receive a withdrawn (W) grade.
o Students can enroll in January term classes
o Degree conferral for November graduates
November 11, Friday
o Classes are held on Veterans’ Day
o University Holiday for staff: Veterans’ Day
o Last day to withdraw from full Fall term and Fall II‡ classes and receive a withdrawn (W) grade
o Fall I course evaluations end November 21, Monday
November 11, Friday
November 24 and 25, Thursday and Friday
November 27, Sunday
December 1, Thursday
December 8, Thursday
December 17, Saturday
December 18, Sunday
December 31, Friday
o Thanksgiving recess begins
o Thanksgiving holiday, University is closed
o Thanksgiving recess ends
DECEMBER
o Application to graduate made available (eligible March graduates only)
o Fall term and Fall II course evaluations start
o Harvard Medical School Fall term and Fall II examination period begins
o Spring ’23 term bills are available on my.harvard
o Last day of Fall term (including Fall II) examination period and/or class assignments
o First day of winter recess
o Deadline to cancel January term enrollment and not incur a fee
January 2, Monday
JANUARY
o University holiday: New Year’s Day (observance) (no classes held)
January 3, Tuesday January term begins
January 8, Sunday
January 9, Monday
January 11, Wednesday
January 15, Sunday
January 16, Monday
January 18, Wednesday
January 20, Friday
o End of add/drop January term classes. Students who drop January term classes by this day will not receive a withdrawn (W) grade.
o End of grading period for Fall ‘22
o Deadline for faculty to post Fall term (full term, Fall I, and Fall II) grades
o Last day to drop January term classes. Students will receive a withdrawn (W) grade.
o Spring term bills due
o University Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no classes held)
o Students can enroll in Spring, Spring I and Spring II term classes
o January term ends
o January term course evaluations start
o Last day of winter recess
January 23, Monday
January 30, Monday
January 31, Tuesday
February 3, Friday
February 10, Friday
February 11, Saturday
February 20, Monday
February 21, Tuesday
February 28, Tuesday
March 6, Monday
o First day of Spring term (including Spring I) classes
o Deadline to cancel Spring term enrollment and not incur a fee
o Fall term and Fall II course evaluations end
o Last day to waive health insurance for Spring ‘23
FEBRUARY
o Last day for March graduates to upload theses to Proquest
o End of add/drop HMS Spring term (and Spring I†) classes. Students who drop Spring term classes by this day will not receive a withdrawn (W) grade.
o January term course evaluations end
o University Holiday: Presidents' Day (no classes held)
o Last day to withdraw from a Spring I class and receive a W (withdrawn) grade
o Deadline for faculty to post January term grades
MARCH
o Spring I course evaluations start
March 7, Tuesday
March 8, Wednesday
March 10, Friday
o Degree conferral for March graduates
o Application to graduate made available (eligible May graduates only)
o End of Spring I classes
March 11, Saturday o Spring recess begins
March 19, Sunday o Spring recess ends
March 20, Monday o Start of Spring II classes
March 24, Friday o Master’s Research Symposium
APRIL
April 5, Wednesday
o End of add/drop Spring II‡‡ classes. Students who drop Spring II‡‡ classes by this day will not receive a withdrawn (W) grade.
April 7, Friday o Spring I course evaluations end
April 14, Friday
April 28, Friday
May 1, Monday
May 4, Thursday
o Last day to withdraw from full Spring term and HMS Spring II‡‡ classes and receive a withdrawn (W) grade.
o Grades due for Spring I classes
MAY
o Spring term and Spring II course evaluations start
o Harvard Medical School Spring term examination period begins
May 8, Monday
May 13, Saturday
May 24, Wednesday
May 25, Thursday
May 29, Monday
June 5, Monday
June 16, Friday
June 19, Monday
o Last day for May graduates to upload theses to Proquest
o Last day of Spring term exam period and/or last day of Spring term (including Spring II) class assignments for: o Bioethics
o Biomedical Informatics
o Clinical Investigation o Clinical Service Operations o Global Health Delivery (Year 2 full-time and year 3)
o Healthcare Quality and Safety o Immunology
o Media, Medicine, and Health o Medical Education (Year 2 fulltime and year 3 and 4)
o Deadline for faculty to post all Spring term grades
o Master's Graduation Ceremony
o University Commencement
o University Holiday: Memorial Day (no classes)
JUNE
o GHD research begins*
o Last day of spring classes for: o Medical Education (Year 1 and 2)
o University Holiday: Juneteenth
†
June 30, Friday
o Spring term and Spring II course evaluations end
o Last day of spring classes for: o Global Health Delivery (Year 1 and Year 2 three year hybrid.
HMS Fall I classes run from 08/31/22 to 10/14/22
‡
HMS Fall II classes run from 10/24/22 to 12/17/22
†† HMS Spring I classes run from 01/23/23 to 03/10/23
‡‡ HMS Spring II classes run from 03/20/23 to 5/13/23
* Students in the MMSc in Global Health Delivery (GHD) program are expected to spend 9 months in Boston (September-May). Students begin their year one on-site project in June.
Notes:
1.HMS Master’s students cross-registering in other schools must abide by the calendar of that school, should it differ from the calendar above.
2.The calendar is subject to change