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Master’s Academic Calendar
July 2024 - June 2025
July
Thursday July 4 holiday; no classes held
7/5/24 Friday Term bill for fall '24 is available
7/8/24 Monday Start of classes for summer admits: CI, HQS and GHD returning students
7/15/24 Monday Last day of add/drop for summer (12:00 noon deadline)
7/18/24 Thursday Last day to drop summer course with W grade
7/31/24 Wednesday Deadline to submit Fall semester health insurance waiver to HUHS so as not to incur late fee
August
8/1/24 Thursday o Term bills due for fall term
o Students can shop for HMS Classes
o Application for graduation for November grads opens
8/15/24 Thursday o HMS students can submit cross registration petitions at HSPH for Fall courses
o Non-HMS students can shop for cross registration eligible classes
8/19/24 Monday HMS students can enroll in HMS classes
8/26/24 Monday MIT accepts cross registration petitions for Fall courses
8/30/24 Friday OGE Orientation Activities/Grades due for all summer courses
8/31/24 Saturday November application for graduation closes Deadline to withdraw from HMS without incurring charges
September
9/1/24 Sunday Students who withdraw from HMS are responsible for 25% of their tuition charges
9/2/24 Monday o Last day to register for half of required credit load to not incur a $40 late fee
o Labor Day holiday; no classes
9/3/24 Tuesday Start of Fall full term and Fall 1 classes for: BETH; BMI, CI (returning); CSO; GHD; HQS; IMM; MMH; MedEd
9/23/24 Monday o Last day of add/drop for Fall full term and Fall 1 classes (12:00 noon deadline)
o Last day for status changes (FT/PT)
9/30/24
Monday o Last day to withdraw from Spring 1 course with W grade
o Last day to submit thesis into ProQuest for November grads
October
10/14/24 Monday Indigenous Peoples' Day/Columbus Day holiday; no classes held
10/21/24 Monday Fall 2 session begins at FAS
10/25/24 Friday End of Fall 1 classes
10/28/24 Monday Start of Fall 2 classes at HMS (and HSPH)
November
11/4/24
Monday Students can shop for HMS January term and Spring '25 classes
11/5/24 Tuesday November graduation
11/8/24 Friday Enrollment in January-term classes opens
11/11/24
Monday o Veterans' Day holiday; classes are HELD
o Non-HMS students can submit cross registration petitions for J-term and Spring ‘25
11/12/24 Tuesday Last day of add/drop for Fall 2 classes (12:00 noon deadline)
11/14/24 Thursday HSPH accepts cross-reg. petitions for their January term courses
11/15/24
11/27-11/29
Friday o Grades due for Fall 1 classes
o Deadline to drop Fall full term and Fall 2 classes with W grade
Wed. - Fri. Thanksgiving holiday break; no HMS classes
December
12/2/24 Monday Application for graduation opens for March 2025 graduates
12/9/24 Monday Spring '25 term bills available in my.harvard
12/11/24
Wednesday Fall full term and Fall 2 examination period begins
12/20/24 Friday Last day of Fall term examination period and/or final assignments due
12/21/24 Saturday Start of winter recess
12/31/24 Tuesday Application for graduation closes for March '25 graduates
January 2025
1/1/25
1/2/25
Wednesday New Year's Day holiday; no classes
Thursday Start of J-term at HSPH
1/6/25 Monday HMS start of January term classes
1/9/25 Thursday HMS students can submit cross registration petitions at HSPH for Spring courses
1/10/25 Friday Deadline to submit grades for Fall '24 (Fall full-term and Fall 2) courses
1/14/25
1/15/25
1/16/25
1/20/25
1/21/25
Tuesday Last day of add/drop for January term classes (12:00 noon deadline)
Wednesday Spring '25 term bills due
Thursday Deadline to withdraw from J-term classes with W grade
Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday; no classes
Tuesday Enrollment opens for HMS Spring full term, Spring 1, and Spring 2 classes
1/24/25 Friday End of January term classes
1/26/25 Sunday Last day to register for half of required credit load so as to not incur a $40 late fee
1/27/25 Monday Start of the spring '25 term
MIT accepts cross registration petitions for Spring courses
1/31/25 Friday o Deadline to waive health insurance for spring '25 with HUHS so as not to incur late fee
o Deadline to withdraw from HMS without incurring charges
February
2/1/25 Saturday Students who withdraw from HMS are responsible for 25% of their tuition charges
2/3/25 Monday Thesis uploads due in ProQuest for March graduates
2/11/25 Tuesday February graduation
2/14/25 Friday o Last day of add/drop for Spring full term and Spring 1 classes (12:00 noon deadline)
o Last day for status changes (FT/PT)
2/17/25 Monday Presidents' Day holiday: no classes held
2/21/25 Friday Deadline to withdraw from Spring 1 classes with W grade
Grades due for J-term courses
March
3/7/25 Friday Application for graduation opens for May grads
3/14/25 Friday End of Spring 1 classes
3/17-3/21 MonFriday Spring break; no classes
3/24/25 Monday Start of Spring 2 classes
3/28/25 Friday Master's Symposium April
4/9/25 Wednesday Last day of add/drop for Spring 2 classes (12:00 noon deadline)
4/14/25 Monday Grades due for Spring 1 classes
4/18/25 Friday Deadline to withdraw from Spring and Spring 2 classes with W grade
May
5/8/25 Thursday Spring examination period begins
5/9/25 Friday Master's thesis uploaded into ProQuest for May graduates
5/17/25 Saturday Spring exam period end Spring 2 and full term spring grades due
5/26/25 Monday Memorial Day holiday, no classes
5/28/25 Wednesday Master's Convocation Ceremony
5/29/25 Thursday Harvard Commencement
June
6/2/25 Monday GHD research begins for Year 2 students
6/19/25 Thursday University holiday – Juneteenth
6/30/25 Monday
o Last day of Spring classes for MEDED
o Last day of Spring classes for GHD