UCSD Academic Calendar 2023-2024: Important Dates

Find out the important dates and deadlines in the UCSD Academic Calendar 2023-2024 academic year. Check out enrollment start dates and deadlines for enrolling in courses, dropping courses, changing grading options, paying registration fees, filing for part-time status, etc.

UCSD academic calendar fall 2023

UCSD Fall Semester 2023 begins on Monday, September 25, 2023. It has 60 Days and 49 Days of Instruction.

Below are other important dates and deadlines on the UCSD academic calendar (UCSD enrollment calendar) for the fall quarter of 2023.

UCSD move-in day 2023 for Freshmen is from September 25, 2023 to September 27, 2023. Transfer Students’ move-in day is from September 25, 2023 to September 26, 2023. Continuing Students’ move-in day is September 25, 2023 to September 27, 2023.

1. Fall 2023 Quarter begins on Monday, September 25, 2023.
2. UCSD fall 2023 classes start on Thursday, September 28, 2023.
3. The fifteenth day of instruction is Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
4. Veterans Day Holiday is Friday, November 10, 2023.
5. Thanksgiving Holiday is from Thursday, November 23, 2023, to Friday, November 24, 2023.
6. Fall 2023 classes end on Friday, December 8, 2023.
7. Final Exams are from Saturday, December 9, 2023, to Saturday, November 16, 2023.
8. Fall Quarter ends Saturday, December 16, 2023.
9. UCSD winter break 2023 is from Sunday, December 17, 2023, to January 7, 2024.

UCSD academic calendar winter 2024

UCSD Winter Quarter has 59 Days and 48 Days of instruction.

Below are other important dates and deadlines on the UCSD academic calendar (UCSD enrollment calendar) for the Winter quarter of 2024.

1. The Schedule of Classes and enrollment appointment times are available on November 8, 2023.
2. Enrollment begins for all continuing students (New graduate students check with your program) on November 14, 2023.
3. Wait Lists Open on November 21, 2023.
4. The deadline to apply for readmission (undergraduate students) is November 1, 2023.
5. New undergraduate student enrollment begins on November 28, 2023.
6. Waitlists resume on December 5, 2023.
7. Enrollment reopens to all undergraduate students on December 6, 2023.
8. The billing statement will be available on TritonLink (eBill available for continuing students) on December 2, 2023.
9. UCSD Winter 2024 Registration fee payment deadline is December 15, 2023.
10. The deadline for the mandatory health insurance waiver for all students is December 22, 2023.
11. The deadline for students not attending (who are receiving financial aid, full-fee waivers, or graduate fellowships/scholarships) to notify the university that they will not attend is December 15, 2023.
12. The late health insurance fee waiver deadline (no waivers will be accepted beyond this date) is December 29, 2023.
13. The winter 2024 quarter begins on January 3, 2023.
14. The late registration fee payment deadline (to avoid being dropped from enrolled classes or waitlisted courses) is January 10, 2024.
15. The first day of classes for winter 2024 is January 8, 2024.
16. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday is Monday, January 15, 2024. There are no classes.
17. Automatic waitlists officially end on January 18, 2024.
18. The deadline for all students to add or re-enroll in classes if canceled for non-payment via UCSD WebReg (undergraduate and graduate students) is on January 19, 2024.
19. The deadline for undergraduate students to apply for part-time status is January 19, 2024.
20. The fifteenth day of instruction is Monday, January 29, 2024.
21. Presidents’ Day Holiday is Monday, February 19, 2024.
22. UCSD winter 2024 classes end on Friday, March 15, 2024.
23. UCSD Winter 2024 Final Exams is from Saturday, March 16, 2024, to Saturday, March 23, 2024.
24. The Winter 2024 Quarter ends on Saturday, March 23, 2024.

UCSD academic calendar spring 2024

According to the UCSD Academic Calendar, Spring Quarter has 58 Days and 49 Days of instruction.

Below are other important dates and deadlines on the UCSD academic calendar (UCSD enrollment calendar) for the Spring quarter of 2024.

1. The deadline for academic advising offices to submit degree audits to the Registrar is August 16, 2024.
2. The Schedule of Classes and enrollment appointment times will be available on February 9, 2024.
3. Enrollment begins for all continuing students on February 17, 2024.
4. Wait Lists open on February 26, 2024.
5. Undergraduate students must apply for readmission by February 1, 2024.
6. New undergraduate student enrollment begins on August 16, 2024.
7. Billing statements will be available on TritonLink starting on December 2, 2023.
8. The deadline for registration fee payment is December 15, 2023.
9. The spring quarter begins on March 27, 2024.
10. César Chávez Holiday is Friday, March 29, 2024. There are no classes and it’s a period of UCSD Spring break 2024.
11. The late registration fee payment deadline is April 1, 2024.
12. UCSD Spring 2024 classes start on Monday, April 1, 2024.
13. Automatic wait lists officially end on April 11, 2024.
14. The deadline for all students to add or re-enroll in classes if canceled for non-payment via WebReg (undergraduate and graduate students) is April 12, 2024.
15. The Fifteenth day of instruction is Friday, April 19, 2024.
16. The deadline for all students to drop classes without a “W” grade on the transcript (undergraduate and graduate students) is April 26, 2024.
17. Undergraduate students have until May 10, 2024, to change units.
18. All students (undergraduate and graduate) have until May 10, 2024, to change grading options.
19. Undergraduate students must drop with a “W” grade on the transcript by May 10, 2024.
20. Memorial Day observance is Monday, May 27, 2024. There are no classes.
21. Spring quarter classes end on Friday, June 7, 2024.
22. UCSD Spring 2024 Final Exams is from Saturday, June 8, 2024, to Friday, June 14, 2024.
23. The deadline for graduate programs to submit final degree forms to the Division of Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) is June 14, 2024.
24. The quarter ends on Friday, June 14, 2024.
25. UCSD Commencement 2024 programs are on Saturday, June 15, 2024, and Sunday, June 16, 2024.
26. The deadline to file for a Request to receive a grade of “Incomplete” is June 17, 2024.
27. Grades will be available on TritonLink starting on June 21, 2024.

UCSD Spring Break 2024

UCSD Spring Break 2024 is from Sunday, March 24, 2024, to Sunday, March 31, 2024. UC San Diego does not have an official Spring break holiday period on the academic calendar, however, the period between the end of the Winter quarter and the beginning of the winter quarter is considered as Spring break.

UCSD holidays 2023

The university provides 14 paid holidays a year, listed below. A holiday that falls on Saturday is typically observed on the preceding Friday; a holiday that falls on Sunday is typically observed on the following Monday.

UCSD academic calendar 2023 PDF

Below is the UC San Diego approved academic calendars from 2017 to 2023. Visit the UCSD registrar page for more on UCSD academic calendar.