Check out the important dates and deadlines on the UCSB academic calendar for 2023-2024. UC Santa Barbara operates on a quarter calendar, with three quarters (Fall, Winter, and Spring) per academic year and an optional summer session.
A quarter system at UCSB is 11 weeks, with 10 weeks of instruction and a final exam week. Below are the Quarter calendar dates found on the UCSB academic calendar 2023-2024.
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UCSB academic calendar fall 2023
UCSB Fall term 2023 has 49 days of instruction. Fall quarter starts on September 24, 2023, and ends on December 15, 2023.
Below are other important dates and deadlines on the UCSB academic calendar 2023-2024.
- Fall 2023 Registration Pass 2 begins for New Undergraduates on Monday, August 28, 2023.
- Labor Day holiday is Monday, September 4, 2023.
- Fall 2023 Registration Pass 3 begins on Monday, September 11, 2023 via UCSB GOLD.
- Thursday, September 14, 2023 is the Undergraduate Fee deadline.
- UCSB Move-in Weekend for fall 2023 is from Monday, September 25 2023 to Wednesday, September 27, 2023.
- The week of Welcome activities is from September 25 2023 to September 27, 2023.
- UCSB Convocation is on Monday, September 25, 2023.
- UCSB Fall 2023 classes start on Thursday, September 28 2023. It is UCSB’s First Day of classes for fall 2023.
- The deadline to Drop without $3 Penalty is September 28, 2022.
- The deadline to Add without Approval Code is September 28, 2022.
- October 5 2022, is the deadline to change G/O without $3 Penalty.
- The deadline to Add w/o $3 Penalty is October 5 2022.
- The deadline to Add Courses is October 12 2022, and the deadline to Drop Courses is October 19 2022.
- Parents & Family Weekend is Friday, November 4 2022 & Saturday, November 5, 2022.
- Veterans’ Day holiday is Friday, November 10, 2023. There are no classes.
- The deadline to Change G/O is November 14 2022.
- UCSB Thanksgiving break 2023 is from Thursday, November 23, 2023 to Friday, November 24, 2023. Classes resume on Monday, November 27, 2023.
- Fall 2022 classes end on Friday, December 8, 2023.
- UCSB Fall 2023 exams begin on Saturday, December 9, 2023 to Friday, December 15, 2023.
- Fall Quarter ends on December 15, 2023.
- UCSB winter break 2023 is from Monday, December 18, 2023 to Sunday, January 7, 2024.
UCSB academic calendar winter 2023
UCSB winter term 2023 has 48 days of instruction. Winter quarter starts on January 9, 2023, and ends on March 24, 2023.
Below are other important dates and deadlines on the UCSB academic calendar 2022-2023.
- Winter quarter 2023 begins on January 9, 2023.
- Winter quarter classes begin on January 9, 2023.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday is January 16, 2023
- Presidents’ Day holiday is February 20, 2023.
- Winter classes end on March 17, 2023.
- Final exam is from March 18, 2023 to March 24, 2023.
- Winter quarter ends on March 24, 2023.
- Cesar Chavez Day holiday is March 31, 2023.
UCSB academic calendar spring 2023
UCSB Spring term 2023 has 48 days of instruction. Spring quarter starts on April 3, 2023, and ends on June 16, 2023.
Below are other important dates and deadlines on the UCSB academic calendar 2022-2023.
- UCSB Spring break 2023 is from March 25, 2023 to April 1, 2023. The period between the end of Winter quarter and the beginning of Spring quarter is the Spring break at UC Santa Barbara.
- Spring quarter 2023 begins on April 3, 2023.
- Spring quarter classes begin on April 3, 2023.
- Memorial Day holiday is May 29, 2023
- Winter classes end on June 9, 2023.
- Final exam is from June 10, 2023 to June 16, 2023.
- Spring quarter ends on June 16, 2023.
- UCSB Commencement/graduation is from June 17, 2023 to June 18, 2023.
For More important dates related to the UCSB academic calendar, visit the University of California, Santa Barbara registrar page.
