UT Austin Academic Calendar 2023-2024: Important Dates

The UT Austin academic calendar 2023-2024 contains semester schedules, registration dates, holiday schedules, add/drop dates, graduation dates, other important, and deadlines.

The University of Texas at Austin is on a semester system made of Fall, Spring, and Summer.

Most courses meet three hours a week in the fall and spring semesters and have a value of three semester hours. In a six-week summer term, courses meet seven and a half hours a week for three semester hours of credit.

To be considered a full-time student at the University of Texas at Austin, you must enrol in at least 12 hours.

If you begin a semester as a full-time student but, during the semester, you drop a course and you go below the full-time threshold, that change will impact your full-time status.

UT Austin Undergraduates are classified as a freshman (0-29 hours of credit), sophomores (30-59 hours of credit), juniors (60-89 hours of credit), or seniors (more than 89 hours of credit) based on the number of semester credit hours passed and transferred, regardless of the hours’ applicability toward a degree.

Find out the academic vital dates and deadlines as listed on the UT Austin academic calendar 2023-2024.

UT Austin academic calendar fall 2023

At the University of Texas at Austin, the Fall Semester has two designated subterms: the “Fall Term” (formerly known as the “Fall Long Semester”) is the primary subterm for Fall Semester classes and the “Winter Term” which is an optional period to offer education abroad courses, internships, etc.

Check out the other important dates and deadlines on the UT Austin academic calendar for fall 2023.

1. Tuition bills for the fall semester will be distributed to students electronically on July 25, 2023.
2. The tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. CST on August 10, 2023, for undergraduate students who registered for the fall semester by Friday, July 21.
3. Orientation for new international students is scheduled for August 11, 2023.
4. Fall registration for new undergraduate and all graduate students who still need to register will occur on August 16, 2023 (check your registration information sheet for access times).
5. Fall registration for all students will be held from August 17 to 20, 2023.
6. UT Austin University residence halls will open on August 18, 2023, for move-in day 2023.
7. August 18, 2023, is a graduate student’s last day to register in absentia.
8. UT Austin Fall 2023 classes start on August 21, 2023. It is the first day of classes for the fall semester.
9. Fall registration for all students will continue from August 21 to 24, 2023.
10. August 24, 2023, is the 4th class day and the last day to add a class without permission, according to UT Austin academic calendar.
11. For graduate and law students, the tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. CST on August 24, 2023.
12. Fall registration for all students (requiring either department and dean’s approval) will occur from August 25 to September 6, 2023.
13. September 4, 2023, is the Labor Day holiday, and no classes will be held.
14. September 6, 2023, is the 12th class day and the last day to add a class (approval required) and to drop a class without permission.
15. The tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. CST on September 6, 2023, for anyone registered after July 21.
16. Payment for added classes (“Add Bill”) is due by 11:59 p.m. on September 6, 2023. Any owed balance after this will be automatically placed on an instalment plan.
17. October 13, 2023, is the payment deadline for remaining tuition balances, due by 11:59 p.m. CST.
18. October 23, 2023, is the last day for an undergraduate to Q-drop a class, withdraw, or change a class to pass/fail, and it’s the last day to apply for an undergraduate degree.
19. Spring 2024 registration will occur from October 30 to November 10, 2023.
20. Spring 2024 tuition bills will be distributed to students on November 14, 2023.
21. November 17, 2023, is the last day a doctoral candidate may hold a dissertation defence for the Fall 2023 semester, and it’s also the last day to apply for a graduate degree.
22. On November 20, 2023, the last day a graduate student may change registration in a class to or from the credit/no credit basis.
23. UT Austin Fall break / Thanksgiving 2023 will be observed from November 20 to November 25, 2023, and no classes will be held.
24. December 1, 2023, is the last day to submit a master’s report, recital, thesis, doctoral dissertation, or treatise to the graduate dean.
25. The last fall semester class day is December 4, 2023.
26. December 4, 2023, it’s the last day an undergraduate may, with the required approvals, request a non-academic Q-drop, register in absentia, and the last day a graduate student may, with the required approvals, drop a class or withdraw from the university.
27. Study days are scheduled for December 5 to 6, 2023.
28. Final exams will be held from December 7 to 9 & 11, 2023.
29. University residence halls will close from December 12, 2023.
30. The official graduation date (No public exercises) is December 16, 2023.

UT Austin academic calendar spring 2024

UT Austin Spring Semester has two designated subterms: the “Spring Term” (formerly known as “Spring Long Semester“), the primary subterm for Spring Semester classes, and the “May Term“, an optional four-week period for education abroad courses, internships, etc.

Check out the other important dates and deadlines on the UT Austin academic calendar for spring 2024.

1. Spring 2024 registration for continuing and readmitted students will occur from December 11 to 15, 2023.
2. The tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. for undergraduate students on January 8, 2024.
3. Orientation for new international students will take place on January 8, 2024.
4. Spring 2024 registration for new undergraduate and all graduate students who still need to register will be held on January 10, 2024 (check your registration information sheet for access times).
5. Spring 2024 student registration will occur from January 11 to 14, 2024.
6. University residence halls will open on January 12, 2024.
7. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed on January 15, 2024, and no classes will be held.
8. UT Austin Spring 2024 classes start on January 16, 2024. It is the first day of classes for the spring semester.
9. Spring 2024 registration for all students will continue from January 16 to 19, 2024.
10. January 19, 2024, is the 4th class day and the last day to add a class without permission.
11. For graduate and law students, the tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. CST on January 19, 2024.
12. Spring 2024 registration for all students will extend from January 20 to 31, 2024.
13. January 31, 2024, is the 12th class day and the last day to drop a class without permission and to add a class (approval required).
14. The tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. CST on January 31, 2024, for undergraduate, graduate, and law students.
15. Payment for added classes (“Add Bill”) is due by 11:59 p.m. on January 31, 2024. Any owed balance after this will be automatically placed on an instalment plan.
16. UT Austin Spring Break 2023 is scheduled from March 11 to March 16, 2024.
17. The payment for the remaining tuition balances is due by 11:59 p.m. CST on March 15, 2024.
18. March 26, 2024, is the last day an undergraduate may Q-drop a class, withdraw, or change a class to pass/fail, and it’s the last day to apply for an undergraduate degree.
19. Summer 2024 and Fall 2024 registration for continuing and readmitted students will occur from April 8 to 19, 2024.
20. April 12, 2024, is the last day to apply for a graduate degree and the last day a doctoral candidate may hold a dissertation defence for the Spring 2024 semester, according to UT Austin academic calendar 2023-2024.
21. On April 15, 2024, the last day a graduate student may change registration in a class to or from the credit/no credit basis.
22. The last day to submit a master’s report, recital, thesis, doctoral dissertation, or treatise to the graduate dean is April 26, 2024.
23. The spring semester’s last class day is April 29, 2024.
24. April 29, 2024, it’s the last day a graduate student may, with the required approvals, drop a class or withdraw from the university, and the last day an undergraduate may, with the required approvals, request a non-academic Q-drop and register in absentia.
25. Study days are scheduled for April 30 and May 1, 2024.
26. UTexas Final exams will occur from May 2 to 4 & 6, 2024.
27. Summer 2024 tuition bills will be distributed to students on May 7, 2024.
28. University residence halls will close on May 7, 2024.
29. UT Austin University Commencement (official graduation date) will be held on May 11, 2024.

For more on UT Austin academic calendar 2023-2024, visit the University of Texas at Austin calendar page.