Yale Academic Calendar 2023-2024: Important Dates

The Yale academic calendar provides critical information regarding activities and holidays during the academic year 2023-2024. Yale University is on a semester system, and there are typically 13 weeks in a semester at Yale. Students can enrol in four or five courses each semester to complete thirty-six courses while earning a degree.

Yale academic calendar fall 2023

Check out the important dates and deadlines on the Yale academic calendar for fall 2023.

1. Yale Payment Plan Enrollment Opens on May 1, 2023.
2. The deadline for admitted students to accept Yale’s offer of admission is May 1, 2023.
3. The deadline to Submit the Housing, Advising, and Camp Yale Form is May 9, 2023.
4. Yale Move-in day Fall 2023 for new first-year and transfer students is on August 20, 2023. Residences open to first-year students at 9 a.m. Yale Students may arrive between 9 am and 2 pm. Register for a move in appointment using the housing portal. The Yale University campus map will assist you as you navigate campus.
5. Yale Orientation begins on August 21, 2023 to August 22, 2023.
6. Residences open for upper-level students on August 25, 2023 at 9 a.m.
7. Campus Yale Programs are from August 23, 2023 to August 26, 2023.
8. Orientation Resumes from August 26, 2023 to August 29, 2023.
9. Required check-in meetings for upper-level students (Class of 2026, 9 a.m.; Class of 2025, 9:45 a.m.; Class of 2024, 10:30 a.m.) is on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
10. Yale Fall 2023 classes start on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 8:20 a.m. It is the first day of classes for Yale students in the 2023-2024 academic calendar year.
11. Add/Drop period begins on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 8:00 a.m., and ends on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 5:00 p.m
12. Friday classes do not meet on September 1, 2023; Monday classes meet instead due to Labor day holiday.
13. Labor Day holiday is Monday, September 4, 2023. There are no classes on Labor day for Yale students.
14. All students planning to complete degree requirements at the end of the fall term must file a petition by Tuesday, September 5, 2023.
15. Withdrawal from Yale College on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, or before this date entitles a student to a full rebate of fall-term tuition.
16. Wednesday, September 13, 2023 is the final deadline to apply for fall-term Leave of Absence according to Yale academic calendar 2023-2024.
17. Thursday, September 21, 2023 is the last day to withdraw from a course offered in the first half of the fall term without the course appearing on the transcript.
18. Withdrawal from Yale College on Saturday, September 23, 2023, or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of fall-term tuition.
19. Yale Family Weekend 2023 is from October 6, 2023 to October 8, 2023.
20. The last day of courses offered in the first half of the fall term is Friday, October 13, 2023.
21. Friday, October 13, 2023 is the last day to convert from a letter grade to the Cr/D/F option in a course offered in the first half of the fall term according to Yale academic calendar 2023-2024.
22. Fall second half-term classes begin on Monday, October 16, 2023.
23. Yale Fall break 2023 is from Wednesday, October 16, 2023 to Sunday, October 22, 2023. Classes resume on Monday, October 23, 2023 at 8:20 a.m.
24. Fall Midterm (Mid-Semester Date) is Friday, October 27, 2023 on the Yale academic calendar 2023-2024.
25. Friday, October 27, 2023 is the last day to withdraw from a fall full-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.
26. Friday, October 27, 2023 is the deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course.
27. Withdrawal from Yale College is on Friday, October 27, 2023, or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term’s tuition according to Yale academic calendar.
28. Thursday, November 9, 2023 is the last day to withdraw from a fall second half-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.
29. Yale Thanksgiving break 2023 is from Saturday, November 18, 2023 to Sunday, November 26, 2023. Yale Thanksgiving break is one week long. Classes resume on Monday, November 27, 2023, after Yale University Thanksgiving break.
30. Fall 2023 classes end on Friday, December 8, 2023.
31. Reading period begins on Friday, December 8, 2023 to Thursday, December 14, 2023.
32. Friday, December 8, 2023 is the last day to convert from a letter grade to the Cr/D/F option for a full-term course and/or a course offered in the second half of the fall term according to Yale academic calendar.
33. Friday, December 8, 2023 is the last day to withdraw from a full-term course and/or a course offered in the second half of the fall term.
34. Final examinations begin on Thursday, December 14, 2023 to Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
35. Thursday, December 14, 2023 is the deadline for all course assignments, other than term papers and term projects. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean.
36. Yale Winter break 2023 begins from Wednesday, December 20, 2023 to Monday, January 15, 2024.
37. Wednesday, December 20, 2023 is the deadline for all term papers and term projects. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean.
38. Residences close on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at noon according to Yale academic calendar 2023-2024.
39. Fall-term final grades are due on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

Yale academic calendar spring 2023

Check out the important dates and deadlines on the Yale academic calendar for Spring 2023

1. Saturday, October 1 2022 is the deadline to complete applications for financial aid for the 2023 spring term, for students not enrolled in the 2022 fall term.
2. Tuesday, October 11 2022 is the deadline to apply for spring 2023 Term Abroad, 1 p.m.
3. Registration for spring 2023 opens on Wednesday, November 16 2022 at 8:00 a.m. and closes on Wednesday December 14 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
4. Residences open, at 9:00 a.m. on January 12 2023.
5. Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday is Monday, January 16 2023.
6. Spring-term classes start on Tuesday, January 17 2023.
7. Friday classes do not meet on January 20 2023; Monday classes meet instead.
8. Friday, January 27 2023 is the last day for students in the Class of 2023 to petition for permission to complete the requirements of two majors according to Yale academic calendar.
9. Friday, January 31 2023 is the final deadline to apply for a spring-term Leave of Absence (section J).
10. Withdrawal from Yale College is on Friday, January 31 2023 or before this date entitles the student to a full rebate of spring-term tuition (Undergraduate Regulations).
11. Tuesday, February 7 2023 is the last day to withdraw from a course offered in the first half of the spring term without the course appearing on the transcript.
12. Withdrawal from Yale College is on Friday, February 10 2023 or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of spring-term tuition (Undergraduate Regulations).
13. The last day to withdraw from a course offered in the first half of the spring term is Wednesday, March 1 2023.
14. Wednesday, March 1 2023 is the last day to convert from a letter grade to Cr/D/F option for a course offered in the first half of the spring term.
15. Courses offered in the second half of the spring term begin on Thursday, March 2 2023.
16. Yale Spring break 2023 is from Friday, March 10 2023 to Sunday, March 26 2023.
17. Midterm is Friday, March 10 2023 on the Yale academic calendar.
18. Friday, March 10 2023 is the last day to withdraw from a spring full-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.
19. Friday, March 10 2023 is the deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course.
20. Withdrawal from Yale College is on Friday, March 10 2023 or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term’s tuition (Undergraduate Regulations).
21. Classes resume on Monday, March 27 2023 at 8:20 a.m.
22. Thursday, April 6 2023 is the last day to withdraw from a spring second-half course without the course appearing on the transcript.
23. Spring 2023 classes end on Friday, April 28 2023.
24. Reading period begins on Friday, April 28 2023 to Thursday, May 4 2023.
25. Friday, April 28 2023 is the last day to convert from a letter grade to Cr/D/F option for a full-term course and/or a course offered in the second half of the spring term according to Yale academic calendar.
26. Friday, April 28 2023 is the last day to withdraw from a full-term course and/or a course offered in the second half of the spring term.
27. Final examinations begin on Thursday, May 4 2023 to Wednesday, May 10 2023.
28. Thursday, May 4 2023 is the deadline for all course assignments, other than term papers and term projects. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean.
29. Wednesday, May 10 2023 is the deadline for all term papers and term projects. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean.
30. Residences close for underclassmen on Thursday, May 11 2023 at 12 noon.
31. Final grades are due for graduating seniors on Friday, May 12 2023.
32. Final grades are due for continuing students on Wednesday, May 17 2023, according to Yale academic calendar.
33. Yale University Commencement/Graduation 2023 is on Monday, May 22 2023.
34. Residences close for seniors on Tuesday, May 23 2023 at 12 noon.

Yale holidays 2023

Here is the Yale holidays schedule for 2023 according to the Yale academic calendar 2023-2024.

Note: Please note that the information in this table is based on the official Yale University holiday schedule for 2023, but it is always a good idea to double-check with the university’s official website or Yale academic calendar for any updates or changes.

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