Yale Academic Calendar 2022-2023: Important Dates

The Yale academic calendar provides critical information regarding activities and holidays during the academic year 2022-2023. 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 2022

Check out the important dates and deadlines on the Yale academic calendar for fall 2022

1. Yale Move-in day Fall 2022 for new first-year and transfer students is on August 21, 2022. Residences open to first-year students at 9 a.m. Yale Students may arrive between 9 am and 4 pm. The Yale University campus map will assist you as you navigate campus.
2. Yale Orientation begins on August 22, 2022 to August 23, 2022.
3. Residences open for upper-level students on August 25, 2022 at 9 a.m.
4. Mid-Orientation Programs are from August 24, 2022 to August 27, 2022.
5. Orientation Resumes from August 27 2022 to August 30 2022.
6. Yale Fall-term classes start on Wednesday, August 31 2022 at 8:20 a.m.
7. Add/Drop period begins on Wednesday, August 31 2022 at 8:00 a.m.
8. Friday classes do not meet on September 2, 2022; Monday classes meet instead.
9. Labor Day holiday is Monday, September 5 2022.
10. Add/Drop period ends on Wednesday, September 7 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
11. All students planning to complete degree requirements at the end of the fall term must file a petition by Wednesday, September 14 2022.
12. Withdrawal from Yale College on Wednesday, September 14 2022, or before this date entitles a student to a full rebate of fall-term tuition.
13. Wednesday, September 14 2022 is the final deadline to apply for fall-term Leave of Absence according to Yale academic calendar
14. Thursday, September 22 2022 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.
15. Withdrawal from Yale College on Saturday, September 24 2022, or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of fall-term tuition.
16. 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.
17. Family Weekend is from October 7, 2022 to October 9, 2022.
18. The last day of courses offered in the first half of the fall term is Friday, October 14 2022.
19. Friday, October 14 2022 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 2022-2023.
20. Fall second half-term classes begin on Monday, October 17 2022.
21. Yale Fall break 2022 is from Tuesday, October 18 2022 to Sunday, October 23 2022.
22. Classes resume on Monday, October 24 2022 at 8:20 a.m.
23. Midterm is Friday, October 28 2022 on the Yale academic calendar 2022-2023.
24. Friday, October 28 2022 is the last day to withdraw from a fall full-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.
25. Friday, October 28 2022 is the deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course.
26. Withdrawal from Yale College on Friday, October 28 2022, or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term’s tuition according to Yale academic calendar.
27. Thursday, November 10 2022 is the last day to withdraw from a fall second half-term course without the course appearing on the transcript.
28. Thanksgiving break (November recess)is from Friday, November 18 2022 to Sunday, November 27 2022.
29. Classes resume on Monday, November 28 2022.
30. Fall 2022 classes end on Friday, December 9 2022.
31. Reading period begins on Friday, December 9 2022 to Thursday, December 15 2022.
32. Friday, December 9 2022 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 9 2022 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 15 2022 to Wednesday, December 21 2022.
35. Thursday, December 15 2022 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. Winter recess begins on Wednesday, December 21 2022 to Friday, December 30 2022.
37. Wednesday, December 21 2022 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. Fall-term final grades are due on Tuesday, January 3 2023.
39. Residences close on December 2022, at noon according to Yale academic calendar 2022-2023.

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.
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.

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