Fall 2019 Academic Calendar
Date | Day | Description |
June 18–20 | Tuesday - Thursday | Registration 1 for Fall Semester (continuing students) |
August 1 | Thursday | Last day to apply for October degrees |
August 20–22 | Tuesday – Thursday | Registration 2 for Fall Semester (continuing students) |
August 27–29 | Tuesday – Thursday | Registration for Fall Semester (new students) |
September 2 | Monday | No classes - Labor Day |
September 3 | Tuesday | First day of classes |
September 3–12 | Tuesday – Thursday | Change of Program Period Students who have not registered prior to this period will be assessed a late registration fee. Students may add/drop via SSOL. No adjustment of fees for individual courses dropped after this period. |
September 26 | Thursday | Last day to drop without UW/change grade option (1st-quarter classes) |
| October 8 | Tuesday | Last day to drop without UW (full-term classes) |
October 16 | Wednesday | Award of October degrees |
October 22 | Tuesday | 2nd-quarter classes begin |
October 28 – November 9 | Monday - Saturday | Open Enrollment for certificate and department changes (1st-year MPH students) |
November 5 | Tuesday | No classes – Election Day |
November 2–6 | Saturday – Wednesday | American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA) |
November 14 | Thursday | Last day to drop without UW (2nd-quarter classes) Last day to change grade option (2nd-quarter and full-term classes) |
November 28–December 1 | Thursday – Sunday | No classes - Thanksgiving Holiday |
December 2 | Monday | Last day to apply for February degrees |
December 9 | Monday | Last day of classes |
December 10–12 | Tuesday – Thursday | Reading period |
December 10–12 | Tuesday – Thursday | Registration 1 for Spring Semester (all students) |
December 13–20 | Friday – Friday | Final examinations |
December 20 | Friday | Term ends |
Dec. 21 – Jan. 20, 2020 | Saturday – Monday | No classes - Winter Holidays |
Spring 2020 Academic Calendar
Date | Day | Description |
January 1 | Wednesday | Deadline for submitting Fall 2019 grades by 9:30 PM |
January 7–9 | Tuesday – Thursday | Registration 2 for Spring Semester (all students) |
January 20 | Monday | No classes - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday |
January 21 | Tuesday | First day of classes |
January 21–30 | Tuesday – Thursday | Change of Program Period Students who have not registered prior to this period will be assessed a late registration fee. Students may add/drop via SSOL. No adjustment of fees for individual courses dropped after this period. |
February 3 | Monday | Last day to apply for May degrees |
February 6 | Thursday | Last day to drop without UW/change grade option (1st quarter classes) |
February 12 | Wednesday | Award of February degrees |
February 17 | Monday | No classes - Presidents' Day Holiday |
February 25 | Tuesday | Last day to drop without UW (full-term classes) |
March 10 | Tuesday | 2nd-quarter classes begin |
March 14-22 | Saturday-Sunday | No classes- Spring Holidays |
April 16 | Thursday | Last day to drop without UW (2nd-quarter classes) Last day to change grade option (2nd-quarter and full-term classes) |
May 4 | Monday | Last day of classes |
May 5-7 | Tuesday-Thursday | Reading period |
May 11-15 | Monday-Friday | Final examinations |
May 15 | Friday | Term ends- deadline for submitting gradess for graduating students by 9:30 p.m. |
May 19 | Tuesday | Mailman School of Public Health Commencement |
May 20 | Wednesday | Columbia University Commencement (conferral of May degrees) |
| May 21 | Thursday | Deadline for submitting grades for non-graduating students by 9:30 p.m. |
