Academic Calendar
The academic calendar provides critical information regarding activities and holidays during the academic year.
Academic Calendar
The academic calendar provides critical information regarding activities and holidays during the academic year.
Fall 2019
Residences open to upperclassmen, 9 a.m.
Residences open to first-year students, 9 a.m.
First-year student registration
Upperclass registration
Fall-term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.
Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
Labor Day; classes do not meet
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Family Weekend
Yale College opens its doors to families and friends and invites everyone to attend the dozens of events planned around campus and throughout New Haven.
Whether you plan to visit the newly renovated art gallery, cheer one of our teams to victory, or sit in on a discussion of Yale College life, you will find the details to those and all other events here. And as you plan your stay, you will also find everything you need to know about navigating the city, dining, and lodging.
October recess begins, 11 p.m.
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Midterm
November recess begins, 5 p.m.
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; Reading Period begins
Final examinations begin, 7 p.m.
Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; Winter recess begins
Spring 2020
Undergraduate residences open
First-year student registration
Spring term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.
Upperclass registration
Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet.
Midterm
Spring recess begins, 5:30 p.m.
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; Reading period begins
Final examinations begin, 7 p.m.
Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.
University Commencement
Holidays
Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
Labor Day; classes do not meet
October recess begins, 11 p.m.
November recess begins, 5 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet.
Spring recess begins, 5:30 p.m.