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UMASS Academic Calendar 2023/2024
UMASS Academic Calendar 2023/2024
Explore the UMASS Academic Calendar 2023/2024 for this Academic year, Information includes official start and end dates for classes, observed holidays, breaks, Semester Examination dates, and official registration and graduation dates.
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Here is this year’s Academic Calendar
Fall 2023
| First Day of classes | Tuesday | September | 5 |
| Last day to add or drop any class with no record – Undergraduate and Non-degree students | Monday | September | 11 |
| Last day to add or drop any class with no record – Matriculated Graduate students | Monday | September | 18 |
| Holiday – Indigenous Peoples Day | Monday | October | 9 |
| Monday class schedule will be followed | Tuesday | October | 10 |
| Last day to Drop with “DR” – Graduate | Tuesday | October | 31 |
| Last day to Drop with ‘W’ and select ‘P/F’ – Undergraduate, Stockbridge, CPE | Tuesday | October | 31 |
| Registration begins for Spring 2024 | Monday | November | 6 |
| Holiday – Veterans’ Day | Saturday | November | 11 |
| Thanksgiving recess begins after last class | Tuesday | November | 21 |
| Classes resume | Monday | November | 27 |
| Last day of classes | Friday | December | 8 |
| Reading Day | Saturday | December | 9 |
| Final examinations begin | Monday | December | 11 |
| Last day of final examinations, semester ends | Friday | December | 15 |
| Final grades due by Midnight | Thursday | December | 21 |
Number of class meetings: MTuWThF: 13
Winter 2023/2024
| First Day of Classes | Monday | December | 18 |
| Last day to add/drop | Friday | December | 22 |
| Holiday Break starts | Saturday | December | 23 |
| Classes resume | Tuesday | December | 26 |
| Holiday – New Year’s Day | Monday | January | 1 |
| Last day to drop with “W” or “DR” and select ‘P/F’ | Friday | January | 12 |
| Holiday – Martin Luther King Day | Monday | January | 15 |
| Last day of classes | Wednesday | January | 31 |
| Final grades due by Midnight | Monday | February | 5 |
Spring 2024
| First day of classes | Thursday | February | 1 |
| Last day to add or drop any class with no record – Undergraduate and Non-degree students | Wednesday | February | 7 |
| Last day to add or drop any class with no record – Matriculated Graduate students | Wednesday | February | 14 |
| Holiday – Presidents’ Day | Monday | February | 19 |
| Monday class schedule will be followed | Thursday | February | 22 |
| Spring recess begins | Sunday | March | 17 |
| Classes resume | Monday | March | 25 |
| Last day to Drop with “DR” – Graduate | Thursday | April | 4 |
| Last day to Drop with ‘W’ and select ‘P/F’ – Undergraduate, Stockbridge, UWW | Thursday | April | 4 |
| Registration begins for Fall 2024 | Monday | April | 8 |
| Monday class schedule will be followed | Friday | April | 12 |
| Holiday – Patriot’s Day | Monday | April | 15 |
| Last day of classes | Friday | May | 10 |
| Reading Day | Saturday | May | 11 |
| Final examinations begin | Monday | May | 13 |
| Last day of final examinations, semester ends | Friday | May | 17 |
| Commencement Weekend begins | Friday | May | 17 |
| Commencement Weekend ends | Sunday | May | 19 |
| Final grades due by Midnight | Thursday | May | 23 |
Number of class meetings: MTuWThF: 13
UWW Summer 2024
| First day of classes – Session One | Tuesday | May | 21 |
| Holiday – Memorial Day | Monday | May | 27 |
| Last day to add/drop any Session One class | Tuesday | May | 28 |
| Last day to drop with “W” or “DR” and select ‘P/F’ any Session One class | Friday | June | 14 |
| Holiday – Juneteenth | Wednesday | June | 19 |
| Last day of classes – Session One | Wednesday | July | 3 |
| Holiday – Independence Day | Thursday | July | 4 |
| First day of classes – Session Two | Monday | July | 8 |
| Session One final grades due by midnight | Monday | July | 8 |
| Last day to add/drop any Session Two class | Friday | July | 12 |
| Last day to drop with “W” or “DR” and select ‘P/F’ any Session Two class | Wednesday | July | 31 |
| Last day of classes – Session Two; Summer Term ends | Friday | August | 16 |
| Remaining Summer grades due by midnight | Wednesday | August | 21 |
University Summer 2024
| First day of classes – Session One | Tuesday | May | 21 |
| Holiday – Memorial Day | Monday | May | 27 |
| Last day to add/drop | Tuesday | May | 28 |
| Holiday – Juneteenth | Wednesday | June | 19 |
| Holiday – Independence Day | Thursday | July | 4 |
| Last day to drop with “W” or “DR” | Monday | July | 15 |
| Last day of classes | Friday | August | 16 |
| Final grades due by midnight | Wednesday | August | 21 |
Fall 2024
| First Day of classes | Tuesday | September | 3 |
| Last day to add or drop any class with no record – Matriculated Undergraduate and Non-degree students | Monday | September | 9 |
| Last day to add or drop any class with no record – Matriculated Graduate students | Monday | September | 16 |
| Holiday – Indigenous People’s Day | Monday | October | 14 |
| Monday class schedule will be followed | Tuesday | October | 15 |
| Last day to Drop with “DR” – Graduate | Tuesday | October | 29 |
| Last day to Drop with ‘W’ and select ‘P/F’ – Undergraduate, Stockbridge, CPE | Tuesday | October | 29 |
| Holiday – Election Day | Tuesday | November | 5 |
| Holiday – Veterans’ Day | Monday | November | 11 |
| Registration begins for Spring 2025 | Tuesday | November | 12 |
| Thanksgiving recess begins after last class | Tuesday | November | 26 |
| Classes resume | Monday | December | 2 |
| Last day of classes | Tuesday | December | 10 |
| Reading Day | Wednesday | December | 11 |
| Final examinations begin | Thursday | December | 12 |
| Second Reading Day | Saturday | December | 14 |
| Last day of final examinations, semester ends | Wednesday | December | 18 |
| Final grades due by Midnight | Tuesday | December | 24 |
Number of class meetings: MTuWThF: 13
Source; https://www.umass.edu/registrar/calendars/academic-calendar
