2024-2025
First Term 2024
September 19-21
International student orientation
September 22-27
New student check-in and orientation for undergraduates
September 23-27
New student check-in and orientation for graduate students
September 26
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee—1 p.m.
September 30
Beginning of instruction—8 a.m.
October 18
Last day for adding courses and removing conditions & incompletes
October 30 – November 5
Midterm examination period
November 6
All faculty meeting—noon to 1 p.m.
November 11
Midterm deficiency notices due—9 a.m.
November 20
Last day for dropping courses, exercising pass/fail option, and changing sections
November 21 – December 6
Registration for second term, 2024-25
November 28–29
Thanksgiving (Institute holiday)
December 6
- Last day of classes
- Last day to register for second term, 2024-25 without a $50 late fee
December 7–10
Study period
December 11*–13
Final examinations, first term, 2024-25
December 13
End of first term, 2024-25
December 14 – January 5
Winter recess
December 18
Instructors’ final grades due—9 a.m.
December 24–31
Special release days and floating holidays
December 25
Christmas observed (Institute holiday)
January 1
New Year’s Day observed (Institute holiday)
Second Term 2025
January 6
Beginning of instruction—8 a.m.
January 7
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee—9 a.m.
January 20
Martin Luther King Day (Institute holiday)
January 24
Last day for adding courses and removing conditions & incompletes
February 5–11
Midterm examination period
February 17
Presidents’ Day (Institute holiday)
February 18
Midterm deficiency notices due—9 a.m.
February 19
All faculty meeting—noon to 1 p.m.
February 26
Last day for dropping courses, exercising pass/fail option, and changing sections
February 27 – March 12
Registration for third term, 2024-25
March 12
- Last day of classes
- Last day to register for third term, 2024-25, without a $50 late fee
March 13–16
Study period
March 17*–19
Final examinations, second term, 2024-25
March 19
End of second term, 2024-25
March 20–30
Spring recess
March 24
Instructors’ final grades due—9 a.m.
Third Term 2025
March 31
Beginning of instruction—8 a.m.
April 1
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee—9 a.m.
April 18
Last day for adding courses and removing conditions and incompletes
April 30–May 6
Midterm examination period
May 9
Last day for admission to candidacy for the degrees of Master of Science and Engineer, and for scheduling an examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
May 12
- Midterm deficiency notices due—9 a.m.
- Last day for seniors to remove conditions and incompletes
May 21
Last day for dropping courses, exercising pass/fail option, and changing sections
May 22–June 6
Registration for first term, 2025-26, and for summer research
May 26
Memorial Day (Institute holiday)
May 30
- Last day of classes—seniors and graduate students
- Last day for presenting theses for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer
May 31–June 3
Study period for seniors and graduate students
June 4*–6
Final examinations for seniors and graduate students, third term, 2024-25
June 6
- Last day of classes—undergraduates
- Last day to register for first term, 2025-26, without a $50 late fee
June 7–10
Study period for undergraduates
June 9
Instructors’ final grades due for seniors and graduate students—9 a.m.
June 11
- Curriculum Committee—10 a.m.
- All faculty meeting—1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
June 11*–13
Final examinations for undergraduates, third term, 2024-25
June 13
Commencement—10 a.m. End of third term, 2024-25
June 18
Instructors’ final grades due for undergraduates—9 a.m.
June 25
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee—9 a.m.
Summer Term 2025
June 16
Summer Term begins
June 19
Juneteenth (Institute holiday)
July 4
Independence Day (Institute holiday)
August 30
Summer Term ends
September 1
Labor Day (Institute holiday)
First Term 2025-2026
September 18–20
International student orientation
September 21-28
New student check-in and orientation for undergraduates
September 22-26
New student check-in and orientation for graduate students
September 25
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee—1 p.m.
September 29
Beginning of instruction—8 a.m.