We have provided you with RIT Academic Calendar for 2023-2024 academic session, this is to help you to know the various activities that will take place in the school.
The arrangement of terms and sessions is the sole foundation for a regular academic calendar. For each academic career at the academic institution, you must specify at least one academic calendar. Consequently, the number of academic calendars can equal the number of academic careers.
Within each term of an academic career, you must provide the deadlines for dropping, withdrawing, and canceling for each session. It is possible to establish separate milestone dates for each academic career, as each academic career within a university has its own academic calendar.
In order to be associated with a traditional academic calendar, a student must be enrolled in a term during their academic career, linking them to the appropriate academic calendar.
The student’s academic curriculum is consequently determined by the dates on the academic calendar corresponding to that academic career and term combination. Academic calendars are necessary to activate the term.
To define traditional academic calendars based on the term and session structure, you should utilize the Academic Calendar component.
| FALL SEMESTER 2023 (Term ID: 2231) |
|---|
| August 28, 2023 (Monday) | Day, evening, and online classes begin
First day of Add/Drop period †|
| September 2 | Saturday classes begin |
| September 4 (Monday) | Labor Day – No Classes, University closed |
| September 5 (Tuesday) | Last day of Add/Drop period †|
| September 6 (Wednesday) | First day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| October 9-10 | Fall Break – No Classes |
| November 10 (Friday) | Last day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| November 22 | No classes – University closes at 2 p.m. |
| November 23-24 | Thanksgiving Holiday – University closed |
| December 11 (Monday) | Last day, evening, and online classes |
| December 12 (Tuesday) | Reading Day |
| Dec. 13,14,15,18,19,20 | Final exams |
| December 22 (Friday) | Final grades due |
| Dec. 23 – Jan. 15 | Break between Fall Semester and Spring Semester |
|
| SPRING SEMESTER 2024 (Term ID: 2235) |
|---|
| January 15, 2024 (Monday) | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No classes) |
| January 16 (Tuesday) | Day, evening, and online classes begin
First day of Add/Drop period †|
| January 20 | Saturday classes begin |
| January 23 (Tuesday) | Last day of Add/Drop period †|
| January 24 (Wednesday) | First day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| March 10-17 | Spring Break |
| April 5 (Friday) | Last day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| April 29 (Monday) | Last day, evening, and online classes |
| April 30 (Tuesday) | Reading Day |
| May 1,2,3,6,7,8 | Final exams |
| May 10 (Friday) | Final grades due |
| May 10-11 | Convocation and Commencement ceremonies |
| May 12-15 | Break between Spring Semester and Summer Term |
|
| 12-week SUMMER Term 2024 (Term ID: 2238) |
|---|
| May 15, 2024 (Wednesday) | Day, evening, and online classes begin
First day of Add/Drop period †|
| May 18 | Saturday classes begin |
| May 22 (Wednesday) | Last day to Add/Drop classes |
| May 23 (Thursday) | First day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| May 27 (Monday) | Memorial Day – University closed |
| June 19 (Wednesday) | Juneteenth – University closed |
| July 4 (Thursday) | Independence Day observed – University closed |
| July 24 (Wednesday) | Last day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| August 7 (Wednesday) | Last day, evening, and online classes |
| August 8 (Thursday) | Reading Day |
| August 9,12,13 | Final exams |
| August 15 (Thursday) | Final grades due |
| August 16-25 | Break between Summer Term and Fall Semester |
|
| Short Session 1 SUMMER Term 2024 (Term ID: 2238) |
|---|
| May 15, 2024 (Wednesday) | Day, evening, and online classes begin
First day of Add/Drop period |
| May 20 (Monday) | Last day to Add/Drop classes |
| May 21 (Tuesday) | First day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| May 27 (Monday) | Memorial Day – University closed |
| June 19 (Wednesday) | Juneteenth – University closed |
| June 20 (Thursday) | Last day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| June 26 (Wednesday) | Last day of classes |
| June 27-29 | Final exams |
| July 1 (Monday) | Final grades due |
|
| Short Session 2 SUMMER Term 2024 (Term ID: 2238) |
|---|
| July 1, 2024 (Monday) | Day, evening, and online classes begin
First day of Add/Drop period |
| July 4 (Thursday) | Independence Day observed – University closed |
| July 5 (Friday) | Last day to Add/Drop classes |
| July 6 (Saturday) | First day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| July 31 (Wednesday) | Last day to drop from classes with a grade of “W” |
| August 7 (Wednesday) | Last day, evening, and online classes |
| August 8 (Thursday) | Reading Day |
| August 9,12,13 | Final exams |
| August 15 (Thursday) | Final grades due |
|
†The Add/Drop period is the first seven class days of the Fall, Spring, and full Summer terms, excluding Sundays and holidays.
