Calendar
Fall 2025
| July 14 | M | Incoming first-year M.Arch. I 1000c classes begin, 9 a.m. |
| July 21 | M | Fall-term course registration begins |
| Aug. 4 | M | Incoming first-year M.Arch. II 1062c classes begin, 9 a.m. |
| Aug. 15 | F | Registration period ends, 5 p.m. 1000c class ends |
| Aug. 18 | M | Course waiver, substitution, and 21-credit forms due, 4 p.m. Add/Drop period begins Shop orientation for incoming students begins, 9 a.m. |
| Aug. 22 | F | 1062c classes end, 5:20 p.m. |
| Aug. 27 | W | Shop training for incoming students ends Core III-studio lottery, 9 a.m. University orientation for incoming students, 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Bus tour and picnic for incoming students, 2–8:30 p.m. |
| Aug. 28 | TH | Mandatory registration for all students begins, 9 a.m. Advanced-studio lottery, 11 a.m. Fall-term studio classes begin, 2 p.m. |
| Aug. 29 | F | Fall-term non-studio classes begin, 8:30 a.m. Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead |
| Sept. 1 | M | Labor Day; classes do not meet |
| Sept. 12 | F | Last opportunity for students to add courses, 4 p.m. |
| Sept. 27 | SA | Advanced-studio travel period begins |
| Oct. 5 | SU | Advanced-studio travel period ends |
| Oct. 6 | M | Seminar make-up day; advanced studios do not meet |
| Oct. 17 | F | Last opportunity to drop courses without grade of W, 4 p.m Spring course waiver and 21-credit forms due, 4 p.m. |
| Oct. 20–24 | M–F | Midterm week |
| Oct. 30 | TH | Visitor Day for prospective students |
| Nov. 4 | T | Last date to submit spring 2025 independent-study requests, 4 p.m. |
| Nov. 7 | F | Summer-travel lottery |
| Nov. 14 | F | Spring-term course registration opens, 9 a.m. |
| Nov. 21 | F | Fall recess begins, 5:20 p.m. |
| Dec. 1 | M | Classes resume, 8:30 a.m. |
| Dec. 5 | F | Fall-term classes end, 5:20 p.m. Last day to withdraw with a grade of W, 5:20 p.m. |
| Dec. 8–12 | M–F | Design Studio jury week |
| Dec. 15–19 | M–F | Non-studio-course examination period |
| Dec. 18 | TH | Spring-term registration closes, 5 pm |
| Dec. 19 | F | Winter recess begins, 5:20 p.m. |
Spring 2026
| Jan. 2 | F | Closing date for applications for admission in 2026 |
| Jan. 7 | W | Core IV-studio lottery, 9 a.m. |
| Jan. 8 | TH | Registration for all students begins, 9 a.m. Advanced-studio lottery, 11 a.m. Spring-term studio classes begin, 2 p.m. |
| Jan. 9 | F | Spring-term non-studio classes begin, 8:30 a.m. Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead |
| Jan. 16 | F | Last opportunity to add courses, 4 p.m. |
| Jan. 19 | M | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; classes do not meet |
| Feb. 7 | SA | Advanced-studio travel period begins |
| Feb. 15 | SU | Advanced-studio travel period ends |
| Feb. 16 | M | Seminar make-up day. Advanced studios do not meet. |
| Feb. 23–24 | M–T | Career Fair and reception |
| Mar. 2 | M | Last opportunity to drop courses without grade of W, 4 p.m. |
| Mar. 2–6 | M–F | Midterm week |
| Mar. 6 | F | Spring recess begins, 5:20 p.m. |
| Mar. 23 | M | Classes resume, 8:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 2 | TH | Open House for accepted applicants |
| Apr. 3 | F | Last date to submit fall independent-study requests, 4 p.m. Staff holiday. Offices closed. |
| Apr. 24 | F | Last opportunity to drop courses with grade of W, 4 p.m. Spring-term classes end, 5:20 p.m. Summer-visualization-elective lottery, 9 a.m. |
| Apr. 27–May 1 | M–F | Design Studio jury week |
| May 4–8 | M–TH | Non-studio final examination period, except for 2022b |
| May 8 | F | Final examination period for 2022b |
| May 11 | M | Portfolios due, for those required, 4 p.m. |
| May 18 | M | University Commencement 2017c, Building Project II, and 1019c classes begin for first-year M.Arch. I students |
| June 26 | F | M.Arch. I first-year 1019c and 2017c classes end, 5:20 p.m. |