Jun 22, 2024  
Rensselaer Catalog 2023-2024 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2023-2024

Academic Calendar


Fall term 2023

August 11
Fall tuition and fees due.

August 25

The official date of August graduation; diplomas mailed to students after final clearance is completed in September. Degree recipients may take part in the May 2024 Commencement ceremony.

August 27
Residence dining halls open with dinner. Residence halls and apartments open for upperclass and new graduate students.

August 28
Fall 2023 semester classes begin.​

September 4

Labor Day - no classes.

September 5

Classes resume. Follow a Monday schedule. 

September 11

Last day for graduate and undergraduate students to add courses, change sections or to put courses on audit. Deadline for completion of NE/I grade expectations related to Spring 2023 courses.

September 15

Nomination of Master’s Thesis Committee forms due to the Office of Graduate Education for December graduates.

October 6

Last day to file an online degree application via SIS for December 31, 2023 graduation.

October 6 - October 8
Reunion and Homecoming 2023.

October 9
Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day - no classes.

October 10

Classes resume.

October 20

Last day for undergraduate and graduate students to drop a course.

October 23 
Consultation weeks begin. Advisement for Spring 2024 registration. Students should consult with their faculty advisers.

October 27
Doctoral dissertations due to advisers.

November 3
Masters thesis and Engineering projects due to advisors.

November 6 - November 20
Pre-registration for the Spring 2024 semester opens for currently enrolled students.

November 13
Master’s theses due in the Office of Graduate Education. Last day to defend doctoral dissertations.

November 15 - December 20

Registration opens for Enrichment Term

November 17
Last day for undergraduates to add or remove Pass/No Credit designation.

November 22 - November 24
Thanksgiving break - no classes. Dining halls closed.

November 26
Dining halls reopen for dinner.

November 27
Classes resume. Doctoral dissertations due in the Office of Graduate Education.

December 8

Last day of classes. Deadline for completion of NE/I grade expectations related to Summer 2023 courses.

December 11 - December 13
Reading/Study day. Instructors can schedule no exams nor require any student work expectations on these days.

December 14 - December 20

Final Examinations.

December 14

Registration add/drop reopens for the Spring 2024 term.

December 21 - January 5

Enrichment Term/Winter Break.

December 22

Last day to drop courses for Enrichment Term

December 31
The official date of December graduation; diplomas mailed to students after final clearance is completed in January. Degree recipients may take part in the May 2024 Commencement ceremony.

 

 

Spring Term 2024

January 5

Spring 2024 tuition and fees due

January 7
Residence dining halls with dinner. 

January 8
Spring 2024 semester classes begin.

January 15
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - no classes. 

January 22
Last day for graduate and undergraduate students to add courses, change sections, or to put courses on audit. 

February 2

Nomination of Master’s Thesis Committee forms due to the Office of Graduate Education for May 2024 graduates.

February 19
President’s Day - no classes.

February 20
Classes resume. Follow a Monday schedule. 

February 26

Doctoral dissertations due to advisers. Master’s theses and Engineering projects due to advisers.

February 26
Consultation weeks begin. Advisement for Fall 2024 registration. Students should consult with their faculty advisers.
 
March 1
Last day for undergraduate and graduate students to drop a course. Resident Dining halls close after dinner.
 

March 4 - March 8

Spring Break

 
March 8
Last day to file a Degree Application online via SIS for May 2024 graduation.

March 10

Resident dining halls reopen for dinner.

March 11

Classes Resume. 

March 12

Registration begins for The Arch summer classes.

March 18 - March 22
Grand Marshal Week (Student Government Elections). No Class on Wednesday, March 20th.

March 18 - April 5
Pre-registration for the Fall 2024 semester opens for all currently enrolled students.
 
March 22
Last day to defend doctoral dissertations. Master’s theses due in the Office of Graduate Education.
 
April 5
Doctoral dissertations due in the Office of Graduate Education.

April 12
Last day for undergraduates to add or remove Pass/No Credit designation.

April 19
Summer Arch tuition and fees due.

April 24
Last day of classes. Deadline for completion of NE/I grade expectations related to Fall 2023 courses.

April 25 - April 28

Reading/Study days. Instructors can schedule no exams nor require any student work expectations on these days..

April 29 - May 3
Final Examinations

May 3
All resident dining halls close after dinner.

May 4

Residence halls and apartments close at noon for all students not participating in Commencement.

May 16
ROTC Commissioning Ceremony.

May 18
Commencement.

May 20
Summer I and II classes begin (including The Arch classes).
 
May 27
Memorial Day - no classes.