Nov 01, 2024  
Rensselaer Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2024-2025

Academic Calendar


Fall term 2024

August 9
Fall tuition and fees due.

August 30

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 2024 semester classes begin.​

September 2

Labor Day - no classes.

September 3

Classes resume. Follow a Monday schedule. 

September 13

Last day for graduate and undergraduate students to add courses, change sections or to put courses on audit. Also, the last day to drop courses without being issued a W grade, or without penalty. Deadline for completion of NE/I grade expectations related to Spring 2024 courses.

September 13

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

October 11

Last day to file an online degree application via SIS for December 31, 2024 graduation.

October 11 - October 13 (Tentative)
Reunion and Homecoming 2024.

October 14
Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day - no classes.

October 15

Classes resume.

October 21 
Consultation weeks begin. Advisement for Spring 2025 registration. Students should consult with their faculty advisers.

October 25
Doctoral dissertations due to advisers.

November 1
Masters thesis and Engineering projects due to advisors.

November 4 - November 22
Pre-registration for the Spring 2025 semester opens for currently enrolled students.

November 11
Master’s theses due in the Office of Graduate Education. Last day to defend doctoral dissertations.

November 15
Last day for undergraduates to add or remove Pass/No Credit designation.

November 27 - November 29
Thanksgiving break - no classes. Dining halls closed.

December 1
Dining halls reopen for dinner.

December 2
Classes resume. 

December 10

Last day of classes. Deadline for completion of NE/I grade expectations related to Summer 2024 courses.

December 11 - December 12
Reading/Study day. Instructors can schedule no exams nor require any student work expectations on these days.

December 13 - December 19

Final Examinations.

December 13

Registration add/drop reopens for the Spring 2025 term.

December 18 - January 10

Enrichment Term.

December 27

Last day to drop courses for Enrichment Term

December 30
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 2025 Commencement ceremony.

 

 

Spring Term 2025

January 3

Spring 2025 tuition and fees due

January 5
Residence dining halls with dinner. 

January 6
Spring 2025 semester classes begin.

January 20

Martin Luther King Jr. Day - no classes.

January 21

Classes resume.

January 17
Last day for graduate and undergraduate students to add courses, change sections, or to put courses on audit. Also, the last day to drop courses without being issued a W grade, or without penalty. 

January 27

Nomination of Master’s Thesis Committee forms due to the Office of Graduate Education for May 2025 graduates.

February 17
President’s Day - no classes.

February 18
Classes resume. Follow a Monday schedule. 

February 18

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

February 26
Consultation weeks begin. Advisement for Fall 2025 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 2023 graduation.

March 10

Resident dining halls reopen for dinner.

March 11

Classes Resume. 

March 12

Registration begins for The Arch summer classes.

March 17 - March 21
Grand Marshal Week (Student Government Elections). No Class on Wednesday, March 20th.

March 17 - April 4
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 24 - April 27

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

April 28 - May 2
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 10
Commencement.

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