The Office of the Registrar will be closed for the Winter Recess from December 21, 2019 through January 1, 2020. The office will provide limited staffing during this period for the processing of transcript requests and enrollment/degree verifications submitted through the National Student Clearinghouse and Esther.
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Academic calendars are approved by the Faculty Senate. In January 2008 meeting, Faculty Senate approved a system of calendar generation based on formulas, number of days, etc. Beginning with the 2009-10 academic year, Rice's academic calendar has followed this methodology.
The calendar below displays both the Semester and Quadmester academic calendars. If you would like to view only one of them, click the dropdown arrow next to "Agenda" and select the desired calendar.
*Presently in use only for the MBA@Rice degree program.
To view Part of Term Calendars, please visit the Part of Term Courses page.
Rice University's Center for Teaching Excellence has syllabus guidelines and optional, editable syllabi outlines here.
The calendars below are provided for academic department planning purposes. The planning calendars provide a timeline of ongoing projects in the Office of the Registrar, as well as, a timeline of when the Office of the Registrar will require departmental assistance.