Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2019

Date Event
Sunday - Saturday, August 18 - 24, 2019 Orientation week for new students
Monday, August 19, 2019 Course Request Period begins for incoming undergraduate students
Thursday, August 22, 2019 Deadline: Course Request Period ends for incoming undergraduate students at 4:00 p.m.
Registration Add/Drop Period begins for incoming graduate students at 5:00 p.m.
Friday, August 23, 2019 Registration Add/Drop Period begins for incoming undergraduate students at 7:30 a.m.
Monday, August 26, 2019 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, August 26 - 30, 2019 Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, August 30, 2019

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring 2019
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) and "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in Summer 2019

Monday, September 2, 2019 LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, September 6, 2019

Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER
Deadline: Last day to adjust variable credit for courses online via ESTHER
Deadline: Last day to complete late registration (online via ESTHER, or by Special Registration Request Form)
Deadline: Last day to convert a "Pass/Fail" to an earned letter grade for courses taken in previous Spring or Summer semester
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees
Deadline: Last day for tuition adjustment for part-time students

Friday, September 13, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund for tuition
Friday, September 20, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund for tuition
Friday, September 27, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund for tuition
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Deadline: Last day to submit New Course Request Forms to Academic Deans, for new courses in the upcoming Spring semester
Friday, October 4, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund for tuition
Friday, October 11, 2019

Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER (full-term courses)
Deadline: Last day to designate as "Audit" a course in which one is currently registered for credit (via Special Registration Form - Instructor Permission Required)
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Mid-Semester Grades for first-year undergraduate students online via ESTHER
Deadline: College course plans due to Dean of Undergraduates office for following Spring semester
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund for tuition

Monday - Tuesday, October 14 - 15, 2019 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, October 18, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund for tuition
Friday, October 25, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund for tuition
Friday, November 1, 2019

Deadline: Last day to designate a full-term course status to Pass/Fail option
Graduation Deadline: Last day to file an application for December degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Graduation Deadline: Last day for Fall (December) degree candidates to declare any additional major, minor or university certificates, if applicable (Undergraduate Students only)
Graduation Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate Students only)
Graduation Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for December degree conferral: Thesis master's candidacy petitions, Certification of non-thesis master's, Form for candidacy master's, Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Spring Registration: Spring 2020 Course Schedule published to courses.rice.edu
Spring Registration: Course Request Period begins for undergraduate students

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring to 1545txt@follett.com
Friday, November 15, 2019 Spring Registration: Course Request Period ends for undergraduate students at 5:00 p.m.
Monday, November 18, 2019 Spring Registration: Spring registration begins for currently enrolled graduate, and undergraduate professional (BArch) students at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Spring Registration: Add/Drop Period begins for undergraduate students at 7:00 a.m.
Friday, November 22, 2019 Deadline: Last day to register for the upcoming Spring semester by 5:00 p.m. without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, November 23, 2019 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any Spring classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Thursday - Friday, November 28 - 29, 2019 THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, December 6, 2019

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline:
Last day to drop courses (for Fall UG matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 4:00 p.m.
Deadline: For a December conferral of degree, students must submit thesis to the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by 12:00 noon

Saturday - Tuesday, December 7 - 10, 2019 Study Days - NO EXAMS
Monday, December 9, 2019 GRADUATION - Convocation Ceremony for Summer and Fall 2019 degree recipients
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 11 - 18, 2019 Final examinations for undergraduate courses
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 END OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Friday, December 20, 2019

Summer Registration: Registration for Summer 2020 begins for currently enrolled degree-seeking Rice undergraduate and graduate students via ESTHER
Applications: Application process for Summer 2020 visiting students opens

Wednesday, December 25, 2019 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER