Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2019

Date Event
Monday, January 7, 2019 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE SPRING SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, January 7 - 11, 2019 Spring Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, January 11, 2019 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Fall 2018
Friday, January 18, 2019

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration
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 convert a “Pass/Fail” to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Fall 2018
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees
Deadline: Last day for tuition adjustment for part-time students
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Fall 2018

Monday, January 21, 2019 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, January 25, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, February 1, 2019

Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2019 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Graduate Students only)
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition

Thursday - Friday, February 7 - 8, 2019 SPRING RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, February 8, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, February 15, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Friday, February 22, 2019

Deadline: Last day to drop full-term courses online via ESTHER
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 Fall 2018
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Summer 2019 to 1545txt@follett.com
Deadline: Last day to designate a credit course for which one is currently registered as "Audit" (via Special Registration Form - Instructor Permission Required)
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for May degree conferral: thesis master's candidacy petitions, certification of non-thesis master's, form for candidacy master's, Ph.D. candidacy petitions

Monday, February 25, 2019

Admission and registration process for (summer 2019) visiting students officially opens (for visiting students, including visiting online and visiting high school students, to apply for Rice visiting student status). Registration is contingent on admission.
Summer Registration Begins: Summer 2019 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students

Friday, March 1, 2019

Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Deadline: Last day to submit New Course Request Forms to Academic Deans, for new courses in the upcoming Fall semester

Friday, March 8, 2019 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Saturday - Sunday, March 9 - 17, 2019 SPRING BREAK (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, March 22, 2019

Deadline: Last day to designate a full-term course status to “Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for previous Fall undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 4:00 PM
Deadline: Last day for second year students to declare majors with the Office of the Registrar
Fall Registration: Fall 2019 Course Schedule Published
Fall Registration: ESTHER Course Registration Planner opens for undergraduate students for Fall 2019 registration.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Fall 2019 to 1545txt@follett.com
Friday, April 5, 2019 Deadline: ESTHER Course Registration Planner closes at 5:00 PM
Monday, April 8, 2019 Fall Registration: Fall 2019 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate professional (BArch) students at 5:00 PM
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Fall Registration: Fall 2019 ADD/DROP begins for currently enrolled undergraduate students at 7:00 AM
Friday, April 12, 2019 Deadline: Last day to register for Fall 2019 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, April 13, 2019 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Friday, April 19, 2019

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Spring 2019 undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 4:00 PM
Deadline: Last day to submit theses in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for May degree conferral by 12:00 noon

Saturday - Tuesday, April 20 - 23, 2019 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, April 24 - May 1, 2019 Final examinations for all undergraduate courses
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER
Friday, May 3, 2019

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all degree candidates online via ESTHER by 5:00 PM
Deadline: Last day for academic departments to submit their proposed list of degree candidates to receive the university honor of Distinction in Research and Creative Work to Provost's Office by 4:00 PM

Monday, May 6, 2019 Deadline (May 2019 Undergraduate Degree Candidates only): Last day to convert a “Pass/Fail” to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Spring 2019 by 12:00 noon
Friday - Saturday, May 10 - May 11, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH COMMENCEMENT
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all non-graduating students online via ESTHER
Friday, June 7, 2019 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Spring 2019
Friday, June 28, 2019

Deadline: Last day to file an application for a August degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (All Students)
Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for August degree conferral: thesis master's candidacy petitions, certification of non-thesis master's, form for candidacy master's, Ph.D. candidacy petitions

Friday, August 9, 2019 Deadline: Last day to submit theses in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for August degree conferral by 12:00 noon
Friday, August 30, 2019 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring semester