Academic Calendar
Summer Quadmester 2022
All dates and deadlines (noted below) are for quadmester full-term courses. PLEASE NOTE: Part of Term Courses have different dates and deadlines that are posted on the Part of Term Courses web page.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | Registration: Registration Officially Opens |
| Friday, June 3, 2022 | Deadline: Last day to register for the upcoming Quadmester without a $75 Late Registration Fee |
| Monday, July 4, 2022 | START OF TERM FIRST DAY OF CLASSES |
| Monday, July 4, 2022 | Registration:Start of Late Registration; Late Registration Fee increases to $125 |
| Monday, July 4, 2022 | INDEPENDENCE DAY (HOLIDAY) (Live Class Sessions Meet As Scheduled) |
| Sunday, July 10, 2022 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 100% refund of tuition |
| Monday, July 11, 2022 | Deadline: Last day to complete Late Registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER |
| Sunday, July 17, 2022 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with an 80% refund of tuition |
| Monday, July 18, 2022 | Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER |
| Sunday, July 24, 2022 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 60% refund of tuition |
| Friday, July 29, 2022 | Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incomplete” (INC) grades for courses taken in previous term |
| Sunday, July 31, 2022 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 40% refund of tuition |
| Sunday, August 7, 2022 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 20% refund of tuition |
| Monday, September 5, 2022 | LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY) (Live Class Sessions Meet As Scheduled) |
| Sunday, September 11, 2022 | LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
| Monday, September 12, 2022 | Final Examination Period Begins |
| Sunday, September 18, 2022 | Final Examination Period Ends |
| Monday, September 19, 2022 | ILE (Intensive Learning Experience) Begins |
| Sunday, September 25, 2022 | ILE (Intensive Learning Experience) Ends |
| Sunday, September 25, 2022 | END OF TERM |
| Friday, September 30, 2022 | Deadline: Last day for graduate-level students to submit a paper Application for Degree (accessible in ESTHER) for December (Fall) degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar either in-person or via e-mail to registrar@rice.edu. |
| Monday, October 10, 2022 | Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Summer quadmester final grades for all students online via ESTHER |
| Tuesday, December 6, 2022 | GRADUATION: December Commencement Ceremony for Summer and Fall 2022 degree recipients. Please visit commencement.rice.edu for more information |