Academic Calendar
Summer Semester 2027


Summer Degree Conferral

Date Event
Thursday, July 1, 2027 Graduation Deadline: Last day for undergraduate-level students to submit an online Application for Degree for August (Summer) degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar via ESTHER
Graduation Deadline: Last day for graduate-level students to submit an online Application for Degree for August (Summer) degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar via ESTHER
Graduation Deadline: Last day for graduate-level August (Summer) degree candidates to file the following applicable forms in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (see GPS Forms page) for August (Summer) degree conferral:
  • Thesis Master's Candidacy Petition Form
  • Non-Thesis Master's Petition for Certification Form
  • Candidacy Master's Degree Form
  • Doctoral Candidacy Petition Form
Wednesday, July 28, 2027 Graduation Deadline: Last day for Rice faculty Official Certifiers to review, submit petitions, and certify undergraduate and graduate-level August (Summer) degree candidates via Degree Works
Friday, August 13, 2027 Graduation Deadline: Last day for graduate-level students to submit thesis in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for August (Summer) degree conferral by 12:00 noon
Graduation Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in the Spring semester (for Summer degree candidates)
Monday, August 30, 2027 GRADUATION: Degrees Awarded for August (Summer) degree recipients
{with a degree conferral date of August 31, 2027}
Tuesday, December 7, 2027 GRADUATION: December Commencement Ceremony (for Summer and Fall 2027 degree recipients). Please visit commencement.rice.edu for more information


Summer Sessions

Unless otherwise noted, dates and information apply to both Rice undergraduate and graduate students. Students are charged per credit hour; LPAP billed @ 1 hour. Early matriculants are charged an additional Health Services Fee.

Summer Session 1: May 3 - August 13, 2027 (15 weeks, Full Term Non-Research Courses)

Date Event
Friday, December 18, 2026 Summer Registration: Registration for Summer 2027 begins for currently enrolled degree-seeking Rice undergraduate and graduate students via ESTHER
Applications: Visiting student application process opens for Summer 2027
Monday, May 3, 2027 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE SUMMER SESSION 1
SUMMER SEMESTER (15-WEEKS)
Monday, May 3, 2027 Summer Registration Continues: Late Registration continues for undergraduate and graduate students online via ESTHER
Friday, May 14, 2027 Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER for the (full-term) Summer Session 1
Deadline: Last day to adjust variable credit for courses online via ESTHER
Deadline: Last day to complete late registration online via ESTHER
Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 100% refund of tuition for the (full-term) Summer Session 1
Friday, May 21, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with an 80% refund of tuition for the (full-term) Summer Session 1
Friday, May 28, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 70% refund of tuition for the (full-term) Summer Session 1
Monday, May 31, 2027 MEMORIAL DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, June 4, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 60% refund of tuition for the (full-term) Summer Session 1
Friday, June 11, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 50% refund of tuition for the (full-term) Summer Session 1
Friday, June 18, 2027 JUNETEENTH (DAY OF OBSERVANCE - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, June 18, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER for the (full-term) Summer Session 1
Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 40% refund of tuition for the (full-term) Summer Session 1
Monday, July 5, 2027 INDEPENDENCE DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, July 9, 2027 Deadline: Last day to designate a course as "Pass/Fail" for the (full-term) Summer Session 1 by paper form at the Office of the Registrar (Rice degree-seeking students only)
Friday, August 13, 2027 LAST DAY OF CLASSES - SUMMER SESSION 1
END OF SUMMER SESSION 1
Friday, August 20, 2027 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Summer semester final grades for all students online via ESTHER by 5:00 p.m.
Friday, September 3, 2027 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) and "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in previous Summer semester

Full Summer Session: May 3 - August 13, 2027 (15 weeks)

Date Event
Friday, December 18, 2026 Summer Registration: Registration for Summer 2027 begins for currently enrolled degree-seeking Rice undergraduate and graduate students via ESTHER
Applications: Visiting student application process opens for Summer 2027
Monday, May 3, 2027 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE SUMMER SESSION 1
SUMMER SEMESTER (15-WEEKS)
Monday, May 3, 2027

Summer Registration Continues: Late Registration continues for undergraduate and graduate students online via ESTHER

Friday, May 14, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 100% refund of tuition for the Full Summer Session
Friday, May 21, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with an 80% refund of tuition for the Full Summer Session
Friday, May 28, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 70% refund of tuition for the Full Summer Session
Monday, May 31, 2027 MEMORIAL DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, June 4, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 60% refund of tuition for the Full Summer Session
Friday, June 11, 2027 Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 50% refund of tuition for the Full Summer Session
Friday, June 18, 2027 JUNETEENTH (DAY OF OBSERVANCE - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, June 18, 2027

Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER for the Full Summer Session


Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER with a 40% refund of tuition for the Full Summer Session
Monday, July 5, 2027 INDEPENDENCE DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, July 9, 2027 Deadline: Last day to designate a course as "Pass/Fail" for Full Summer Session by paper form at the Office of the Registrar(Rice degree-seeking students only)
Friday, August 13, 2027

LAST DAY OF CLASSES - FULL SUMMER SESSION
END OF FULL SUMMER SEMESTER

Friday, August 13, 2027 Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER for the Full Summer Session
Friday, August 20, 2027 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Summer semester final grades for all students online via ESTHER by 5:00 p.m.
Friday, September 3, 2027 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) and "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in previous Summer semester