Academic Calendar Winter Quadmester 2021
Updated and Revised
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Monday, November 30, 2020 | Registration: Registration Officially Opens |
| Monday, January 4, 2021 | START OF TERM |
| Monday, January 4, 2021 | FIRST DAY OF CLASSES Registration: Start of Late Registration |
| Sunday, January 10, 2021 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 100% refund of tuition |
| Monday, January 11, 2021 | Deadline: Last day to complete Late Registration Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER (through 5:00PM) |
| Sunday, January 17, 2021 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with an 80% refund of tuition |
| Monday, January 18, 2021 | Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER (through 5:00PM) |
| Monday, January 18, 2021 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY) (Live Class Sessions Meet As Scheduled) |
| Friday, January 22, 2021 | Deadline: Last day to file an application for degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (for May degree conferral) |
| Sunday, January 24, 2021 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 60% refund of tuition |
| Friday, January 29, 2021 | Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incomplete” (INC) grades for courses taken in previous term |
| Sunday, January 31, 2021 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 40% refund of tuition |
| Sunday, February 7, 2021 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 20% refund of tuition |
| Sunday, March 14, 2021 | LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
| Monday, March 15, 2021 | Final Examination Period Begins |
| Sunday, March 21, 2021 | Final Examination Period Ends |
| Monday, March 22, 2021 | ILE (Intensive Learning Experience) Begins |
| Sunday, March 28, 2021 | ILE (Intensive Learning Experience) Ends |
| Sunday, March 28, 2021 | END OF TERM |
| Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | Deadline (New/Updated on 01/27/2021): For all Winter Quadmester students, the last day to drop Spring 2021 courses via a Special Registration Form* submitted to the Office of the Registrar at registrar@rice.edu (the extension to this deadline is due to the COVID-19 pandemic and for Spring 2021 only) * PLEASE NOTE: On the Special Registration Form, please check the "Late Drop" box. Please note that EX&S or GPS approval is not required. |