Academic Calendar
Winter Quadmester 2024
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 |
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Monday, November 27, 2023 | Registration: Registration Officially Opens |
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Deadline: Last day to register for the upcoming Quadmester without a $75 Late Registration Fee |
Monday, January 1, 2024 | NEW YEAR'S DAY (HOLIDAY) (Live Class Sessions Will Be Rescheduled) |
Monday, January 2, 2024 | START OF TERM FIRST DAY OF CLASSES |
Monday, January 2, 2024 | Registration: Start of Late Registration; Late Registration Fee increases to $125 |
Sunday, January 7, 2024 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 100% refund of tuition |
Monday, January 8, 2024 | Deadline: Last day to complete Late Registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER |
Sunday, January 14, 2024 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with an 80% refund of tuition |
Monday, January 15, 2024 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY) (Live Class Sessions Will Be Rescheduled) |
Monday, January 15, 2024 | Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER |
Friday, January 19, 2024 | Graduation Deadline: Last day for graduate-level students to submit an online Application for Degree for May (Spring) degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar via ESTHER |
Sunday, January 21, 2024 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 60% refund of tuition |
Friday, January 26, 2024 | Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incomplete” (INC) grades for courses taken in previous term |
Sunday, January 28, 2024 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 40% refund of tuition |
Sunday, February 4, 2024 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 20% refund of tuition |
Sunday, March 10, 2024 | LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
Monday, March 11, 2024 | Final Examination Period Begins |
Sunday, March 17, 2024 | Final Examination Period Ends |
Monday, March 18, 2024 | ILE (Intensive Learning Experience) Begins |
Sunday, March 24, 2024 | ILE (Intensive Learning Experience) Ends |
Sunday, March 24, 2024 | END OF TERM |
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Winter quadmester final grades for all students online via ESTHER |
Friday, May 3, 2024 | GRADUATION: Rice University's 111th Commencement
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 | GRADUATION: Rice University's 111th Commencement
Please visit commencement.rice.edu for more information |