Academic Calendar
Winter Quadmester 2025
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 |
|---|---|
| Monday, December 02, 2024 | Registration: Registration Officially Opens |
| Friday, December 06, 2024 | Deadline: Last day to register for the upcoming Quadmester without a $75 Late Registration Fee |
| Monday, January 06, 2025 | START OF TERM FIRST DAY OF CLASSES |
| Monday, January 06, 2025 | Registration: Start of Late Registration; Late Registration Fee increases to $125 |
| Sunday, January 12, 2025 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 100% refund of tuition |
| Monday, January 13, 2025 | Deadline: Last day to complete Late Registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER |
| Sunday, January 19, 2025 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with an 80% refund of tuition |
| Monday, January 20, 2025 | Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER |
| Monday, January 20, 2025 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY) (Live Class Sessions Will Be Rescheduled) |
| Friday, January 24, 2025 | 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 26, 2025 |
Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 60% refund of tuition |
| Friday, January 31, 2025 | Deadline: Last day instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incomplete” (INC) grades for courses taken in previous term |
| Sunday, February 02, 2025 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 40% refund of tuition |
| Sunday, February 09, 2025 | Deadline: Last day to withdraw from the university with a 20% refund of tuition |
| Sunday, March 16, 2025 | LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
| Monday, March 17, 2025 | Final Examination Period Begins |
| Sunday, March 23, 2025 | Final Examination Period Ends |
| Monday, March 24, 2025 | ILE (Intensive Learning Experience) Begins |
| Sunday, March 30, 2025 | ILE (Intensive Learning Experience) Ends |
| Sunday, March 30, 2025 | END OF TERM |
| Monday, April 07, 2025 | Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Winter quadmester final grades for all students online via ESTHER |
| Friday, May 09, 2025 | GRADUATION: Rice University's 112th Commencement
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| Saturday, May 10, 2025 | GRADUATION: Rice University's 112th Commencement
Please visit commencement.rice.edu for more information |