Academic Calendar 2024-2025
Members of the GSD community are encouraged to review the academic calendar regularly. For any questions, please contact the Office of the Registrar.
Fall 2024 Term
August 2024
- Monday‐Friday, August 5‐9: ARCH CORE Pre-Term Workshop
- Monday‐Friday, August 12‐16: ARCH CORE/MAUD/MLAUD/MDE/MLA (LA Core I only) Pre-Term Workshop
- Thursday, August 15: Option Studio Lottery, Limited Enrollment Course Lottery, and MDes Advanced Course Selection Open
- Monday‐Fri, August 19‐23: ARCH CORE/MAUD/MLAUD/MUP/MDE/MLA (LA Cores I & III) Pre-Term Workshop
- Tuesday, August 20: Option Studio Lottery closes at 9 a.m.
- Monday-Friday, August 26‐30: New Student Orientation
- Tuesday, August 27: MDES Advanced Course Selection Closes at 9 a.m.
- Wednesday, August 28: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Thursday, August 29: Open Enrollment Period Begin
September 2024
- Monday, September 2: Labor Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Tuesday, September 3: Fall Full Term/F1 Classes Begin (Monday class Schedule)
- Tuesday, September 3: Student Check In Deadline in my.harvard
- Monday, September 9: Dean’s Welcome Back Event
- Tuesday, September 10: Fall Full Term/F1 Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
- Tuesday, September 17: Last Day to Add/Drop Full Term and F1 Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
- Tuesday, September 17: Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
- Monday, September 30: Preferred Studio Trips Week (September 30-October 4)
October 2024
- Tuesday-Friday, October 1-4: Preferred Studio Trips Week (continued) (September 30-October 4)
- Wednesday‐Friday, October 2-4: Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown || Ends Friday Evening
- Friday‐Saturday, October 11-12: Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown || Ends Saturday Evening
- Monday, October 14: Indigenous Peoples’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Wednesday, October 9: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
- Wednesday, October 16: F1 Classes End
- Thursday, October 17: F2 Classes Begin
- Tuesday, October 29: MDE Open House (virtual)
- Wednesday, October 30: Last Day to Add/Drop F2 Classes
- Thursday, October 31: MDes, DDes Open Houses (virtual)
November 2024
- Friday, November 1: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Spring 2025 Semester
- Friday, November 1: MAUD/MLAUD, MUP, MRE Open Houses (virtual)
- Thursday, November 7: MLA Open House (virtual)
- Thursday, November 7: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
- Friday, November 8: MArch Open House (virtual)
- Monday, November 11: Veterans Day || Classes Meet || No Studio Reviews || Offices Closed
- Wednesday‐Sunday, November 27‐30: Thanksgiving Recess (November 27-December 1)
- Thursday‐Friday, November 28‐29: Offices Closed
December 2024
- Sunday, December 1: Thanksgiving Recess (November 27-December 1)
- Wednesday, December 4: FAS Classes End
- Thursday, December 5: Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
- Thursday, December 5: Full Term and F2 Classes End
- Friday, December 6: Core Reviews
- Monday-Tuesday, December 9- 10: Core Reviews (Continued)
- Tuesday-Thursday, December 10-12: Option Studio Reviews
- Friday, December 13: Final Exams
- Monday-Wednesday, December 16-18: Final Exams (Continued)
- Thursday-Friday, December 19‐20: Thesis Reviews
- Sunday, December 22: Winter Recess Begins || GSD Closes for students at 11:59 p.m.
- Monday, December 23: GSD Offices close for Winter Recess
- Wednesday, December 25: Christmas Day
Spring 2025 Term
January 2025
- Wednesday, January 1: New Year’s Day
- Thursday, January 2: Winter Recess ends || GSD Reopens at 8 a.m.
- Thursday, January 2: MRE January Classes Begins
- Thursday, January 9: Option Studio Lottery, MDes Open Project Lottery, Limited Enrollment Course Lottery, and MDes Advanced Course Selection Open
- Monday‐Friday, January 6‐17: JTerm
- Wednesday, January 15: Option Studio Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day || Offices Closed
- Tuesday‐Saturday, January 21‐26: MLA Pre‐Term Workshop
- Tuesday, January 21: MDes Open Projects Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Wednesday, January 22: MDes Advanced Course Selection Closes at 9 a.m.
- Thursday,January 23: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Thursday, January 23: MRE January Class Ends
- Friday, January 24: Open Enrollment Period Begins
- Monday, January 27: Spring Full Term/S1 Begin
- Friday, January 31: Spring Full Term/S1 Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
February 2025
- Friday, February 7: Last Day to Add/Drop Full Term/S1 Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
- Monday, February 10: Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
- Monday, February 17: Presidents’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Friday, February 21: Last Day to Late Add/Withdraw from Full Term Classes
- Monday‐Friday, February 24‐28: Preferred Studio Trips Week
- Friday, February 28: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
March 2025
- Saturday, March 1: Ramadan Begins
- Friday, March 7: Job and Internship Fair
- Monday, March 10: S1 Classes End
- Tuesday, March 11: S2 Classes Begin
- Monday‐Sunday, March 17-21: Spring Recess
- Monday, March 24: Spring S2 Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
- Friday, March 21: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
- Sunday, March 30: Ramadan Ends
- Monday, March 31: Last Day to Add/Drop S2 Classes ($30 per transaction fee after this date)
April 2025
- Thursday, April 3: DDes (virtual) and MDE (in-person) Open Houses
- Friday, April 4: MArch, MLA, MUP, MAUD, MLAUD, MRE, MDes Open Houses (in-person)
- Saturday-Sunday, April 12-20: Passover Begins at Sundown || Ends Sunday Evening
- Friday, April 18: Good Friday
- Sunday, April 20: Easter
- Monday, April 28: Full Term and S2 Classes End
- Monday, April 28: Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
- Tuesday, April 29: GSD Community BBQ
- Wednesday, April 30: FAS Classes End
- Wednesday, April 30: Core Studio Reviews
May 2025
- Thursday, May 1: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Fall 2025 Semester
- Thursday‐Friday, May 1-2: Core Studio Reviews (continued)
- Friday, May 2: Option Studio Reviews
- Monday-Tuesday, May 5-6: Option Studio Reviews (continued)
- Wednesday‐Friday, May 7-9: Final Exams
- Monday, May 12: Final Exams (continued)
- Tuesday, May 13: MRE May Classes Begin
- Tuesday-Wednesday, May 13-14: MDes Open Projects and MDE IDEP Reviews
- Wednesday, May 14: Spring Grades Due
- Thursday-Friday, May 15-16: Arch Thesis Reviews
- Thursday, May 15: UPD Thesis Reviews
- Friday, May 16: LA Thesis Reviews
- Friday, May 23: MRE May Classes End
- Monday, May 26: Memorial Day
- Wednesday, May 28: Class Day
- Thursday,May 29: Commencement
Summer 2025
- Monday, June 2 – Friday, August 29: MRE Practicum
2024-2025 Withdrawals/Leave and Tuition Charges
Any student who withdraws or is granted a leave from the GSD after registration will be held responsible for tuition charges according to the following schedule:
Fall 2024 Term
Withdrawals/leaves on or before September 17
no tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before October 9
one‐fourth tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before November 7
one‐half tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before December 5
three‐fourths tuition charge
After December 5
full tuition charge
Spring 2025 Term
Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 10
no tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 28
one‐fourth tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before March 21
one‐half tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before April 28
three‐fourths tuition charge
After April 28
full tuition charge
Additional Calendar and Schedule Information
Additional calendar and schedule information, including a PDF calendar, is available.
Page Last Updated: December 19, 2024