Academic Calendar 2025-2026

August 2025

• Monday‐Friday, August 4-8: ARCH CORE Pre-Term Workshop
• Monday‐Friday, August 11-15: ARCH CORE/MAUD/MLAUD/MDE/MLA Pre-Term Workshop
• Thursday, August 14: Option Studio Lottery, Limited Enrollment Course Lottery, and MDes Advanced Course Selection open
• Monday‐Fri, August 18-22: ARCH CORE/MAUD/MLAUD/MUP/MDE/MLA Pre-Term Workshop
• Tuesday, August 19: Option Studio Lottery closes at 9 a.m.
• Wednesday, August 20: Option Studio Lottery results posted by the end of the day
• Monday-Friday, August 25-29: New Student Orientation
• Tuesday, August 26: MDes Advanced Course Selection closes at 9 a.m.
• Wednesday, August 27: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery closes at 9 a.m.
• Thursday, August 28: Open Enrollment Period begins

September 2025

• Monday, September 1: Labor Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
• Tuesday, September 2: Fall Full Term/Fall Module 1 (F1) Classes Begin (Monday class schedule)
• Tuesday, September 2: Student Check In deadline in my.Harvard
• Thursday, September 4: Dean’s Welcome Back Event
• Tuesday, September 9: Fall Full Term/Fall Module 1 (F1) Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
• Tuesday, September 16: Last Day to Add/Drop Full Term and Fall Module 1 (F1) Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
• Tuesday, September 16: Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
• Monday-Wednesday, September 22-24: Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown || Ends Wednesday Evening
• Tuesday, September 23: Fall Module 1 (F1) Course withdrawal deadline

October 2025

• Wednesday-Thursday, October 1-2: Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown || Ends Thursday Evening
• Monday-Friday, October 6-10: Preferred Studio Trips Week
• Wednesday, October 8: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
• Monday, October 13: Indigenous Peoples’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
• Tuesday, October 14: Full term course withdrawal deadline
• Wednesday, October 15: Fall Module 1 (F1) Classes End
• Thursday, October 16: Fall Module 2 (F2)Classes Begin
• Wednesday, October 22: Fall Module 2 (F2) Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
• Tuesday, October 28: MDE Open House (virtual)
• Wednesday, October 29: Last Day to Add/Drop Fall Module 2 (F2) Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
• Thursday, October 30: MDes, DDes Open Houses (virtual)
• Friday, October 31: MAUD/MLAUD, MUP, MRE Open Houses (virtual)

November 2025

• Saturday, November 1: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Spring 2026 semester
• Thursday, November 6: MLA Open House (virtual)
• Thursday, November 6: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
• Thursday, November 6: Fall Module 2 (F2) Course withdrawal deadline
• Friday, November 7: MArch Open House (virtual)
• Tuesday, November 11: Veterans Day || Classes Meet || No Studio Reviews || Offices Closed
• Wednesday‐Sunday, November 26-30: Thanksgiving Recess
• Thursday‐Friday, November 27-28: Offices Closed

December 2025

• Wednesday, December 3: FAS Classes End
• Thursday, December 4: Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
• Thursday, December 4: Full Term and Module 2 (F2)Classes End
• Thursday, December 4: Incomplete course petition deadline
• Friday, December 5: Core Reviews
• Monday-Tuesday, December 8-9: Core Reviews (Continued)
• Tuesday-Thursday, December 9-11: Option Studio Reviews
• Friday, December 12: Final Exams
• Monday-Wednesday, December 15-17: Final Exams (Continued)
• Thursday-Friday, December 18-19: Thesis Reviews
• Tuesday, December 23: Winter Recess begins || GSD closes for students at 11:59 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 24: Christmas Eve || GSD offices close at noon
• Thursday, December 25: Christmas Day

January 2026

• Thursday, January 1: New Year’s Day
• Friday, January 2: Winter Recess ends || GSD reopens at 8 a.m.
• Friday, January 2: MRE January classes begin
• Friday, January 2: Fall Grades Due
• Thursday, January 8: Option Studio Lottery, MDes Open Project Lottery, Limited Enrollment Course Lottery, and MDes Advanced Course Selection Open
• Monday‐Friday, January 5-17: J-Term
• Wednesday, January 14: Option Studio Lottery closes at 9 a.m.
• Thursday, January 15: Option Studio Lottery results posted by the end of the day
• Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day || Offices Closed
• Tuesday‐Saturday, January 20-24: MLA Pre‐Term Workshop
• Tuesday, January 20: MDes Open Projects Lottery closes at 9 a.m.
• Wednesday, January 21: MDes Advanced Course Selection closes at 9 a.m.
• Thursday, January 22: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery closes at 9 a.m.
• Friday, January 23: MRE January Class Ends
• Friday, January 23: Open Enrollment Period Begins
• Monday, January 26: Spring Full Term/Spring Module 1 (S1) Begin
• Friday, January 30: Spring Full Term/Spring Module 1 (S1) Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)

February 2026

• Friday, February 6: Last Day to Add/Drop Full Term/S1 Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
• Tuesday, February 10: Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
• Friday, February 13: Spring Module 1 (S1) Course withdrawal deadline
• Monday, February 16: Presidents’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
• Wednesday, February 18: Ramadan Begins
• Monday‐Friday, February 23-27: Preferred Studio Trips Week
• Friday, February 27: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge

March 2026

• Friday, March 6:  Job and Internship Fair
• Friday, March 6: Full term course withdrawal deadline
• Monday, March 9: Spring Module 1 (S1) Classes End
• Tuesday, March 10: Spring Module 2 (S2) Classes Begin
• Friday-Saturday, March 13-14: Alumni Council Meeting
• Monday‐Sunday, March 16-20: Spring Recess
• Thursday, March 19: Ramadan Ends
• Friday, March 20: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
• Monday, March 23: Spring Module 2 (S2) Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
• Thursday, March 26: DDes (virtual) and MDE (in-person) Open Houses
• Friday, March 27: MArch, MLA, MUP, MAUD, MLAUD, MRE, MDes Open Houses (in-person)
• Monday, March 30: Last Day to Add/Drop Module 2 (S2) Classes ($30 per transaction fee after this date)

April 2026

• Wednesday-Thursday, April 1-9: Passover Begins at Sundown || Ends Thursday Evening
• Friday, April 3: Good Friday
• Sunday, April 5: Easter
• Monday, April 6: Spring Module 2 (S2) course withdrawal deadline
• Monday, April 27: Full Term and Spring Module 2 (S2) Classes End
• Monday, April 27: Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
• Monday, April 27: Incomplete course petition deadline
• Tuesday, April 28: GSD Community BBQ
• Wednesday, April 29: FAS Classes End
• Wednesday-Thursday, April 29-30: Core Studio Reviews (April 20-May 1)

May 2026

• Friday, May 1: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Fall 2026 Semester
• Friday, May 1: Core Studio Reviews (continued)
• Friday, May 1: Option Studio Reviews
• Monday-Tuesday, May 4-5: Option Studio Reviews (continued)
• Wednesday‐Friday, May 6-8: Final Exams
• Monday, May 11: Final Exams (continued)
• Monday-Wednesday, May 11-13: MDes Open Projects and MDE IDEP Reviews
• Wednesday, May 13: Spring Grades Due
• Thursday-Friday, May 14-15: Arch Thesis Reviews
• Thursday, May 14: UPD Thesis Reviews
• Friday, May 15: LA Thesis Reviews
• Monday, May 18: Thesis Grades due by 6 p.m. || MRE May Classes Begin
• Monday, May 25: Memorial Day || Offices Closed
• Wednesday, May 27: Class Day
• Thursday, May 28: Commencement
• Friday, May 29: MRE May Classes End

Summer 2026

• Monday, June 1 – Friday, August 28: MRE Practicum

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 2025 Term

Withdrawals/leaves on or before September 16
no tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before October 8
one‐fourth tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before November 6
one‐half tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before December 4
three‐fourths tuition charge

After December 5
full tuition charge

Spring 2026 Term

Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 10
no tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 27
one‐fourth tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before March 20
one‐half tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before April 27
three‐fourths tuition charge

After April 27
full tuition charge

Additional calendar and schedule information, including a PDF calendar, is available.

Page Last Updated: May 19, 2025