Babson Academic Calendar 2023-2024
Babson Academic Calendar – See the official Babson College academic calendar showing important dates, academic events, and deadlines.
The Babson Academic Calendar outlines important dates and deadlines for students and faculty. Following this calendar ensures students complete academic requirements and progress towards graduation. Meanwhile, faculty rely on the calendar to plan course schedules, assignments, and exams.
The calendar divides the 2023-2024 academic year into three semesters: Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Summer 2024. Within each semester block resides pertinent dates specific to undergraduate and graduate students. This includes registration deadlines, holidays, exam periods, housing openings and closures, and more. Students should pay special attention to class add/drop deadlines, midterm evaluations, course withdrawal deadlines, and final exam blocks.
While students focus mainly on academic obligations, faculty dates involve delivering curriculum like midterm warnings and final grades. The calendar outlines faculty requirements such as submitting midterm evaluations by October 20, 2023 for the fall term. With multiple student body types from undergraduates to graduates and exchange students, following the calendar prevents scheduling overlaps.
Babson Academic Calendar 2023-2024
Fall 2023
- August 24 – Residence Halls Open for First years, Exchange, and Transfer Students
- August 24-27 – Undergraduate Orientation for First Years, Transfer, and Exchange Students
- August 26 – Residence Halls Open for Returning Students
- August 28 – Graduate Blended MBA – Miami begins
- August 28 – Undergraduate Classes begin
- August 28 – Graduate Programs – New Student Orientations Begin
- September 1 – Undergraduate Add/Drop Ends 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- September 5 – Graduate Classes begin
- September 4 – Labor Day: no classes
- September 15 – Graduate First “A” and Full Session Add/Drop Ends 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- September 19 – Undergraduate Pass/Fail selection deadline for designated First session courses
- October 3 – Last Day to withdraw from a Graduate First Session “A” Course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- October 9 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day: no day or evening classes
- October 10 – Undergraduate Fall Break Day: no UG classes
- October 10 – Babson Monday for Grad classes, no Tuesday class meeting
- October 20 – Undergraduate Mid-Semester Warnings due from faculty
- October 24 – Undergraduate Mid-Semester Warnings sent to students
- October 24 – Graduate Elective “A” Session courses end
- October 25 – Graduate Elective “B” Session courses begin
- October 31 – Last day to withdraw from an Undergraduate course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- October 31 – Undergraduate Pass/Fail selection deadline for designated Full session courses 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- October 31 – Undergraduate Pass/Fail selection deadline for designated Second session courses 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- November 2 – Last Day to withdraw from a Graduate Full Session course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- November 7 – Graduate Second Session “B” Add/Drop ends 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- November 22-24 – Undergraduate and Graduate Thanksgiving Break (3 days)
- November 27 – Last Day to Withdraw from a Graduate Second Session “B” course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- December 4 – Last Undergraduate class (24 Hour Quiet Time begins on campus at 8 PM)
- December 5-6 – Undergraduate Reading Days
- December 7-14 – Undergraduate Exams (no exams on Saturday or Sunday)
- December 14 – End of Semester for Undergraduate Students
- December 16 – Last meeting for Graduate classes including Final Exams if Applicable and End of the Semester for Graduate Students
- December 16 – Residence Halls close for Winter Break
Spring 2024
- January 12 – Residence Halls open for Transfer, Exchange, and January Admits. Undergraduate Orientation begins
- January 12-14 – Undergraduate Orientation for Transfer, Exchange, and January Admits
- January 14 – Residence Halls open for Returning Undergraduate Students
- January 15 – Martin Luther King Holiday – no day or evening classes
- January 16 – Graduate and Undergraduate classes begin
- January 20 – Graduate Blended MBA – Miami begins
- January 22 – Undergraduate Add/Drop ends 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- January 26 – Graduate First “A” and Full Session Add/Drop ends 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- February 15 – Last Day to withdraw from a Graduate First Session “A” Course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
February 15 – Undergraduate Pass/Fail selection deadline for designated First session courses 4:30 PM Eastern Time - February 19 – Presidents Day Holiday: no day or evening classes
- February 20 – Babson Monday: follow Monday class schedule, no Tuesday classes
- March 9 – Graduate “A” Session courses end
- March 11-15 – Spring Break Graduate and Undergraduate (5 days)
- March 15 – Undergraduate Mid-Semester Warnings due from faculty
- March 17 – Graduate “B” Session Begins
- March 19 – Undergraduate Mid-Semester Warnings sent to students
- March 25 – Last Day to withdraw from a Graduate Full Session course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- March 26 – Last day to withdraw from an Undergraduate course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- March 26 – Undergraduate Pass/Fail selection deadline for designated Full session courses 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- March 26 – Undergraduate Pass/Fail selection deadline for designated Second session courses 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- March 29 – Graduate Second “B” Session Add/Drop ends 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- April 15 – Patriot’s Day Holiday: no day or evening classes
- April 16 – Last Day to Withdraw from a Graduate Second Session “B” Course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- April 17 – Undergraduate School Babson Monday: follow Monday class schedule, no Wednesday classes
- April 19 – Graduate School: Babson Monday: follow Monday class schedule
- April 24 – Last meeting for Undergraduate classes (24 Hour Quiet Time begins on campus at 8 PM)
- April 25 – Reading Day
- April 26 – Undergraduate Final Exams
- April 27-28 – Reading Days
- April 29-May 3 – Undergraduate Final Exams
- May 3 – End of the Semester for Undergraduate Students
- May 4 – Last meeting for Graduate classes including Final Exams if Applicable and End of the Semester for Graduate Students
- May 4 – Undergraduate Residence Halls Close (for students not scheduled to graduate)
- May 11 – Commencement: UG at 10 AM; Grad at 3 PM
Summer 2024
- May 12 – Residence Halls open
- May 12 – Graduate Summer First Session begin
- May 13 – UG Full Summer classes begin
- May 17 – Undergraduate Add/Drop Ends 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- May 24 – Graduate First Session Add/Drop Deadline 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- May 27 – Memorial Day: no day or evening classes
- May 31 – Babson Monday (Graduate School): follow Monday class schedule, make up for Monday 5/27, regularly scheduled Friday classes will also be meeting
- June 10 – Last Day to withdraw from a Summer First Session Graduate course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- June 19 – Juneteenth Holiday observed: no classes
- June 21 – Babson Monday (Graduate School): follow Monday class schedule, make up for Wed 6/19, regularly scheduled Friday classes will also be meeting
- June 21 – Last day to withdraw from an Undergraduate course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- June 21 – Undergraduate Pass/Fail selection deadline for designated Full session courses 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- June 28 – Last Summer First Session Graduate class including Final Exams if applicable
- June 30 – Graduate Summer Second Session courses begin
- July 4 – Independence Day Holiday: no classes
- July 5 – Independence Day Holiday: no classes
- July 12 – Graduate Second Session Add/Drop Deadline 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- July 12 – Babson Monday (Graduate School): follow Monday class schedule, make up for 7/4, regularly scheduled Friday classes will also be meeting
- July 18 – Last Undergraduate class
- July 19-20 – Undergraduate Finals
- July 20 – End of the Semester for Undergraduate Students
- July 21 – UG Residence Halls close
- July 30 – Last day to withdraw from a Summer Second Session Graduate course 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- August 17 – Last meeting for all Graduate Classes including Final Exams if Applicable
- August 17 – End of the Semester for Graduate Students
Conclusion
The Babson Academic Calendar acts as the backbone for the 2023-2024 academic year. Both students and faculty depend on this critical information to meet deadlines and expectations. Referring to the calendar regularly ensures seamless completion of administrative requirements and operations.