Drexel Academic Calendar 2023/2024
Drexel Academic Calendar – The academic calendar serves as an important guide for students, faculty, and staff at Drexel University. Outlining key dates and deadlines, the calendar facilitates planning and coordination across the University’s diverse academic programs. This summary provides an overview of the 2023-2024 academic calendar for Drexel University.
The calendar includes start and end dates for semesters and periods within each term. It notes registration dates, class periods, exam periods, holidays, and deadlines for adding, dropping and withdrawing from courses. Details are provided for undergraduate programs including the JD program, on medical school scheduling, as well as the quarter schedule followed by other graduate programs.
The calendar varies across the University’s undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs due to their different academic requirements, schedules, and learning formats. Some programs, like medicine, divide the year into distinct curriculum phases. Others, like law, organize the year into semesters. Graduate students may take courses within multiple calendar formats depending on their program and course selection.
Drexel Academic Calendar 2023/2024
Fall Semester 2023
- Monday, August 7 Mandatory Orientation Begins for Incoming Fall Global JD, On-Campus LLM, and Exchange Students
- Monday, August 14 Mandatory Orientation Begins for Incoming Fall Traditional JD Students
- Monday, August 21 Fall Semester and Regular Classes Begin for Traditional JD Students
- Friday, August 25 Re-Orientation Day for 2L and 3L Students
- Sunday, September 3 Last Day to Drop a Fall Course Without Penalty
- Monday, September 4 Labor Day Holiday, School Closed
- Monday, October 9 Indigenous Peoples’ Day, School Closed
- Tuesday, November 7 Election Day, No Classes
- Thursday, November 23 Thanksgiving Holiday, School Closed
- Friday, November 24 Thanksgiving Holiday, School Closed
- Friday, December 1 Last Day to Withdraw from a Fall Course
- Saturday, December 2 Fall Semester Reading Period Begins
- Wednesday, December 6 Fall Semester Exam Period Begins
- Friday, December 15 Fall Semester Exam Period Ends
Spring Semester 2024
- Monday, January 8 Spring Semester Classes Begin
- Monday, January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, School Closed
- Sunday, January 21 Last Day to Drop a Spring Course Without Penalty
- Saturday, March 9 Spring Break Begins, No Classes
- Sunday, March 17 Spring Break Ends
- Friday, April 19 Last Day to Withdraw from a Spring Course
- Saturday, April 20 Spring Semester Reading Period Begins
- Wednesday, April 24 Spring Semester Exam Period Begins
- Friday, May 3 Spring Semester Exam Period Ends
Summer Semester 2024
- Monday, May 6 Orientation and 11-Week Summer Classes Begin
- Sunday, May 19 Last Day to Drop an 11-Week Summer Course Without Penalty
- Monday, May 20 9-Week Summer Classes Begin
- Monday, May 27 Memorial Day Holiday, School Closed
- Sunday, June 2 Last Day to Drop a 9-Week Summer Course Without Penalty
- Wednesday, June 19 Juneteenth Holiday, School Closed
- Thursday, July 4 Independence Day Holiday, School Closed
- Wednesday, July 24 Last Day to Withdraw from Any Summer Course
- Thursday, July 25 Summer Semester Reading Period Begins
- Monday, July 29 Summer Semester Exam Period Begins
- Sunday, August 4 Summer Semester Exam Period Ends
Conclusion
In conclusion, by consulting the academic calendar for 2023-2024, Drexel students and faculty can find essential scheduling information for the upcoming academic year. This summary outlines key dates in the calendar for planning purposes. Anyone seeking additional details on academic schedules for specific programs should refer directly to the posted calendar on Drexel’s website or their department and advisors.
