HKS Academic calendar 2023-2024
HKS Academic Calendar – The HKS Academic Calendar for the academic year 2023-2024 is out.
This comprehensive calendar lists all of the key dates, activities, and deadlines that students, instructors, and staff should be aware of throughout the academic year. It includes everything from the start and end dates of each semester to registration periods, holidays, exam schedules, and graduation ceremonies. Staying informed and following to this timetable is critical for a smooth and successful academic experience.
So, as a student or aspirant of Havard Kennedy, this article contains all of the crucial dates and timetables that would directly act as a guide throughout your academic pursuit.
HKS Academic Calendar 2023-2024:
Fall 2023
- August 21-25 – Orientation (for incoming two-year students only)
- August 25-30 Registration Round I
- August 28-29 – Shopping days
- August 28 – Cross-registration begins for non-HKS students
- August 30 – Full-term and Fall 1 courses begin
- August 30-31 – Fall bidding
- August 31 – Registration Round II
- September 1 – Monday and Wednesday courses meet (excludes Wed-only courses)
- September 1 – Fall term cross-registration petitions for HKS degree credit deadline
- September 1 – Cross-registration approval for non-HKS students begins
- September 4 – (HOLIDAY) Labor Day
- September 8 – Full-term and Fall 1 courses add deadline
- September 8 – Cross-registration deadline (Full-term and Fall 1 courses)
- September 14 – Full-term and Fall 1 courses drop deadline (without notation)
- September 29 – Fall 1 drop deadline (with notation)
- October 9 – (HOLIDAY) Columbus Day (Federal and State)/Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Cambridge)
- October 13 – Fall 1 ends
- October 16 – Fall 2 begins
- October 20 – Fall 1 final papers due
- October 27 – Fall 2 add/drop deadline (without notation)
- October 30 – Fall 1 grades due
- October 31 – January session (optional) Crimson Cart opens
- November 9 – January session (optional) Registration Round I begins
- November 10 – (HOLIDAY) Veterans Day
- November 21 – Full-term and Fall 2 courses drop deadline (with notation)
- November 22-24 – (HOLIDAY) Thanksgiving recess
- December 1 – Full-term and Fall 2 courses end
- December 2-5 – Reading period
- December 2-15 – Fall semester take-home exams/papers due
- December 6-15 – Fall semester examinations* (in class)
- December 8 – January session drop deadline (without notation)
- December 15 – Spring course syllabi due
- December 18 – Full-term (Fall) and Fall 2 grades due
Spring 2024
- January 2-12 – January session (optional)
- January 4 January session add/drop deadline (with notation)
- January 15 (HOLIDAY) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 18-19 – Shopping days
- January 18-22 – Registration Round I
- January 19 – Cross-registration submission for non-HKS students begins
- January 22 – Full-term and Spring 1 courses begin
- January 22 – January session grades due
- January 22-23 – Spring bidding
- January 23-24 – Registration Round II
- January 24 – Cross-registration approval for non-HKS students begins
- January 26 – Spring term cross-registration petitions for HKS degree credit deadline
- February 3 – Full-term and Spring 1 courses add deadline
- February 3 – Cross-registration deadline (Full-term and Spring 1 courses)
- February 5 – Full-term and Spring 1 courses drop deadline (without notation)
- February 19 (HOLIDAY) Presidents’ Day
- March 1 – Spring 1 drop deadline (with notation)
- March 8 – Spring 1 ends
- March 9-17 – Spring break
- March 18 – Spring 2 begins
- March 22 – Spring 1 final papers due
- March 29 – Spring 2 add/drop deadline (without notation)
- April 1 – Spring 1 grades due
- April 2 – Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) deadline
- April 19 – Full-term and Spring 2 courses drop deadline (with notation)
- April 26 – Full-term and Spring 2 courses end
- April 27-30 – Reading period
- April 27-May 10 – Spring semester take-home exams/papers due
- May 1-10 – Spring semester examinations* (in class)
- May 13 – Full-term (spring) and Spring 2 grades due
- May 20-24 – Commencement Week
- May 23 – Commencement Day
- May 27 – (HOLIDAY ) Memorial Day
- June 19 – (HOLIDAY) Juneteenth
