SPU Academic Calendar 2023-2024
SPU Academic Calendar – The official Seattle Pacific University academic calendar shows important dates, academic events, and deadlines.
This Seattle Pacific University academic calendar 2023-2024 includes:
- Dates for student enrollment and registration.
- Class instruction starting dates
- Class instruction closing dates
- The exam schedule.
- Last day to apply for independent study
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Thanksgiving (holiday)
- Other important dates and deadlines.
Are you a student or Do you want to study at SPU? Regardless, you’ll find useful (important) dates to look forward to in this guide so you won’t miss anything important.
SPU Academic Calendar 2023-2024:
Autumn Quarter 2023
- Monday, May 15 – Autumn registration begins for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Tuesday, May 16 – Autumn registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Wednesday, May 17 – Autumn registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Thursday, May 18 – Autumn registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Tuesday, May 30 – Autumn registration for new admits begins
- Thursday, June 1 – Autumn housing deposit refund deadline for new students
- Tuesday, August 1 – Autumn registration for non-admitted students begins
- Monday, August 14 – Autumn quarter September Session begins
- Wednesday, August 16 – Last day to register or add courses for September Session
- Monday, September 4 – Labor Day (holiday); no classes
- Tuesday, September 5 – Last day to withdraw from September Session courses
- Thursday, September 7 – New international student housing check-in (9 a.m.-12 p.m.)
- Thursday, September 7 – New international student orientation
- Friday, September 8 – New student campus housing check-in (9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)
- Friday, September 8 – New student orientation begins (5 p.m.)
- Friday, September 8 – September Session classes end
- Saturday, September 9 – Returning student campus housing check-in (11 a.m.–5 p.m.)
- Sunday, September 10 – Returning student campus housing check-in (1–5 p.m.)
- Monday, September 11 – Class instruction begins
- Monday, September 11 – Last day for new Autumn admits to complete initial registration
- Friday, September 15 – Last day to register or add courses, or to apply for audit
- Friday, September 15 – Waitlist ends
- Friday, September 15 – Autumn quarter 100% tuition refund deadline
- Thursday, September 21 – September Session grades due (4:30 p.m.)
- Friday, September 22 – Last day to apply for independent study, internships, individual instruction, pass/no credit, and dissertation
- Friday, September 22 – Autumn quarter 75% tuition refund deadline
- Friday, September 29 – Autumn quarter 50% tuition refund deadline
- Friday, October 13 – Autumn quarter 25% tuition refund deadline
- Monday, October 30 – Winter registration begins for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Tuesday, October 31 – Winter registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Wednesday, November 1 – Winter registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Thursday, November 2 – Winter registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Wednesday, November 8 – Winter housing deposit refund deadline for continuing students
- Friday, November 10 – Veterans Day (holiday); some classes meet
- Monday, November 13 – Winter registration for new admits begins
- Tuesday, November 21 – Last class for all courses (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral)
- Wednesday, November 22 – Residence halls close for Christmas Break (10 a.m.)
- Thursday, November 23 – Thanksgiving (holiday); campus closed
- Friday, November 24 – Thanksgiving (holiday); campus closed
- Monday, November 27 – Winter registration for non-admitted students begins
- Monday, November 27 – Winter quarter December Session begins
- Tuesday, November 28 – Winter housing deposit refund deadline for new students
- Thursday, December 7 – Autumn quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.)
Winter Quarter 2024
- Monday, November 27 – Winter quarter December Session begins
- Tuesday, November 28 – Winter housing deposit refund deadline for new students
- Wednesday, December 20 – Last day for new Winter admits to complete initial registration
- Thursday, December 21 – December Session classes end
- Tuesday, January 2 – Residence halls open (1 p.m.; new student check-in 1–4 p.m.)
- Tuesday, January 2 – New international student orientation begins
- Wednesday, January 3 – Class instruction begins
- Thursday, January 4 – December Session grades due (4:30 p.m.)
- Tuesday, January 9 – Last day to register or add courses, or to apply for audit
- Tuesday, January 9 – Winter Quarter 100% tuition refund deadline
- Monday, January 15 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (holiday); some classes meet
- Wednesday, January 17 – Last day to apply for independent study, internships, individual instruction, dissertation, and pass/no credit
- Wednesday, January 17 – Winter quarter 75% tuition refund deadline
- Tuesday, January 23 – Winter quarter 50% tuition refund deadline
- Wednesday, January 24 – Day of Common Learning; classes beginning 4 p.m. or later meet
Monday, February 19 – All classes meet as scheduled on Presidents Day; no holiday - Tuesday, February 20-Friday, February 23– Spring registration begins for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Wednesday, February 28 – Last day to withdraw from courses
- Thursday, March 14 – Last class for all courses (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral)
- Friday, March 15 – Residence halls close for Spring Break (10 a.m.)
- Thursday, March 21 – Winter quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.)
Spring Quarter 2024
- Monday, March 4 – Spring registration for new admits begins
- Tuesday, March 5 – Spring housing deposit refund deadline for continuing students
- Tuesday, March 5 – Spring housing deposit refund deadline for new students
- Monday, March 11 – Spring registration for non-admitted students begins
- Friday, March 22 – Last day for new spring admits to complete initial registration
- Tuesday, March 26 – Residence halls open (1 p.m.; new student check-in 1–4 p.m.)
- Tuesday, March 26 – New international student orientation begins
- Wednesday, March 27 – Class instruction begins
- Friday, March 29 – Good Friday (holiday); no classes meet
- Wednesday, April 3 – Last day to register or add courses, or to apply for audit
- Wednesday, April 3 – Waitlist ends
- Wednesday, April 3 – Spring quarter 100% tuition refund deadline
- Wednesday, April 10 – Last day to apply for independent study, internships, individual instruction, dissertation, and pass/no credit
- Wednesday, April 10 – Spring quarter 75% tuition refund deadline
- Wednesday, April 17 – Spring quarter 50% tuition refund deadline
- Wednesday, May 1 – Summer registration begins
- Wednesday, May 1 – Spring quarter 25% tuition refund deadline
- Monday, May 20 – Autumn registration begins for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Tuesday, May 21 – Autumn registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Wednesday, May 22 – Autumn registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Thursday, May 23 – Autumn registration for all admitted students currently in attendance
- Friday, May 24 – Last day to withdraw from courses
- Monday, May 27 – Memorial Day (holiday); some classes meet
- Monday, June 3 – Autumn registration for new admits begins
- Thursday, June 6 – Last class for all courses (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral)
- Friday, June 7 – Residence halls close for Summer Break (4:00 p.m.)
- Friday, June 7 – Ivy Cutting
- Friday, June 7 – Graduate Commencement
- Saturday, June 8 – Undergraduate Commencement
- Sunday, June 9 – Graduating seniors vacate housing (time TBD)
- Monday, June 17 – Spring quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.)