Yale Academic Calendar 2023-2024

Yale Academic Calendar – See the official Yale University academic calendar showing important dates, academic events, and deadlines.

The Yale academic calendar for the academic year 2023-2024 contains important information about activities and holidays. Yale University follows a semester system, with each semester lasting about 13 weeks. Students can take four or five courses per semester to earn 36 credits toward a degree.

Yale Academic Calendar: Fall Session 2023-2024

Check out the Yale academic calendar for fall 2023 for important deadlines and dates.

• Aug 20, 2023 – New Student Occupancy/Move-In, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Aug 21, 2023 – Aug 22, 2023 – Orientation Begins
• Aug 25, 2023 – Residences open to upperclassmen, 9 a.m.
• Aug 23, 2023 – Aug 26, 2023 – Camp Yale Programs
• Aug 26, 2023 – Aug 29, 2023 – Orientation Resumes
• Aug 30, 2023 – Fall-term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.
• Sep 1, 2023 – Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
• Sep 4, 2023 – Labor Day; classes do not meet
• Oct 6, 2023 – Oct 8, 2023 – Family Weekend
• Oct 17, 2023 – October recess begins, after last academic obligation.
• Oct 23, 2023 – Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
• Oct 27, 2023 – Mid-Semester Date
• Nov 17, 2023 – November recess begins, 5 p.m.
• Nov 27, 2023 – Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
• Dec 8, 2023 – Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; Reading Period begins
• Dec 14, 2023 – Final examinations begin, 7 p.m.
• Dec 20, 2023 – Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; Winter recess begins
• Dec 21, 2023 – Residences close, noon

Yale Academic Calendar: Spring Session 2023-2024

Check out the Yale academic calendar for spring 2024 for important deadlines and dates

• Jan 10, 2024 – Residences open, 9:00 a.m.
• Jan 15, 2024 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet.
• Jan 16, 2024 – Spring term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.
• Jan 19, 2024 – Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
• Mar 8, 2024 – Spring recess begins, 5 p.m.
• Mar 8, 2024 – Mid-Semester Date
• Mar 25, 2024 – Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
• Apr 26, 2024 – Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; Reading period begins
• May 2, 2024 – Final examinations begin, 7 p.m.
• May 8, 2024 – Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.
• May 20, 2024 – University Commencement

Holidays

• Sep 4, 2023 – Labor Day; classes do not meet
• Oct 17, 2023 –   October recess begins, after last academic obligation.
• Nov 17, 2023 – November recess begins, 5 p.m.
• Dec 20, 2023 – Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; Winter recess begins
• Jan 15, 2024 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet.
• Mar 8, 2024 – Spring recess begins, 5 p.m.