Academic Calendar
Members of the GSD community are encouraged to review the academic calendar regularly. For any questions, please contact the Office of the Registrar.
Fall 2022 Term
August 2022
- Mon‐Fri, 8th‐12th: MAUD/MDE Pre‐Term Workshop || ARCH CORE Pre‐Term Workshop
- Mon‐Fri, 15th‐19th: MAUD/MUP/MDE/MLA Pre‐Term Workshop || ARCH CORE Pre‐Term Workshop
- Mon-Fri, 22nd‐26th: New Student Orientation
- Thu, 25th: Option Studio Lottery (Full Term and M1)
- Fri, 26th: MDES Advanced Course Selection Closes at 9 a.m.
- Mon, 29th: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Tue, 30th: M2 Option Studio Lottery || Open Enrollment Period Begin
- Wed, 31st: Fall Classes Begin || Returning Student Registration
September 2022
- Mon, 5th: Labor Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Wed, 7th: Fall Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
- Fri, 9th: MRE Open House
- Wed, 14th: Last Day to Add/Drop F1 and Full Term Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date) || Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
- Fri‐Sat, 16th‐17th: GSD Comeback: Alumni & Friends Celebration
- Sun‐Tue 25th‐27th: Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown || Ends Tuesday Evening
- Mon‐Fri, 26th‐30th: Preferred Studio Trips Week
October 2022
- Sat‐Sun, 1st‐2nd: Preferred Studio Trips Week (continued)
- Tue‐Wed, 4th‐5th: Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown || Ends Wednesday Evening
- Thu, 6th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
- Fri, 7th: M1 Option Studios End
- Mon, 10th: Indigenous Peoples’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Thu, 13th: M1 Option Studio Reviews
- Mon, 17th: F1 Classes End
- Tue, 18th: F2 Classes Begin
- Thu, 20th: M2 Option Studios Begin
- Tue, 25th: MDE Open House
- Thu, 27th: MDes/DDes Open House
- Fri, 28th: Last Day to Add/Drop F2 Classes || MAUD/MLAUD/MUP Open House
November 2022
- Tue, 1st: MRE Open House
- Thu, 3rd: MLA Open House
- Fri, 4th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge|| MArch Open House
- Fri, 11th: Veterans Day || Classes Meet || No Studio Reviews || Offices Closed
- Tue, 15th: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Spring 2023 Semester
- Wed‐Sun, 23rd‐27th: Thanksgiving Recess
- Thu‐Fri, 24th‐25th: Offices Closed
December 2022
- Thu, 1st: FAS Classes End
- Fri, 2nd: Full Term, M2 Option Studio and F2 Classes End || Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
- Mon‐Wed, 5th‐7th: Core Reviews
- Wed‐Fri, 7th‐9th: Full Term and M2 Option Studio Reviews
- Mon‐Thu, 12th‐15th: Final Exams
- Thu‐Fri, 15th‐16th: Thesis Reviews
- Sat, 17th: Winter Recess Begins
- Thu, 22nd: GSD Closes for all at 11:59 PM
- Sat, 24th: Christmas Eve
- Sun, 25th: Christmas Day
Spring 2023 Term
January 2023
- Sun, 1st: New Year’s Day
- Mon, 2nd: Winter Recess ends || Offices Still Closed
- Tue, 3rd: GSD Reopens at 8 AM
- Tue‐Fri 3rd‐13th: JTerm
- Mon, 16th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day || Offices Closed
- Tue‐Sat, 17th‐21st: MLA Pre‐Term Workshop
- Tue, 17th: MDES Open Projects Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Wed, 18th: Option Studio Lottery (Full Term and M1) Closes at 9 a.m.
- Thu, 19th: MDES Advanced Course Selection Closes at 9 a.m.
- Fri, 20th: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Sat, 21st: Open Enrollment (Add/Drop) Begins
- Mon, 23rd: Spring Classes/Full Term and M1 Option Studios Begin
- Thu, 26th: M2 Option Studio Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Fri, 27th: Spring Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
February 2023
- Fri, 3rd: Last Day to Add/Drop S1 and Full Term Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
- Mon, 6th: Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
- Mon, 20th: Presidents’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Mon‐Sun, 20th‐26th: Preferred Studio Trips Week
- Fri, 24th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
March 2023
- Fri, 3rd: M1 Option Studios End || Job and Internship Fair
- Mon, 6th: S1 Classes End
- Tue, 7th: S2 Classes Begin
- Thu, 9th: M1 Option Studio Reviews
- Mon‐Sun, 13th‐19th: Preferred Studio Trips Week || Spring Recess
- Fri, 17th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
- Thu, 23rd: M2 Option Studios Begin || Ramadan Begins
- Tue, 28th: Last Day to Add/Drop S2 Classes
- Thu, 30th: MDes/DDes and MDE Open Houses
- Fri, 31st: Open House for Admitted Students
April 2023
- Wed, 5th: Passover Begins
- Fri, 7th: Good Friday
- Sun, 9th: Easter
- Thu, 13th: Passover Ends
- Sat, 22nd: Ramadan Ends
- Mon, 24th: Full Term, M2 Option Studio and S2 Classes End (M2 Studios end 4/27) || Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
- Wed, 26th: FAS Classes End
- Wed‐Fri, 26th‐28th: Core Reviews
- Fri, 28th: Full Term and M2 Option Studio Reviews
May 2023
- Mon‐Tue, 1st‐2nd: Full Term and M2 Option Studio Reviews
- Wed‐Fri, 3rd‐5th: Final Exams
- Mon, 8th: Final Exams
- Tue, 9th: IDEP Review
- Tue‐Fri, 9th‐12th: Thesis Reviews
- Wed, 24th: Class Day
- Thu, 25th: Commencement
June 2023
- Thu, 15th: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Fall 2023 Semester
2022-2023 Withdrawals/Leaves & Tuition Charges
Any student who withdraws or is granted a leave from the GSD after registration will be held responsible for tuition charges according to the following schedule:
Fall 2022 Term
Withdrawals/leaves on or before September 14
no tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before October 6
one‐fourth tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before November 4
one‐half tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before December 2
three‐fourths tuition charge
After December 2
full tuition charge
Spring 2023 Term
Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 6
no tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 24
one‐fourth tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before March 17
one‐half tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before April 24
three‐fourths tuition charge
After April 24
full tuition charge
Fall 2023 Term
August 2023
- Mon‐Fri, 14th‐18th: MAUD/MDE Pre‐Term Workshop || ARCH CORE Pre‐Term Workshop
- Mon‐Fri, 21st‐25th: MAUD/MUP/MDE/MLA Pre‐Term Workshop || ARCH CORE Pre‐Term Workshop
- Mon-Thu, 28th‐31st: New Student Orientation
- Tue, 29th: Option Studio Lottery (Full Term and M1)
- Wed, 30th: MDES Advanced Course Selection Closes at 9 a.m.
- Thur, 31st: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
September 2023
- Fri, 1st: New Student Orientation (Continued)
- Fri, 1st: Open Enrollment Period Begin
- Mon, 4th: Labor Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Tue, 5th: Fall Classes Begin (Monday Schedule) || Returning Student Registration
- Mon, 11th: M2 Option Studio Lottery || Fall Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
- Mon, 18th: Last Day to Add/Drop F1 and Full Term Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
- Tues, 19th: Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
- Fri‐Sun, 15th-17th: Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown || Ends Sunday Evening
- Sun‐Tue, 24th-26th: Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown || Ends Tuesday Evening
October 2023
- Mon‐Sun, 2nd-8th: Preferred Studio Trips Week
- Mon, 9th: Indigenous Peoples’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Wed, 11th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
- Thu, 12th: M1 Option Studios End
- Thu, 19th: M1 Option Studio Reviews
- Thu, 19th: F1 Classes End
- Fri, 20th: F2 Classes Begin
- Tue, 24th: MDE Open House
- Thu, 26th: M2 Option Studios Begin || MDes/DDes Open House M2 Option Studios Begin
- Fri, 27th: MAUD/MLAUD/MUP Open House
- Tue, 31st: MRE Open House
November 2023
- Wed, 1st: Last Day to Add/Drop F2 Classes
- Thu, 2nd: MLA Open House
- Fri, 3rd: MArch Open House
- Thu, 9th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
- Fri, 10th: Veterans Day || Classes Meet || No Studio Reviews || Offices Closed
- Tue, 15th: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Spring 2024 Semester
- Wed‐Sun, 22nd‐26th: Thanksgiving Recess
- Thu‐Fri, 23rd‐24th: Offices Closed
December 2023
- Tue, 5th: FAS Classes End
- Wed, 6th: Full Term, M2 Option Studio and F2 Classes End|| Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
- Thur‐Fri, 7th‐8th: Core Reviews
- Mon, 11th: Core Reviews (Continued)
- Mon-Wed, 11th-13th: Full Term and M2 Option Studio Reviews
- Thu-Fri, 14th-15th: Final Exams
- Mon, 18th: Final Exams (Continued)
- Tue-Wed, 19th‐20th: Thesis Reviews
- Thu, 21st: Winter Recess Begins || GSD Closes for students at 11:59 PM
- Fri, 22nd: GSD Offices close at noon
- Sun, 24th: Christmas Eve
- Mon, 25th: Christmas Day
Spring 2024 Term
January 2024
- Mon, 1st: New Year’s Day
- Tue, 2nd: Winter Recess ends || GSD Reopens at 8 AM
- Tue‐Fri 2nd‐12th: JTerm
- Mon, 15th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day || Offices Closed
- Tue‐Sat, 16th‐20th: MLA Pre‐Term Workshop
- Tue, 16th: MDES Open Projects Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Wed, 17th: Option Studio Lottery (Full Term and M1) Closes at 9 a.m.
- Thu, 18th: MDES Advanced Course Selection Closes at 9 a.m.
- Fri, 19th: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
- Sat, 20th: Open Enrollment (Add/Drop) Begins
- Mon, 22nd: Spring Classes/Full Term and M1 Option Studios Begin
- Fri, 26th: M2 Option Studio Lottery Closes at 9 a.m. || Spring Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
February 2024
- Fri, 2nd: Last Day to Add/Drop S1 and Full Term Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
- Mon, 5th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
- Mon, 19th: Presidents’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
- Mon‐Sun, 19th‐25th: Preferred Studio Trips Week
- Fri, 23rd: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
March 2024
- Fri, 1st: M1 Option Studios End
- Mon, 4th: S1 Classes End
- Tue, 5th: S2 Classes Begin
- Thu, 7th: M1 Option Studio Reviews
- Sun, 10th: Ramadan Begins
- Mon‐Sun, 11th‐17th: Preferred Studio Trips Week || Spring Recess
- Thu, 21st: M2 Option Studios Begin
- Fri, 22nd: Job and Internship Fair|| Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
- Tue, 26th: Last Day to Add/Drop S2 Classes
- Fri, 29th: Good Friday
- Sun, 31st: Easter
April 2024
- Thu, 4th: MDes, DDes, MDE, and MRE Open Houses
- Fri, 5th: Arch, LA, and UPD Open Houses
- Mon, 8th: Ramadan Ends
- Mon, 22nd: Full Term and S2 Classes End || Passover Begins || Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
- Thur, 25th: M2 Studios end
- Wed, 24th: FAS Classes End
- Wed‐Fri, 24th‐26th: Core Reviews
- Fri, 26th: Full Term and M2 Option Studio Reviews
- Mon-Tue 29th-30th: Full Term and M2 Option Studio Reviews
May 2024
- Mon, 1st: IDEP Review
- Wed‐Fri, 1st‐3rd: Final Exams
- Mon, 6th: Final Exams
- Tue‐Fri, 7th‐10th: Thesis Reviews
- Wed, 22nd: Class Day
- Thu, 23rd: Commencement
June 2024
- Thu, 15th: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Fall 2024 Semester
2023-2024 Withdrawals/Leaves & Tuition Charges
Any student who withdraws or is granted a leave from the GSD after registration will be held responsible for tuition charges according to the following schedule:
Fall 2023 Term
Withdrawals/leaves on or before September 19
no tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before October 11
one‐fourth tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before November 9
one‐half tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before December 6
three‐fourths tuition charge
After December 2
full tuition charge
Spring 2024 Term
Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 5
no tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 23
one‐fourth tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before March 22
one‐half tuition charge
Withdrawals/leaves on or before April 22
three‐fourths tuition charge
After April 22
full tuition charge
Page Last Updated: February 10, 2023