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2024-2025 Academic Calendar**

Summer 2024 Term*
May 20First Day of Classes
May 27Memorial Day | School Closed
May 31Last Day of Add/Drop
June 19Juneteenth Day Observance | School Closed
June 28Deadline to withdraw from semester-length courses without a “W”Incomplete Form available to students in SIS
End of 7-week coursesGrades Due for first 7-week courses
July 4Independence Day Observed | School Closed
July 12“WF/WP” period begins
Aug 8Last day to request a “WF/WP”
Last day to approve Incomplete form
Aug 9Last day of classes | End of Summer Term
Deadline for resolution of incomplete grades from Spring 2024
Aug 12SON Summer Degree Completion Ceremony
Aug 13Summer 24 Grades are due
Aug 23JHU Conferral of Degrees – Final Degree Transcript and Diploma Release Date
Fall 2024 Semester*
Aug 26First Day of Classes for all academic programs
Sept 2Labor Day | School Closed
Sept 6Last Day of Add/Drop
Oct 7Deadline to withdraw from semester-length courses without a “W”
End of first half semester courses
Last day to submit Incomplete Grade contract for first half semester courses.
Oct 8Start of second half semester courses
Oct 25“WF/WP” period begins
Oct 23 – Nov 1Academic Advising
Nov 4-15Course registration for Spring 2025 begins
Nov 18Last Day of Classes (except PhD and Nurse Anesthesia)
Last day to request a “WF/WP”
Last day to submit Incomplete Grade Contract
Nov 19-22Reading Day
Nov 25- 29Thanksgiving Break | SON closed Nov 28 -29
Dec 2 -Dec 6Final Exam Week (all courses except PhD and Nurse Anesthesia)
Dec 9PhD and Nurse Anesthesia only – Last Day of Classes – PhD and Nurse Anesthesia exams run December 10-16
PhD and Nurse Anesthesia only – Last day to request a “WF/WP” and to submit Incomplete grade contract
Dec 10-16PhD and Nurse Anesthesia Final Exam Week
Dec 16All Fall 2024 Grades Due
Deadline for resolution of incompletes from Summer 2024
Dec 31JHU Conferral of Degrees – Final Degree Transcript and Diploma Release Date
Winter Term 2025*
Jan 2First Day of Classes for Winter Term
Jan 7Last Day to withdraw from Winter Term Courses without a “W”
Jan 13“WF/WP” period begins
Jan 16Last day to request a “WF/WP”
Jan 17End of Winter Term
Spring 2025 Semester*
Jan 20Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Observance | School Closed
Jan 21First Day of Classes for Spring 2025
Jan 31Last Day of Add/Drop
Mar 3Deadline to withdraw from semester-length courses without a “W”
End of first half semester courses
Last day to submit Incomplete Grade contract for first half semester courses.
Mar 4Start of second half semester courses
Mar 10-14Academic Advising week
Mar 17-21Spring Break | No classes for all programs
Mar 21“WF/WP” period begins
Mar 24- Apr 4Course Registration for Summer 2025
Apr 7- 18Course Registration for Fall 2025
April 21Last day of Classes (except PhD and Nurse Anesthesia)
Last day to request a “WF/WP”
Last day to submit Incomplete Grade contract
April 22-28Final Exam Week
May 5PhD and Nurse Anesthesia only – Last Day of Classes – PhD and Nurse Anesthesia exams run May 6- 12
PhD and Nurse Anesthesia only – Last day to request a “WF/WP” and to submit Incomplete Grade contract
May 6 – May 12PhD and Nurse Anesthesia Final Exam Week
May 12All Spring 2025 Grades Due
Deadline for resolution of incomplete grades from Fall 2024
May 20School of Nursing Spring Degree Completion Ceremony
May 22Johns Hopkins University Commencement Ceremony
JHU Degree Conferral – Final Degree Transcript and Diploma release date
Summer 2025 Term*
May 19First Day of Classes
May 26Memorial Day | School Closed
May 30Last Day of Add/Drop
June 19Juneteenth Day Observance | School Closed
June 27Deadline to withdraw from semester-length courses without a “W”
July 4Independence Day Observed | School Closed
July 12“WF/WP” period begins
Aug 8Last day to request a “WF/WP”
Aug 11Last day of classes | End of Summer Term
Last day to submit Incomplete Grade Contract
Deadline for resolution of incomplete grades from Spring 2025
Aug 13All Summer 2025 grades are due
Aug TBDSON Summer Degree Completion Ceremony
Aug 22JHU Conferral of Degrees – Final Degree Transcript and Diploma Release Date

* Please note, dates are subject to change.

** For degree and certificate courses only.  For prerequisite course information go to  https://nursing.jhu.edu/programs/prerequisites/

Academic calendars may vary among University divisions. Students planning to register for courses at another school within Johns Hopkins University should review the academic calendar for that division.

In preparing the calendar for an academic year, it is impossible to avoid conflict with some religious holidays. As conflicts arise, efforts are made to make special arrangements for students affected (see SON Religious Observance Attendance Policy).