Fall 2015 Academic Calendar

Rice University Office of the Registrar

August

Fri, 14
Sun-Fri,
16-21
Mon, 24
Mon-Fri,
24-28
Fri, 28

September

Fri, 4

FIRST DAY OF CLASSES START OF THE FALL SEMESTER

Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate,
and visiting students
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve Incomplete
(INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2015
Deadline: Last day
Deadline: Last day
Deadline: Last day
Deadline: Last day
Deadline: Last day
taken in Spring and
Deadline: Last day
Deadline: Last day

to complete late registration

to add courses (Please go to ESTHER to add or drop courses)
to adjust variable credit for courses online via ESTHER
to designate a credit course as "Audit" or vice versa
to convert a Pass/Fail to an earned letter grade for courses
Summer 2015
for part-time students to receive a refund for tuition
to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees

LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)

Fri, 11
Fri, 18
Fri, 25

Deadline: Last day to withdraw with

Deadline: Last day to withdraw with
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with
Deadline: Last day for instructors to
bookstore@rice.edu

Fri, 2
Fri, 9
Fri, 9
Mon-Tues,
12-13
Fri, 16

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Orientation week for new students

Mon, 7

Wed, 30

October

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve Other (OT)
grades for courses taken in Summer 2015

a 70% refund of
a 60% refund of
a 50% refund of
submit textbook

tuition
tuition
tuition
orders for Spring 2016 to

Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition

Deadline: Last day to drop courses (Please go to ESTHER to drop courses)
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Mid-semester Grades for first-year
undergraduate students online via ESTHER
Deadline: College course plans due to Dean of Undergraduates office for Spring 2016
MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition

Fri, 23

Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition

Fri, 30

Deadline: Last Day to designate a full-term course status to Pass/Fail option

Deadline: Last day to file an application for a December 2015 degree conferral with
the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students only)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2016 degree conferral with the
Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate students only)
Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral
Studies for December 2015 degree conferral:

Thesis masters candidacy petitions

Certification of non-thesis masters

Form for candidacy masters

Ph.D. candidacy petitions

Faculty and Instructor Deadline

University Holiday or Event

Last Updated: 8/28/2014

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November

Mon, 2
Wed, 11

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Spring semester classroom and lab
software requests to edtech@rice.edu

Sun, 15

Deadline: ESTHER Course Registration Planner closes at 11:59 PM

Mon, 16

Spring Registration: Spring 2016 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate
and fifth-year students at 5:00 PM

Wed, 18

Spring Registration: Spring 2016 ADD/DROP begins for currently enrolled

undergraduate students at 7:00 AM

Fri, 20
Sat, 21
Thurs-Fri,
26-27
December

Fri, 4

Sat-Tues,
5-8
Wed-Wed,
9-16
Wed, 16
Fri, 25

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Spring Registration: ESTHER Course Registration Planner opens for undergraduate

students for Spring 2016 registration.

Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2016 by 5:00 PM without a Late
Registration Fee
Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any
classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2014 undergraduate matriculants only) students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Deadline: For a mid-year conferral of degree, students must submit thesis to the
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by 12:00 noon
STUDY DAYS NO EXAMS
Final examinations for undergraduate courses
END OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER

Faculty and Instructor Deadline

University Holiday or Event

Last Updated: 8/28/2014

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