2024 – 2025 14-Week Session Calendar
2024 – 2025 14-Week Session Calendar
The 14-Week Session Calendar applies to students in specific online graduate programs. For a program list, additional resources, and more information about this alternative calendar, visit the main 14-week session page. If you are in one of the online programs following this alternative calendar and are dropping a course associated with your program, use the “Week Spans & Refund Schedule” below to determine the percentage of course tuition refunded to your student account.
While the tables below provide information about where online graduate students in these programs diverge from the traditional calendar, there are several instances where standard UNC calendars apply.
- Graduating students: Find Graduation Deadlines on The Graduate School (TGS) site.
- Tuition billing schedule. See the University Cashier Billing page.
- Tuition payment plan deadlines and billing. See the University Cashier Installment Payment Plan page. Note: Payment plans are not available for summer courses.
Fall 2024 – Summer 2025
| Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 | Summer 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Registrar turns on registration for Graduate Students in ConnectCarolina. | Friday, March 22, 2024 | Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | TBD |
| Deadline for students to request a deferral or Leave of Absence. | Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Thursday, January 2, 2025 | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Deadline for students to drop classes and get a full tuition refund. | Sunday, August 25, 2024 | Sunday, January 5, 2025 | Sunday, April 27, 2025 |
| FIRST DAY OF CLASSES (FDOC) | Monday, August 26, 2024 | Monday, January 6, 2025 | Monday, April 28, 2025 |
| Last Day for students to drop a class (end of week 10). | Sunday, November 3, 2024 | Sunday, March 16, 2025 | Sunday, July 6, 2025 |
| LAST DAY OF CLASSES (LDOC) | Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Sunday, April 13, 2025 | Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
| Grades Posted by | Friday, December 6, 2024 | Friday, April 18, 2025 | Friday, August 8, 2025 |
Days Off: Fall 2024 – Summer 2025
| No synchronous classes are held on these days. When your synchronous session day falls on a day off, typically that course will have no content or assignments due that week. If you have classes on other days, you will still have content and work in those courses. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 | Summer 2025 | |
| Monday | September 2, 2024 | January 20, 2025 | May 26, 2025 |
| Tuesday | October 15, 2024 | March 11, 2025 | June 17, 2025 |
| Wednesday | October 16, 2024 | March 12, 2025 | June 18, 2025 |
| Thursday | November 28, 2024 | March 13, 2025 | June 19, 2025 |
| Friday - Sunday | November 29 - December 1, 2024 | March 14 - 16, 2025 | July 4 - 6, 2025 |
Week Spans & Refund Schedule: Fall 2024 – Summer 2025
| Academic weeks are Monday through Sunday | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refund % | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 | Summer 2025 | |
| Week 1 | 95% | Aug 26 - Sept 1 | Jan 6- Jan 12 | April 28- May 4 |
| Week 2 | 80% | Sept 2- Sept 8 | Jan 13 - Jan 19 | May 5 - May 11 |
| Week 3 | 70% | Sept 9 - Sept 15 | Jan 20 - Jan 26 | May 12 - May 18 |
| Week 4 | 60% | Sept 16 - Sept 22 | Jan 27 - Feb 2 | May 19 - May 25 |
| Week 5 | 50% | Sept 23 - Sept 29 | Feb 3 - Feb 9 | May 26 - June 1 |
| Week 6 | 40% | Sept 30 - Oct 6 | Feb 10 - Feb 16 | June 2 - June 8 |
| Week 7 | 30% | Oct 7- Oct 13 | Feb 17 - Feb 23 | June 9 - June 15 |
| Week 8 | 20% | Oct 14 - Oct 20 | Feb 24 - Mar 2 | June 16 - June 22 |
| Week 9 | 10% | Oct 21 - Oct 27 | Mar 3 - Mar 9 | June 23 - June 29 |
| Week 10 | 0% | Oct 28 - Nov 3 | Mar 10 - Mar 16 | June 30 - July 6 |
| Week 11 | 0% | Nov 4 - Nov 10 | Mar 17 - Mar 23 | July 7 - July 13 |
| Week 12 | 0% | Nov 11 - Nov 17 | Mar 24 - Mar 30 | July 14 - July 20 |
| Week 13 | 0% | Nov 18 - Nov 24 | Mar 31 - Apr 6 | July 21 - July 27 |
| Week 14 | 0% | Nov 25 - Dec 1 | Apr 7 - Apr 13 | July 28 - Aug 3 |