Summer 2022
- June 17 (HOLIDAY) In advance of Juneteenth
- June 20 (HOLIDAY observed) Juneteenth
- July 1 (HOLIDAY) In advance of Independence Day
- July 4 (HOLIDAY observed) Independence Day
- Jul 12-Aug 11 Mid-Career MPA Summer Program
- Aug 1 Fall and January course syllabi due
- Aug 8-26 MPA/ID Program Seminar
- Aug 15-26 Mid-Career MPA Mason Fall Launch
Fall 2022
- Aug 22-26 Orientation (for incoming two-year students only)
- Aug 26-31 Registration Round I
- Aug 29-30 Shopping days
- Aug 29 Cross-registration begins for non-HKS students
- Aug 31 Full-term and Fall 1 courses begin
- Aug 31-Sept 1 Fall bidding
- Sept 1 Registration Round II
- Sept 2 Monday and Wednesday courses meet (excludes Wed-only courses)
- Sept 2 Fall term cross-registration petitions for HKS degree credit deadline
- Sept 2 Cross-registration approval for non-HKS students begins
- Sept 5 (HOLIDAY) Labor Day
- Sept 9 Full-term and Fall 1 courses add deadline
- Sept 9 Cross-registration deadline (Full-term and Fall 1 courses)
- Sept 13 Full-term and Fall 1 courses drop deadline (without notation)
- Sept 30 Fall 1 drop deadline (with notation)
- Oct 10 (HOLIDAY) Columbus Day (Federal and State)/Indigenous Peoples' Day (Cambridge)
- Oct 14 Fall 1 ends
- Oct 17 Fall 2 begins
- Oct 21 Fall 1 final papers due
- Oct 28 Fall 2 add/drop deadline (without notation)
- Oct 31 Fall 1 grades due
- Nov 1 January session (optional) Crimson Cart opens
- Nov 10 January session (optional) Registration Round I begins
- Nov 11 (HOLIDAY) Veterans Day
- Nov 22 Full-term and Fall 2 courses drop deadline (with notation)
- Nov 23-25 (HOLIDAY) Thanksgiving recess
- Dec 2 Full-term and Fall 2 courses end
- Dec 3-6 Reading period
- Dec 3-16 Fall semester take-home exams/papers due
- Dec 7-16 Fall semester examinations* (in class)
- Dec 9 January session drop deadline (without notation)
- Dec 15 Spring course syllabi due
Spring 2023
- Jan 3-13 January session (optional)
- Jan 6 January session add/drop deadline (with notation)
- Jan 15 Full-term (Fall) and Fall 2 grades due
- Jan 16 (HOLIDAY) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Jan 19-20 Shopping days
- Jan 19-23 Registration Round I
- Jan 20 Cross-registration submission for non-HKS students begins
- Jan 23 Full-term and Spring 1 courses begin
- Jan 23 January session grades due
- Jan 23-24 Spring bidding
- Jan 24-25 Registration Round II
- Jan 25 Cross-registration approval for non-HKS students begins
- Jan 27 Spring term cross-registration petitions for HKS degree credit deadline
- Jan 31 Full-term and Spring 1 courses add deadline
- Jan 31 Cross-registration deadline (Full-term and Spring 1 courses)
- Feb 6 Full-term and Spring 1 courses drop deadline (without notation)
- Feb 20 (HOLIDAY) Presidents' Day
- Mar 3 Spring 1 drop deadline (with notation)
- Mar 10 Spring 1 ends
- Mar 11-19 Spring break
- Mar 20 Spring 2 begins
- Mar 24 Spring 1 final papers due
- Mar 31 Spring 2 add/drop deadline (without notation)
- Apr 3 Spring 1 grades due
- Apr 4 Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) deadline
- Apr 21 Full-term and Spring 2 courses drop deadline (with notation)
- Apr 28 Full-term and Spring 2 courses end
- Apr 29-May 2 Reading period
- Apr 29-May 12 Spring semester take-home exams/papers due
- May 3-12 Spring semester examinations* (in class)
- May 15 Full-term (spring) and Spring 2 grades due
- May 22-26 Commencement Week
- May 25 Commencement Day
- May 29 (HOLIDAY ) Memorial Day
- June 19 (HOLIDAY) Juneteenth
*Students must plan on being on campus throughout the in-class examination period. Family emergency and serious illness are the only acceptable excuses for missing an examination. This exam schedule applies only to courses held at HKS; jointly listed courses held at other Harvard schools may operate on a different exam schedule. Please check your syllabi for all courses carefully to ensure that you avoid exam conflicts.
This calendar is subject to change. Paid holidays for faculty and staff are listed on the Harvard Information for Employees Holiday Calendar.