Sessional Dates

The academic dates below include enrolment dates, drop deadlines, exam periods, petition deadlines and more.

It is important to take note of all your academic dates, and payment and refund deadlines. Your refund eligibility depends on a variety of factors including on what date you cancelled the course. 

Being unaware of an academic, payment or refund deadline is not a typical reason to get an exception or extension.

Note that the academic drop deadline (i.e. last day to cancel a course without academic penalty) listed below is not the same as the financial refund deadline

See the Office of Student Accounts website for refund schedule and information.

Date Activity
March 1, 2023

First day of Summer course enrolment 

March 1 - 6, 2023

Course enrolment priority period 

March 7, 2023

General enrolment period 

April 26, 2023

Tuition fee payment/deferral deadline for 2023 Summer session

May 8, 2023

Classes begin in F and Y courses

May 11, 2023

Waitlists for F and Y courses close at end of day

May 14, 2023

Last day to enrol in F and Y courses

May 22, 2023

Victoria Day - University closed; no classes

June 5, 2023 Last day to drop F courses
June 19, 2023

Classes end in F and Y courses

June 20, 2023

Study day

June 21 - 26, 2023

Final assessments in F courses

Term tests in Y courses

TBD

Deferred Exams

TBD

First day to request November 2023 graduation

June 30, 2023

President's Day - University closed; no classes

July 3, 2023

Canada Day holiday - University closed; no classes

July 4, 2023

Classes begin in S courses

Classes in Y courses resume

TBD

Last day to submit a petition for F courses (including final assessments)

TBD

Last day for instructors to accept late term work in F courses (including final assessments) without needing to submit a petition to the Faculty

July 7, 2023

Waitlists for S courses close at end of day

July 10, 2023

Last day to enrol in S courses

July 18, 2023 Last day to drop Y courses

August 1, 2023

Last day to drop S courses

August 7, 2023     

Civic holiday - University closed; no classes

August 14, 2023

Classes end in S and Y courses

August 16, 2023

Study day

August 17 - 25, 2023

Final assessments in S and Y courses

TBD

Deferred Exams

TBD

Last day to submit a petition in S and Y courses
TBD

Last day for instructors to accept late term work in S and Y courses (including final assessments) without needing to submit a petition to the Faculty

Date Activity
July 11, 2022, 9 am Course enrolment priority period for CHRM students

July 28, 2022

Non-enrolment day. You cannot use ACORN to add, change, or drop courses.

August 2, 2022

Non-enrolment day. You cannot use ACORN to add, change, or drop courses.

August 4, 2022

Non-enrolment day. You cannot use ACORN to add, change, or drop courses.

August 31, 2022

Tuition fee payment/deferral deadline for the Fall/Winter session

September 5, 2022

No classes - Labour Day

September 8, 2022

Classes begin in F and Y courses 

September 9, 2022

Last day to request November 2022 graduation

September 16, 2022

Waitlists for F and Y courses close at end of day

September 21, 2022

Last day to enrol in F and Y courses

October 10, 2022

No classes - Thanksgiving holiday

November 16, 2022

Last day to drop F courses

November 7 - 11, 2022

No classes - Fall Reading Week

TBD

First day to request June 2023 graduation

December 7, 2022

Classes end in F courses and in Y courses (for Fall term)

December 8, 2022

At the instructor's discretion, classes scheduled on Mondays will hold their last class on this day to make up for class missed due to the Thanksgiving holiday (Monday October 10, 2022).

December 10 - 20, 2022

Final assessments in F courses
Term tests in Y courses

December 21 - 30, 2022

University closed for Winter Holidays from December 21, 2022 to December 30, 2022 inclusive
Winter classes for S and Y courses resume in January 2023

TBD

Last day to file a petition for term work in Fall term F courses (including final assessments)

TBD

Last day for instructors to allow term work extensions in Fall term F courses (including final assessments) without needing to submit a petition to the Program Office

Date Activity

January 9, 2023

Classes in S courses begin; Classes in Y courses resume

January 19, 2023

Waitlists for S courses close at end of day

January 22, 2023

Last day to enrol in S courses

TBD

Last day to request June 2023 graduation

February 20, 2023

Family Day - University closed; no classes

February 20, 2023

Last day to drop Y courses

February 20 - 24, 2023

Reading Week

March 19, 2023

Last day to drop S courses

April 6, 2023

Classes end in S and Y courses

April 7, 2023

Good Friday - University closed; no classes or final assessments

April 11 - 28, 2023

Final assessments in S and Y courses

TBD

Last day to submit a petition for term work extension in S or Y courses (including final assessments)

TBD

Last day for instructors to accept late term work from S or Y courses (including final assessments) without needing to submit a petition to the Program Office