Academic Year 2026-2027 Sessional Dates
The dates below are for undergraduate engineering students and courses. Engineering graduate students should refer to the SGS sessional dates.
2026 Summer Session
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| April 1 | First day students can enrol in engineering elective courses in ACORN (6 a.m. EDT). |
| April 6 | First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in Arts & Science courses in ACORN (6 a.m. EDT). |
| April 22 | Last day students can pay or defer fees. |
| May | PEY Co-op Program: 2026 Summer Co-op Work Terms begin. PEY Co-op Program: 2026-2027 Professional Experience Year (PEY) work terms begin between May and September. |
| May 4 | PEY Co-op Program: Last day to opt-out of the Summer Co-op Work Term recruitment cycle for qualified students in Year 2 of study. |
| May 4 | F-term and Y-term U of T Engineering classes begin. |
| May 6 | Courses removed for non-registered students. |
| May 7 | Last day students can waitlist F-term and Y-term engineering courses. |
| May 10 | Last day students can enrol in F-term / Y-term engineering elective courses on ACORN. |
| May 10 | Last day students can enrol in first-year T-Program courses. |
| May 15 | President's Day: University closed. |
| May 18 | Victoria Day: University closed. |
| June 1 | Last day students can drop F-term courses without academic penalty*. Requests to drop T-Program courses must be submitted to the First Year Office by 4 p.m. (EDT). |
| June 8 | Last day to declare a 2026 Summer Co-op Work Term. |
| June 17 | F-term U of T Engineering classes end. Y-term engineering elective courses course break. |
| June 18 | F-term course study break for U of T Engineering courses. (Make up Friday) |
| June 19 - June 25 | Final exams for F-term U of T Engineering courses. |
| June 29 | President's Day: University closed. |
| June 30 | President's Day: University closed. |
| July 1 | Canada Day: University closed. |
| July 2 | S-term classes start / Y-term classes resume. |
| July 4 | Last day students can waitlist S-term engineering elective courses. |
| July 8 | Deadline to enrol in S-term courses in ACORN. |
| July 22 | Last day students can drop Y-term courses without academic penalty.* |
| July 28 | Last day to declare a 2026-2027 PEY 12-16 month Work Term. |
| July 29 | Last day students can drop S-term courses without academic penalty.* |
| August 3 | Civic Holiday: University closed. |
| August 14 | S-term and Y-term U of T Engineering classes end. |
| August 17 | S-term and Y- term course study break for U of T Engineering courses. Make-up Monday. |
| August 18 - August 21 | Final exams for S-term and Y- term U of T Engineering courses. |
*Refund Dates: The last date to cancel a course or cancel your registration in a session with no academic penalty may not always coincide with the last date that you are eligible for a refund. Review the refund schedules for applicable dates and deadlines: studentaccount.utoronto.ca.
2026 Fall Term (F)
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| TBC | First day U of T Engineering students can make changes to their personal timetables on ACORN (6:00 a.m. EDT). First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in Arts & Science courses with reserved seating on ACORN (6:00 a.m. EDT). |
| July 29 | First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in all Arts & Science (A&S) courses on ACORN (6:00 a.m. EDT). |
| August 4 | No Arts & Science course enrolment. |
| August 19 | Last day students can pay or defer fees. |
| September 1 | Start of Fall Term. |
| September 2 | Courses removed for non-registered students. |
| September 7 | Labour Day: University closed. |
| September 8 | U of T Engineering F-term and Y-term courses begin. Arts & Science F-term and Y-term courses begin. |
| September 8 - September 15 | U of T Engineering Deferred Exams |
| September 15 | PEY Co-op Program: Career Portal with 2027-2028 job postings opens to qualified students seeking 12-16 month work terms. Interviews, job offers and acceptances begin shortly after. |
| September 17 | Last day waitlists are operational for F-term and Y-term courses. Last day students can request transfers out of Engineering Science (first-year students). Last day to enrol in online first-year courses. |
| September 21 | Deadline to designate a Fall Term (F-term) or Y-term "Extra" course as a credit course. Last day U of T Engineering students can enrol in A&S courses with reserved seating. Last day students can add or substitute F-term or Y-term courses on ACORN. PEY Co-op Program: Last day to withdraw from the PEY Co-op Program for students in Year 3 of study. |
| September 22 - September 28 | Late enrolment for Y-term courses only (Registrar's Office only). |
| October 5 | Last day students can apply to re-enrol for the 2026 Winter Term. |
| October 12 | Thanksgiving Day: University closed. |
| October 26 | PEY Co-op Program: Career Portal with Summer 2027 job postings opens to qualified students seeking Summer Co-op Work Terms. Interviews, job offers and acceptances begin shortly after. |
| October 26 - October 30 | Fall Study Break. No Engineering classes. No A&S classes. |
| October 26 - October 30 | Study Break: In Engineering courses, no assessments may be scheduled nor assignments made due between Monday and the following Sunday of the study break week, inclusive of those dates. This does not prevent the Faculty from scheduling deferred exams during the break. Accommodations made by an instructor to an individual student as the result of a term-work petition or from accessibility services are also allowed during these days. |
| October 26 - October 30 | Fall Convocation ceremony for the conferring of the Bachelor of Applied Science & Engineering Science degrees. Visit convocation.utoronto.ca for more details. |
| October 30 | Examination timetable for F-term courses posted. |
| November 17 | Deadline to designate an F-term course as "Extra." Last day students can apply to transfer to part-time studies.* Last day students can withdraw from the Fall Term without academic penalty.* Last day students can drop F-term engineering courses without academic penalty.* Last day students can drop F-term Arts & Science courses without academic penalty.* |
| December 7 | Last day of regular Arts & Science classes. |
| December 8 | Last day of classes for Engineering courses in the F-term; all term work should be submitted by this date. Deadline to submit a late withdrawal without supporting documentation for the F-Term. Makeup Monday for Arts & Science courses. |
| December 9 | Makeup Monday for Engineering courses.** Study Break for U of T Engineering F-term courses. |
| December 10 - December 22 | Final exams for U of T Engineering courses in the F- term. (The Faculty may hold exams on Saturdays, Sundays and evenings during this period).
|
| December 23 | End of Fall Term |
| December 24, 2026 - January 3, 2027 | Winter break: University closed. |
| January 9, 2027 | Emergency Winter Exam Date. The Faculty will use this date for any cancelled December Exams. |
*Refund Dates: The last date to cancel a course or cancel your registration in a session with no academic penalty may not always coincide with the last date that you are eligible for a refund. Review the refund schedules for applicable dates and deadlines: studentaccount.utoronto.ca.
**Makeup Monday is on December 9th and will be scheduled the same as a regular Monday; thus, instructors can use this day to make up for the missing Monday of Thanksgiving Day. Use of Makeup Monday in courses is optional. If it is not used, December 9, 2026, will be a study day.
2027 Winter Term (S)
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| January 4 | President's Day: University closed. |
| January 5 | President's Day: University closed. |
| January 6 | Start of Winter Term. |
| January 11 | U of T Engineering and Arts & Science S-term courses begin and Y-term courses resume. |
| January 18 | Last day students can transfer out of Engineering Science (first-year students) to Track One or a Core 8 engineering program. |
| January 18 | Lectures begin for T-Program courses. |
| January 20 | Last day students can waitlist S-term courses. |
| January 25 | Last day students can add or substitute S-term courses. Deadline to change an "Extra" S-term course to a for credit course. PEY Co-op Program: Last day to enrol in the PEY Co-op Program for students in Year 2. |
| February 15 | Last day students can drop Y-term courses without academic penalty.* Note: a student taking a Y-term course will not be allowed to drop this course in the Winter Term if a recalculation of their Fall Term load shows that dropping the course will reduce the F-term course load to fewer than 2.5 credits. Deadline to change a for credit Y-term course to an "Extra" course. |
| February 15 | Family Day Holiday: University closed. |
| February 15 - February 19 | Winter Study Break. No U of T Engineering classes. No Arts & Science classes. Reserved for special deferred exams from the December 2025 examination period. |
| February 15 - February 19 | Study Break: In Engineering courses, no assessments may be scheduled nor assignments made due between Monday and the following Sunday of the study break week, inclusive of those dates. This does not prevent the Faculty from scheduling deferred exams during the break. Accommodations made by an instructor to an individual student as the result of a term-work petition or from accessibility services are also allowed during these days. |
| February 26 | Examination timetable for S-term and Y-term courses posted (tentative). |
| March 22 | Last day students can drop S-term courses without academic penalty, including S-term courses taken in Arts & Science.* Last day students can transfer to part-time studies.* Last day students can withdraw from the S-term without academic penalty.* Deadline to change a for credit S-term course to an "Extra" course. Last day students can apply to re-enrol for the 2027 Fall Term.* |
| March 26 | Good Friday Holiday: University closed. |
| April 12 | Last day of classes for Arts & Science S-term and Y-term courses. |
| April 13 | Last day of classes for U of T Engineering courses in S-term and Y-term; all term work should be submitted by this date. Deadline to submit a late withdrawal without supporting documentation for the S-Term. |
| April 13 | ** Makeup Friday. Study day. Exam Jam. |
| April 14 - April 29 | Exams for S-term and Y-term U of T Engineering courses. Exams for S-term and Y-term Arts & Science courses. Note: Exams for courses offered by other faculties may be held outside of this period. |
| May 1 | Winter emergency exam day. |
| May 15 | Application deadline for transfers between engineering programs. |
| May 3 | PEY Co-op Program: Last day to opt-out of the 2027 Summer Co-op Work Term recruitment cycle for qualified students in Year 2 of study. |
| June 7 | PEY Co-op Program: Last day to declare a Summer Co-op Work term for qualified students in Year 2 of study. |
*Refund Dates: The last date to cancel a course or cancel your registration in a session with no academic penalty may not always coincide with the last date that you are eligible for a refund. Review the refund schedules for applicable dates and deadlines: studentaccount.utoronto.ca.
**Makeup Friday is on April 13th and will be scheduled the same as a regular Friday; thus, instructors can use this day to make up for classes missed due to Good Friday. Use of the Makeup day in courses is optional. If it is not used, April 13th will be a study day.
Academic Year 2025-2026 Sessional Dates
The dates below are for undergraduate engineering students and courses. Engineering graduate students should refer to the SGS sessional dates.
2025 Summer Session
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| April 2 | First day students can enrol in engineering elective courses in ACORN (6 a.m. EDT). |
| April 7 | First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in Arts & Science courses in ACORN (6 a.m. EDT). |
| April 23 | Last day students can pay or defer fees. |
| May 5 | F-term and Y-term U of T Engineering classes begin. |
| May 7 | Courses removed for non-registered students. |
| May 8 | Last day students can waitlist F-term and Y-term engineering courses. |
| May 11 | Last day students can enrol in F-term / Y-term engineering elective courses on ACORN. |
| May 11 | Last day students can enrol in first-year T-Program courses. |
| May 12 | PEY Co-op Program: Last day to opt-out of the Summer Co-op Work Term recruitment cycle for qualified students in Year 2 of study. |
| May 16 | President's Day: University closed. |
| May 19 | Victoria Day: University closed. |
| May | PEY Co-op Program: 2024 Summer work terms begin (duration 3 to 4 months). PEY Co-op Program: 2024-2025 Professional Experience Year (PEY) work terms begin between May and September (duration 12 to 16 months). |
| June 2 | Last day students can drop F-term courses without academic penalty*. Requests to drop T-Program courses must be submitted to the First Year Office by 4 p.m. (EDT). |
| June 18 | F-term U of T Engineering classes end. Y-term engineering elective courses course break. |
| June 19 | F-term course study break for U of T Engineering courses. (Make up Friday) |
| June 20 to June 26 | Final exams for F-term U of T Engineering courses. |
| June 30 | President's Day: University closed. |
| July 1 | Canada Day: University closed. |
| July 2 | S-term classes start / Y-term classes resume. |
| July 4 | Last day students can waitlist S-term engineering elective courses. |
| July 8 | Deadline to enrol in S-term courses in ACORN. |
| July 22 | Last day students can drop Y-term courses without academic penalty.* |
| July 29 | Last day students can drop S-term courses without academic penalty.* |
| August 1 | President's Day: University closed. |
| August 4 | Civic Holiday: University closed. |
| August 15 | S-term and Y-term U of T Engineering classes end. |
| August 18 | S-term and Y- term course study break for U of T Engineering courses. Make-up Monday. |
| August 19 to August 22 | Final exams for S-term and Y- term U of T Engineering courses. |
*Refund Dates: The last date to cancel a course or cancel your registration in a session with no academic penalty may not always coincide with the last date that you are eligible for a refund. Review the refund schedules for applicable dates and deadlines: studentaccount.utoronto.ca.
2025 Fall Term (F)
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| July 10 | First day U of T Engineering students can make changes to their personal timetables on ACORN (6:00 a.m. EDT). First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in Arts & Science courses with reserved seating on ACORN (6:00 a.m. EDT). |
| July 30 | First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in all Arts & Science (A&S) courses on ACORN (6:00 a.m. EDT). |
| August 5 | No Arts & Science course enrolment. |
| August 12 | Last day to pay or defer fees. |
| August 26 | Courses removed for non-registered students. |
| September 1 | Labour Day: University closed. |
| September 2 | U of T Engineering F-term and Y-term courses begin. Arts & Science F-term and Y-term courses begin. |
| September 2 - September 9 | U of T Engineering Deferred Exams |
| September 11 | Last day waitlists are operational for F-term and Y-term courses. Last day students can request transfers out of Engineering Science (first-year students). Last day to enrol in online first-year courses. |
| September 15 | Deadline to designate a Fall Term (F-term) or Y-term "Extra" course as a credit course. Last day U of T Engineering students can enrol in A&S courses with reserved seating. Last day students can add or substitute F-term or Y-term courses on ACORN. PEY Co-op Program: Last day to withdraw from the PEY Co-op Program for students in Year 3 of study. |
| September 16 - September 22 | Late enrolment for Y-term courses only (Registrar's Office only). |
| September 16 | PEY Co-op Program: Career Portal with 2025-2026 job postings opens to qualified students seeking 12-16 month work terms. Interviews, job offers and acceptances begin shortly after. |
| September 29 | Last day students can apply to re-enrol for the 2026 Winter Term. |
| October 13 | Thanksgiving Day: University closed. |
| October 27 | PEY Co-op Program: Career Portal with Summer 2026 job postings opens to qualified students seeking Summer Co-op Work Terms. Interviews, job offers and acceptances begin shortly after. |
| October 27 - October 31 | Fall Study Break. No Engineering classes. No A&S classes. |
| October 27 - November 2 | Study Break: In Engineering courses, no assessments may be scheduled nor assignments made due between Monday and the following Sunday of the study break week, inclusive of those dates. This does not prevent the Faculty from scheduling deferred exams during the break. Accommodations made by an instructor to an individual student as the result of a term-work petition or from accessibility services are also allowed during these days. |
| October 31 | Examination timetable for F-term courses posted. |
| November 11 | Deadline to designate an F-term course as "Extra." Last day students can apply to transfer to part-time studies.* Last day students can withdraw from the Fall Term without academic penalty.* Last day students can drop F-term engineering courses without academic penalty.* Last day students can drop F-term Arts & Science courses without academic penalty.* |
| November | Fall Convocation ceremony for the conferring of the Bachelor of Applied Science & Engineering Science degrees. Visit convocation.utoronto.ca for more details. |
| December 1 | Last day of regular Arts & Science classes. |
| December 3 | Last day of lectures in the F-term; all term work should be submitted by this date. Deadline to submit a late withdrawal without supporting documentation for the F-Term. |
| December 4 | Makeup Monday.** Study Break for U of T Engineering F-term courses. |
| December 5 to December 19 | Final exams for F-term U of T Engineering courses. (The Faculty may hold exams on Saturdays, Sundays and evenings during this period).
|
| December 24, 2025 - January 2, 2026 | Winter break: University closed. |
| January 10, 2026 | Emergency Winter Exam Date. The Faculty will use this date for any cancelled December Exams. |
*Refund Dates: The last date to cancel a course or cancel your registration in a session with no academic penalty may not always coincide with the last date that you are eligible for a refund. Review the refund schedules for applicable dates and deadlines: studentaccount.utoronto.ca.
**Makeup Monday is on December 4th and will be scheduled the same as a regular Monday; thus, instructors can use this day to make up for the missing Monday of Thanksgiving Day. Use of Makeup Monday in courses is optional. If it is not used, December 4, 2025, will be a study day.
***Students with exam conflicts or religious observances at the end of the exam period may have their exam rescheduled on Monday, December 22, as an accommodation.
2026 Winter Term (S)
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| January 5 | U of T Engineering and Arts & Science S-term courses begin and Y-term courses resume. |
| January 12 | Last day students can transfer out of Engineering Science (first-year students) to Track One or a Core 8 engineering program. |
| January 12 | Lectures begin for T-Program courses. |
| January 14 | Last day students can waitlist S-term courses. |
| January 18 | Last day students can add or substitute S-term courses. Deadline to change an "Extra" S-term course to a for credit course. PEY Co-op Program: Last day to enrol in the PEY Co-op Program for students in Year 2. |
| February 16 | Last day students can drop Y-term courses without academic penalty.* Note: a student taking a Y-term course will not be allowed to drop this course in the Winter Term if a recalculation of their Fall Term load shows that dropping the course will reduce the F-term course load to fewer than 2.5 credits. Deadline to change a for credit Y-term course to an "Extra" course. |
| February 16 | Family Day Holiday: University closed. |
| February 16 to February 20 | Winter Study Break. No U of T Engineering classes. No Arts & Science classes. Reserved for special deferred exams from the December 2025 examination period. |
| February 16 - February 22 | Study Break: In Engineering courses, no assessments may be scheduled nor assignments made due between Monday and the following Sunday of the study break week, inclusive of those dates. This does not prevent the Faculty from scheduling deferred exams during the break. Accommodations made by an instructor to an individual student as the result of a term-work petition or from accessibility services are also allowed during these days. |
| February 27 | Examination timetable for S-term and Y-term courses posted (tentative). |
| March 16 | Last day students can drop S-term courses without academic penalty, including S-term courses taken in Arts & Science.* Last day students can transfer to part-time studies.* Last day students can withdraw from the S-term without academic penalty.* Deadline to change a for credit S-term course to an "Extra" course. Last day students can apply to re-enrol for the 2026 Fall Term.* |
| April 3 | Good Friday Holiday: University closed. |
| April 6 | End of classes for Arts & Science S-term and Y-term courses. |
| April 7 | Last day of U of T Engineering lectures in S-term and Y-term courses; all term work should be submitted by this date. Deadline to submit a late withdrawal without supporting documentation for the S-Term. |
| April 8 | ** Makeup Friday. Study day. Exam Jam. |
| April 9 to April 30 | Exams for S-term and Y-term U of T Engineering courses. Exams for S-term and Y-term Arts & Science courses. Note: Exams for courses offered by other faculties may be held outside of this period. |
| May 2 | Winter emergency exam day. |
| May 15 | Application deadline for transfers between engineering programs. |
| June 8 | PEY Co-op Program: Last day to declare a Summer Co-op Work term. |
*Refund Dates: The last date to cancel a course or cancel your registration in a session with no academic penalty may not always coincide with the last date that you are eligible for a refund. Review the refund schedules for applicable dates and deadlines: studentaccount.utoronto.ca.
**Makeup Friday is on April 8th and will be scheduled the same as a regular Friday; thus, instructors can use this day to make up for classes missed due to Good Friday. Use of the Makeup day in courses is optional. If it is not used, April 8 will be a study day.
Graduate Student Courses
Engineering graduate students should refer to SGS Sessional Dates.
Arts & Science Courses
For Arts & Science courses offered at the St. George Campus, the Academic Dates & Deadlines are available at artsci.utoronto.ca/current/dates-deadlines/academic-dates.