Sessional Dates

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Academic Year 2023-2024 Sessional Dates

The dates below are for undergrad engineering students and courses pending approval by Faculty Council.

2023 Summer Session

Date	Activity
April 6	First day students can enrol in engineering elective courses in ACORN (6 a.m. EDT).
April 11	First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in Arts & Science courses in ACORN (6 a.m. EDT).
April 26	Last day students can pay or defer fees.
May 8	F and Y session U of T Engineering classes begin.
May 10	Courses removed for non-registered students.
May 11	Last day students can waitlist F-term engineering minor courses.
May 14	Last day students can enrol in F/Y engineering elective courses on ACORN. Last day students can enrol in first-year T-Program courses.
May 22	Victoria Day: University closed.
May	PEY Co-op Program: 2023 Summer work terms begin (duration 3 to 4 months). PEY Co-op Program: 2023-2024 Professional Experience Year (PEY) work terms begin between May and September (duration 12 to 16 months).
June 5	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 19	F-session U of T Engineering classes end. Y-session engineering elective courses course break.
June 20	F-session course study break for U of T Engineering courses.
June 21 to June 27	Final exams for first-year U of T Engineering courses.
June 30	Presidential Day: University closed.
July 3	Canada Day: University closed.
July 4	S classes start / Y courses resume.
July 7	Last day students can waitlist S-term engineering elective courses.
July 10	Deadline to enrol in S-term courses in ACORN.
July 18	Last day students can drop Y-term courses without academic penalty*.
August 1	Last day students can drop S-term courses without academic penalty*.
August 7	Civic Holiday: University closed.
August 15	S- and Y-term U of T Engineering classes end.
August 16	S- and Y- term course study break for U of T Engineering courses.
August 17 to August 25	Final exams for S and Y term U of T Engineering courses.
August	PEY Co-op Program: Recruitment cycle closes for 2023-2024 Professional Experience (PEY) work terms (duration 12 to 16 months). Engineering Career Centre will inform participants of date.

2023 Fall Term (F)

Date	Activity
July 13	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).
August 2	First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in all Arts & Science (A&S) courses on ACORN (6:00 a.m. EDT).
July 27 August 1 August 3	No Arts & Science course enrolment.
August 17	Last day to pay or defer fees.
August 31	Courses removed for non-registered students.
September 4	Labour Day: University closed. Orientation programs for first-year students begin.
September 7	U of T Engineering lectures in F- and Y-term courses begin. Arts & Science lectures in F- and Y-term courses begin.
September 15	Last day waitlists are operational for F- 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 20	Deadline to designate a Fall Term (F) or Y "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- or Y-term courses on ACORN.
September 21 to September 27	Late enrolment for Y-term courses only (Registrar's Office only).
September 29	Last day students can apply to re-enrol for the 2023 Winter Term.
September	PEY Co-op Program: Career Portal with 2024-2025 job postings opens to qualified students. Interviews, job offers and acceptances begin shortly after. Engineering Career Centre will inform participants of dates.
October 9	Thanksgiving Day: University closed.
October 31	Examination timetable for F-term courses posted (tentative).
November 6	Deadline to designate a Fall 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 6 to November 10	Engineering Fall Study Break. No Fall Term Engineering courses offered. A&S Fall Reading Week. No Fall Term A&S courses offered.
November	Fall Convocation ceremony for the conferring of the Bachelor of Applied Science & Engineering Science degrees. Visit www.convocation.utoronto.ca for more details.
December 6	Last day of lectures in the F-term; all term work should be submitted by this date. Last day of A&S classes.
December 7	Fall study day. Makeup Monday.**
December 8 to December 20	F-term U of T Engineering exams (the Faculty will hold exams on Saturdays, Sundays and evenings during this period). Exams for courses offered by other Faculties may be held during other periods.
December 9 to December 20	F-term A & S exams and Y-term A & S midterms.
December 21	Winter break: University closed.
January 13, 2024	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 the day before final exams start this year 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 8, 2022, will be a study day.

2024 Winter Term (S)**

Date	Activity
January 8	Lectures begin in S-term courses and resume in Y-term courses for A&S. Lectures begin in U of T Engineering S-term courses and resume in Y courses.
January 15	Last day students can transfer out of Engineering Science (first-year students) to Track One or a Core 8 engineering program.
January 15	Lectures begin for T-program courses.
January 16	Last day students can waitlist S-term courses.
January 21	Last day students can add or substitute S-term courses. PEY Co-op Program: Last day second-year students can enrol. Deadline to change an Extra S-term course to a for credit course.
February 19	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 course to an Extra course.
February 19	Family Day holiday: University closed.
February 19 to February 23	Reading Week: No lectures, tutorials or practicals.
February 28	Examination timetable for S- and Y-term courses posted (tentative).
March 11	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 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 2024 Fall Term.*
March 29	Good Friday holiday: University closed.
April 5	End of classes for Arts & Science S- and Y-term courses.
April 10 to April 30	S- and Y-term exam period for A&S courses.
April 12	Last day of U of T Engineering lectures in S- and Y-term courses; all term work should be submitted by this date.
April 15	Winter study day. Exam Jam.
April 16 to April 30	S- and Y- term exams. Note: Exams for courses offered by other faculties may be held outside of this period.
April	PEY Co-op Program: Recruitment cycle closes for 2024 Summer work terms. Engineering Career Centre will inform participants of date.
May 1	Winter emergency exam day.
May 15	Application deadline for transfers between engineering programs.

** Sessional dates pending approval by Faculty Council

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 www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/dates-deadlines/academic-dates.

Academic Year 2022-2023 Sessional Dates

Engineering graduate students should refer to SGS Sessional Dates. The dates below are for undergrad engineering students and courses.

Summer Session 2022

Date	Activity
April 5	First day students can enrol in engineering elective courses in ACORN (6 a.m. EDT).
April 12	First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in Arts & Science courses in ACORN (6 a.m. EDT).
April 21	Last day students can pay or defer fees.
May 5	F and Y session U of T Engineering classes begin.
May 9	Courses removed for non-registered students.
May 12	Last day students can waitlist F-term engineering minor courses.
May 15	Last day students can enrol in F/Y engineering elective courses on ACORN. Last day students can enrol in first-year T-Program courses.
May 23	Victoria Day: University closed.
June 6	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 21	F-session U of T Engineering classes end. Y-session engineering elective courses course break.
June 22	F-session course study break for U of T Engineering courses.
June 23 to June 29	Final exams for first-year U of T Engineering courses.
June 30	Presidential Day: University closed.
July 1	Canada Day: University closed.
July 4	S classes start / Y courses resume.
July 6	Last day students can waitlist S-term engineering elective courses.
July 10	Deadline to enrol in S-term courses in ACORN.
July 18	Last day students can drop Y-term courses without academic penalty*.
August 1	Civic Holiday: University closed. Last day students can drop S-term courses without academic penalty*.
August 17	S- and Y-term U of T Engineering classes end.
August 18	S- and Y- term course study break for U of T Engineering courses.
August 19 to August 24	Final exams for S and Y term U of T Engineering courses.

St. George Arts & Science Courses

For Arts & Science Academic Dates & Deadlines, please visit www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/dates-deadlines/academic-dates .

2022 Fall Term (F)

Date	Activity
July 13	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).
August 3	First day U of T Engineering students can enrol in all Arts & Science (A&S) courses on ACORN (6:00 a.m. EDT).
July 28 August 2 August 4	No Arts & Science course enrolment.
August 18	Last day to pay or defer fees.
September 1	Courses removed for non-registered students.
September 5	Labour Day: University closed. Orientation programs for first-year students begin.
September 8	U of T Engineering lectures in F- and Y-term courses begin. Arts & Science lectures in F- and Y-term courses begin.
September 16	Last day waitlists are operational for F- 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) or Y "Extra" course as a credit course.
September 21	Last day U of T Engineering students can enrol in A&S courses with reserved seating. Last day students can add or substitute F- or Y-term courses on ACORN.
September 22 to September 28	Late enrolment for Y-term courses only (Registrar's Office only).
September 30	Last day students can apply to re-enrol for the 2023 Winter Term.
October 10	Thanksgiving Day: University closed.
October 31	Examination timetable for F-term courses posted (tentative).
November 16	Deadline to designate a Fall Term course as "Extra".
November 16	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 7 to November 11	Engineering Fall Study Break. No Fall Term Engineering courses offered. A&S Fall Reading Week. No Fall Term A&S courses offered.
November	Fall Convocation ceremony for the conferring of the Bachelor of Applied Science & Engineering Science degrees. Visit www.convocation.utoronto.ca for more details.
December 7	Last day of lectures in the F-term; all term work should be submitted by this date. Last day of A&S classes.
December 8	Fall study day.
December 8	Makeup Monday.**
December 9 to December 20	F-term U of T Engineering exams (the Faculty will hold exams on Saturdays, Sundays and evenings during this period). Exams for courses offered by other Faculties may be held during other periods.
December 10 to December 20	F-term A & S exams and Y-term A & S midterms.
December 21 to December 30	Winter break: University closed.
January 7	Emergency Winter Exam Date. The Faculty will use this date for any cancelled December Exams.

2023 Winter Term (S)

Date	Activity
January 9	Lectures begin in S-term courses and resume in Y-term courses for A&S. Lectures begin in U of T Engineering S-term courses and resume in Y courses.
January 16	Last day students can transfer out of Engineering Science (first-year students) to Track One or a Core 8 engineering program.
January 16	Lectures begin for T-program courses.
January 19	Last day students can waitlist S-term courses.
January 22	Last day students can add or substitute S-term courses.
January 22	Deadline to change an Extra S-term course to a for credit course.
February 20	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.
February 20	Deadline to change a for credit Y course to an Extra course.
February 20	Family Day holiday: University closed.
February 20 to February 24	Reading Week: No lectures, tutorials or practicals.
March 1	Examination timetable for S- and Y-term courses posted (tentative).
March 19	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 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 2023 Fall Term.*
April 6	End of classes for Arts & Science S- and Y-term courses.
April 7	Good Friday holiday: University closed.
April 12 to April 28	S- and Y-term exam period for A&S courses.
April 14	Last day of U of T Engineering lectures in S- and Y-term courses; all term work should be submitted by this date.
April 17	Winter study day. Exam Jam.
April 18 to April 30	S- and Y- term exams. 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.

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