Fall Term 2025 (September To December)

Students who complete all degree requirements by September 28, 2025 will not be required to pay the term’s fees. Students are still required to register for the term by the registration deadline of September 10. A defence date should be scheduled to allow adequate time for edits/revisions. Students who complete their degree requirements after September 28 will be required to pay fees for the term. Any subsequent refund will be based on the date of degree completion.

Date	Day	Description
July 8	Tuesday	Graduate program registration opens for Fall 2025 term, Winter 2026 term and Spring 2026 term Course registration opens for Fall 2025 term for all graduate students Course registration opens for Winter 2026 term for all graduate students except those in Master of Management (M.MGT) and Applied Modelling & Quantitative Methods (AMOD) graduate degree programs
Aug. 4	Monday	University closed: Civic Holiday
Sept. 1	Monday	Fall 2025 term begins University closed: Labour Day
Sept. 4	Thursday	Classes begin
Sept. 10	Wednesday	Final date for program and course registration for Fall 2025 term
Sept. 18	Thursday	Final date for students to notify the School of Graduate Studies of their wish to observe their cultural or religious holidays during scheduled examination periods
Sept. 28	Sunday	Fee Payment deadline for Fall 2025 term Final date to withdraw from Fall 2025 term courses without financial penalty Final date for change of status requests for Fall 2025 term
Oct. 13	Monday	University closed: Thanksgiving Day
Oct. 17	Friday	Last day of classes prior to break
Oct. 21	Monday	Residential Reading and Laboratory Week begins
Oct. 27	Monday	Classes resume
Nov. 4	Tuesday	Final date to withdraw from Fall 2025 term half courses. After this date students remain registered in Fall 2025 term courses and receive final grades
Nov. 7	Friday	Course registration opens for Winter 2026 term for graduate students in Master of Management (M.MGT) and Applied Modelling & Quantitative Methods (AMOD) graduate degree programs
Dec. 3	Wednesday	Last day of classes
Dec. 5	Friday	Scheduled mid-term test and Fall 2025 term half-course final examination period begins (Peterborough and Durham)
Dec. 19	Friday	Mid-term test and Fall 2025 term half-course final examination period ends, 10:30 pm
Dec. 24	Wednesday	Winter Vacation and Reading period begins (check department websites for service hours)
Dec. 24 – Jan. 2		University closed: Winter holiday

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