CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Office of the Registrar 125-87
Academic Calendar 2015-16
2015
September 16-18
September 20
September 20-27
September 21
September 21-25
September 24
September 25
September 28
October 16
October 28November 3
November 9
November 18
November 19December 4
November 26-27
December 4
December 5-8
December 9*-11
December 11
December 12January 4
December 16
FALL TERM 2015
International Student Orientation
New Student Check-In for Undergraduates
New Student Orientation for Undergraduates
New Student Check-In for Graduates
New Student Orientation for Graduates
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee - 1:00 p.m.
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Appeals - 1:00 p.m.
Beginning of instruction - 8:00 a.m.
Last day for adding courses and removing conditions and incompletes
Midterm examination period
Midterm deficiency notices due - 9:00 a.m.
Last day for dropping courses, exercising pass/fail option, and changing sections
Registration for winter term 2015-16
Thanksgiving (Institute holiday)
Last day of classes
Last day to register for winter term 2015-16 without a $50 late fee
Study period
Final examinations, fall term 2015-16
End of fall term 2015-16
Winter recess
Instructors' final grade reports due - 9:00 a.m.
*First due date for final examinations
2016
January 4
January 5
January 18
January 22
February 3-9
February 15
February 16
February 24
February 25 –
March 9
March 9
March 10-13
March 14*-16
March 16
March 17-27
March 21
WINTER TERM 2016
Beginning of instruction - 8:00 a.m.
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee - 9:00 a.m.
Martin Luther King Day (Institute holiday)
Last day for adding courses and removing conditions and incompletes
Midterm examination period
President’s Day (Institute holiday)
Midterm deficiency notices due - 9:00 a.m.
Last day for dropping courses, exercising pass/fail option, and changing sections
Registration for spring term 2015-16
Last day of classes
Last day to register for spring term 2015-16 without a $50 late fee
Study period
Final examinations, winter term 2015-16
End of winter term 2015-16
Spring recess
Instructors' final grade reports due - 9:00 a.m.
*First due date for final examinations
2016
March 28
March 29
April 15
April 27May 3
May 9
May 13
May 18
May 19June 3
May 27
May 28-31
May 30
June 1*-3
June 3
June 4-7
June 6
June 8
June 8*-10
June 10
June 15
June 22
SPRING TERM 2016
Beginning of instruction - 8:00 a.m.
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee - 9:00 a.m.
Last day for adding courses and removing conditions and incompletes
Midterm examination period
Midterm deficiency notices due - 9:00 a.m.
Last day for seniors to remove conditions and incompletes
Last day for admission to candidacy for the degrees of Master of Science and Engineer and for
scheduling an examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Last day for dropping courses, exercising pass/fail option, and changing sections
Registration for fall term 2016-17, and registration for summer research
Last day of classes - seniors and graduate students
Last day for presenting theses for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer
Study period for seniors and graduate students
Memorial Day (Institute holiday)
Final examinations for seniors and graduate students, third term 2015-16
Last day of classes - undergraduates
Last day to register for fall term 2016-17 without a $50 late fee
Study period for undergraduates
Instructors' final grade reports due for seniors and graduate students - 9:00 a.m.
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee - 9:00 a.m.
Curriculum Committee - 10:00 a.m.
Faculty meeting - 2:00 p.m.
Final examinations for undergraduates, spring term 2015-16
Commencement - 10:00 a.m.
End of third term 2015-16
Instructors' final grade reports for undergraduates due - 9:00 a.m.
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee - 9:00 a.m.
*First due date for final examinations
2016
June 13
August 5
September 2
2016
September 14-16
September 18
September 18-25
September 19
September 19-23
September 22
September 23
September 26
Created: 11-21-12
Modified: 3-16-15
Modified: 4-22-15
Modified: 5-16-16
SUMMER TERM 2015-2016
Summer Term begins
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee – 9:00 a.m.
End of SU 2015-16 term
FALL TERM 2016-2017
International Student Orientation
New Student Check-In for Undergraduates
New Student Orientation for Undergraduates
New Student Check-In for Graduates
New Student Orientation for Graduates
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee – 1:00 p.m.
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Appeals– 1:00 p.m.
Beginning of instruction - 8:00 a.m.