The Academic and Administrative Calendar listings below highlight primary dates on the GTU academic calendar. For a more comprehensive list of deadlines and dates for each academic year, download the extended calendar linked at the bottom of the page.
ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE CALENDAR 2019 - 2020
FALL SEMESTER, 2019
August 19 – August 30 General Registration Fall Semester 2019
August 22 Orientation for International Students
August 23 Orientation for GTU MA Students
August 26-27 Orientation for GTU PhD Students
August 26-30 Orientation Week at most GTU Member Schools. (See school sites for details)
September 2 Labor Day: Administrative holiday / Library closed
September 3 Instruction begins for Fall Semester 2019
September 1 – 13 Late Registration Fall Semester 2019
October 21 – 25 Reading Week
November 4 - 15 Early Registration for Intersession 2020 & Spring Semester 2020
November 28, 29 Thanksgiving: Academic and Administrative holiday / Library closed
December 13 Fall Semester 2019 ends
December 25 Christmas: Administrative holiday / Library closed
December 25 – January 1 GTU Administrative holiday / Library closed
January 1 New Year's: Administrative holiday / Library closed
INTER-SESSION, 2020
Jan 6 – Jan 31 Inter-session 2020 (General Registration prior to first day of the course)
January 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Academic and Administrative holiday / Library closed
SPRING SEMESTER, 2020
January 20– January 31 General Registration for Spring Semester 2020
February 3 Instruction begins for Spring Semester 2020
February 1 –14 Late Registration Spring Semester 2020
February 17 Presidents’ Day: Academic and Administrative holiday / Library closed
March 23 – 27 Spring break
April 10 Good Friday: Academic and Administrative holiday / Library closed
April 11-12 Easter: Library closed
April 6 – 17 Early Registration for Fall Semester 2020
May 22 Spring Semester 2020 ends
May 25 Memorial Day: Administrative holiday / Library closed
July 4 Independence Day Observed: Administrative holiday / Library closed
The GTU extended calendar features a full listing of all breaks and holidays, academic deadlines, major consortial meetings (Boards, Presidents, Deans, Doctoral Council, CDF...), special events (commencements, convocations, PSR Earl Lectures, PLTS Founders Day...), and almost every other date you might want to know, both for the consortium and the individual schools. You find links to that document and other calendar resources below.