2020 Fall Semester : 2021 Spring Semester : 2021 Summer Session
Check the online Calendar for the most updated version.
2020 Fall Semester
*Orientation/academic advising/registration for continuing, new, and unclassified students
Visit manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate for deadline information as graduate admission deadlines vary by program. The Graduate Division begins processing applications around August 1 for the following fall semester.
| August 21 (F) | Holiday: Statehood Day |
| August 24 (M) | First day of instruction |
| September 1 (Tu) | **Spring admission application priority deadline for undergraduate students; final deadline for second bachelor’s degree students and international undergraduate students
*Last day to register/add courses/change grading option |
| September 7 (M) | Holiday: Labor Day (non-instructional day) |
| September 11 (F) | Last day for undergraduates to file application for graduation for fall Last day for classified graduate students to file application for graduation for fall |
| September 15 (Tu) | *Last day to drop courses |
| October 1 (Tu) | **Spring admission application final deadline for undergraduate students Last day for returning classified graduate students to file for spring readmission |
| November 1 (Su) | Last day for instructors to submit “I” removal grades for spring and summer to the Office of the Registrar Last day to apply for credit by examination for fall semester |
| November 2 (M) | *Last day for restricted withdrawals |
| November 3 (Tu) | Holiday: Election Day (non-instructional day) |
| November 6 (F) | Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division |
| November 11 (W) | Holiday observed: Veterans’ Day (non-instructional day) |
| November 25(W) | Last day for examinations before finals |
| November 26 (Th) | Holiday: Thanksgiving Day (non-instructional day) |
| November 27 (F) | Non-Instructional Day |
| December 10 (Th) | Last day of instruction |
| December 11-12 (F-Sa) | Study days |
| December 14-18 (M-F) | Final examinations |
| December 19(Sa) | Commencement; semester ends |
| December 25 (F) | Holiday: Christmas Day |
| December 31 (Th) | Spring admission application deadline for post-baccalaureate unclassified students |
2021 Spring Semester
*Orientation/academic advising/registration for continuing, new, and unclassified students
Visit manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate for deadline information as graduate admission deadlines vary by program. The Graduate Division begins processing applications around May 1 for the following spring semester.
| January 1 (F) | Holiday: New Year’s Day |
| January 5 (Tu) | **Fall admission application priority deadline for undergraduate students; final deadline for second bachelor’s degree students and international undergraduate students |
| January 11 (M) | First day of instruction |
| January 18 (M) | Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (non-instructional day) |
| January 19 (Tu) | *Last day to register/add courses/change grade option |
| January 29 (F) | Last day for undergraduates to file application for graduation for spring Last day for classified graduate students to file application for graduation for spring Last day to file application for graduation for summer for spring commencement exercise on May 15, 2021. |
| February 3 (W) | *Last day to drop courses |
| February 15 (M) | Holiday: Presidents’ Day (non-instructional day) |
| March 1 (M) | **Fall admission application final deadline for undergraduate students Last day for returning classified graduates to file for summer readmission |
| March 15-19 (M-F) | Spring recess |
| March 25 (Th) | *Last day for restricted withdrawals |
| March 26 (F) | Holiday: Kuhio Day (non-instructional day) |
| April 1 (Th) | Last day for instructors to submit “I” removal grades for fall to the Office of the Registrar. Last day to apply for credit by examination for spring semester. Last day for returning classified graduate students to file for fall readmission |
| April 2 (F) | Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division Holiday: Good Friday (non-instructional day) |
| April 22 (Th) | Last day for examinations before finals |
| May 5 (W) | Last day of instruction (updated 7/13/2020) |
| May 6-7 (Th-F) | Study day (updated 7/13/2020) |
| May 10-14 (M-F) | Final examinations |
| May 15 (Sa) | Commencement; semester ends |
2021 Summer Session
| May 24 (M) | First day of instruction (first session) |
| May 28 (F) | Last day for undergraduates to file application for graduation for summer Last day for classified graduate students to file application for graduation for summer Last day to file application for graduation for summer for fall commencement exercise on December 18, 2021. |
| May 31 (M) | Holiday: Memorial Day (non-instructional day) |
| June 11 (F) | Holiday: Kamehameha Day (non-instructional day) |
| July 2 (F) | First session ends |
| July 5(M) | Holiday: Independence Day (non-instructional day) |
| July 6 (Tu) | First day of instruction (second session) |
| July 9 (F) | Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division |
| July 31 (Sa) | Fall admission application deadline for post-baccalaureate unclassified students |
| August 13 (F) | Second session ends |