2023 Fall Semester : 2024 Spring Semester : 2024 Summer Session

Some dates are tentative and subject to change. Please visit manoa.hawaii.edu/registrar/academic-calendar/ for up to date information.

2023 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 July 1 for the following fall semester.

August 18 (F) Holiday: Statehood Day
August 21 (M) First day of instruction
August 29 (Tu) *Last day to register/add courses/change grading option
September 1 (Th) **Spring admission application priority deadline for undergraduate students; final deadline for second bachelor’s degree students and international undergraduate students
September 4 (M) Holiday: Labor Day (non-instructional day)
September 8 (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 12 (Tu) *Last day to drop courses (without a “w” grade)
October 1 (Su) **Spring admission application final deadline for undergraduate students
Last day for returning classified graduate students to file for spring readmission
October 30 (M) Final deadline to drop courses (with a “w” grade)
November 1 (W) 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 3  (F) Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division
November 10 (F) Holiday observed: Veterans’ Day (non-instructional day)
November 22 (W) Last day for examinations before finals
November 23 (Th) Holiday: Thanksgiving Day (non-instructional day)
November 24 (F) Non-Instructional Day
December 7 (Th) Last day of instruction
December 8-9 (F-Sa) Study days
December 11-15 (M-F) Final examinations
December 15 (F) semester ends
December 16 (Sa) Commencement
December 25 (M) Holiday: Christmas Day
December 31 (Su) Spring admission application deadline for post-baccalaureate unclassified students

2024 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. Graduate Division begins processing applications around May 1 for the following spring semester.

February 2 (F)Last day for classified graduate students to file application for graduation for spring

January 1 (M) Holiday: New Year’s Day
January 5 (F) **Fall admission application priority deadline for undergraduate students; final deadline for second bachelor’s degree students and international undergraduate students
January 8 (M) First day of instruction
January 15 (M) Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (non-instructional day)
January 16 (Tu) *Last day to register/add courses/change grade option
January 26 (F) Last day for undergraduates to file application for graduation for spring
January 31 (W) *Last day to drop courses (without a “w” grade)
February 19 (M) Holiday: Presidents’ Day (non-instructional day)
March 1 (W) **Fall admission application final deadline for undergraduate students
Last day for returning classified graduates to file for summer readmission
March 18-22 (M-F) Spring recess
March 22 (F) *Final deadline to drop courses (with a “w” grade)
March 26 (Tu) Holiday: Kūhiō Day (non-instructional day)
March 29 (F) Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division
Holiday: Good Friday (non-instructional day)
April 1 (M) 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.
April 17 (W) Last day for examinations before finals
May 1 (W) Last day of instruction
May 2-3 (Th-F) Study day
May 6-10 (M-F) Final examinations
May 10 (F) Semester ends
May 11 (Sa) Commencement

2024 Summer Session

Visit manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate for deadline information as graduate admission deadlines vary by program. Graduate Division begins processing applications around July 1 for the following fall semester

May 20 (M) First day of instruction (first session)
May 24 (F) Last day for undergraduates to file application for graduation for summer
May 27 (M) Holiday: Memorial Day (non-instructional day)
June 7 (F) Last day for classified graduate students to file application for graduation for summer
June 11 (T) Holiday: Kamehameha Day (non-instructional day)
June 28 (F) First session ends
July 1 (M) First day of instruction (second session)
July 4 (Th) Holiday: Independence Day (non-instructional day)
July5 (F) Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division
Aug 9 (F) Second session ends
Fall admission application deadline for post-baccalaureate unclassified students