Spring 2025 academic calendar

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This message reminds all teaching faculty that the academic calendars for Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences courses differ.

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To: Instructors of spring 2025 courses
Cc: FAS Dean's Office; Yale College Dean's Office; GSAS Dean's Office; SEAS Dean's Office; FAS and SEAS academic unit lead administrators, operations managers, and chair's assistants

Dear colleagues,

As you finalize your syllabi for spring 2025, we write to remind you of a difference between the academic calendars for Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Yale College courses end one week prior to Graduate School courses and are followed by a reading period before the start of final examinations. Graduate School courses continue to meet during reading period.

In the spring 2025 semester, classes end on the following dates:

  • April 25, 2025: Yale College classes end, reading period begins for undergraduate students.
  • May 1, 2025: Graduate School classes end, final examinations begin for both Yale College and Graduate School classes.

The full academic calendars for Yale College and the Graduate School are available online.

We thank you for your attention to this difference.

Warm regards,

Jeff, Lynn, Tamar, and Pericles

Jeffrey Brock
Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science

Lynn Cooley
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Tamar Szabó Gendler
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Pericles Lewis
Dean, Yale College

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