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Important Dates

Master's Degree Information Sessions

Application Deadlines

  • Fall quarter: July 25, 2008
    (Emergency Management Threat Assessment: August 22, 2008)
  • Winter quarter: November 7, 2008
  • Spring quarter: January 30, 2009
  • Summer quarter: April 24, 2009
  • Fall quarter (2009): July 24, 2009

Many evening graduate programs at Northwestern allow students to apply for admission and begin study during the fall, winter, spring or summer academic quarters. For information about previous academic year calendars please click here.

Term Start Dates

Academic Calendar 2008-2009

September 2008
1 Monday Labor Day: legal holiday
9 Tuesday Deadline for submitting 590/499 registration forms (PDF Format) for Fall Quarter to SCS Graduate Office
Fall Quarter 2008
23 Tuesday Fall Quarter classes begin.

Change of registration (drop/add) period begins 9 a.m.
29 Monday End of change of registration period. Last day to add or drop a course for Fall Quarter; no full tuition refunds for changed registrations after this date.
October 2008
31 Friday Last day to drop a course for Fall Quarter; no tuition adjustments for changes in registration after September 29.
November 2008
7 Friday Application for a Degree due to The Graduate School or SCS to receive a degree in December 2008.

Application for Admission/Readmission for Winter Quarter 2008 quarter due.
17 Monday Advance registration for Winter Quarter begins
26 Wednesday
(evening)
Thanksgiving: legal holiday - no classes
27, 28, 29 Thursday, Friday, Saturday
(all day)
December 2008
1 Monday Classes resume
6 Saturday Last day of Fall Quarter
12 Friday Master's Candidate Certification Form and all change of grade forms due for December master's degrees
15 Monday Fall Quarter Grades due by 3pm (instructors)
22 Monday Deadline for submitting 590/499 Intent to Register forms (PDF Format) for Winter Quarter 2008 to SCS Graduate Office
30 Tuesday December 2008 degrees awarded
Winter Quarter 2009
January 2009
5 Monday

Winter Quarter classes begin

Change of registration (drop/add) period begins 9 a.m.

9 Friday

End of change of registration period. Last day to add or drop a course for Winter Quarter; no full tuition refunds for changed registrations after this date

19 Monday Martin Luther King Day observance, no classes; instructors schedule make-up meetings or assignments
30 Friday

Application for Admission/Readmission for Spring Quarter 2008 due.

February 2009
13 Friday Last day to drop a course for Winter Quarter; no tuition adjustments for changes in registration after January 9.
23 Monday Advance registration for Spring Quarter begins
March 2009
14 Saturday Last day of Winter Quarter

Deadline for submitting 590/499 registration forms (PDF Format) for Spring Quarter to SCS Graduate Office
23 Monday Winter Quarter Grades due by 3pm (instructors)
Spring Quarter 2009
30 Monday

Spring Quarter classes begin

Change of registration (drop/add) period begins 9 a.m.

April 2009
3 Friday End of change of registration period. Last day to add or drop a course for Spring Quarter; no full tuition refunds for changed registrations after this date.

Application for a Degree due to The Graduate School or SCS to receive a degree in June 2009
13 Monday Advance registration for Summer Quarter begins for all current students
24 Friday Application for Admission/Readmission for Summer Quarter due
May 2009
8 Friday Last day to drop a course for Spring Quarter; no tuition adjustments for changes in registration after April 3
15 Friday Master's Degree Candidate Certification form and all Change of Grade forms due to The Graduate School or SCS for June master's degree
18 Monday

Advance registration for Fall Quarter 2009 begins

25 Monday Memorial Day: Legal holiday - no classes.
June 2009
8 Monday

Last day of Spring Quarter

Deadline for submitting 590/499 registration forms (PDF Format) for Summer Session to SCS Graduate Office

15 Monday Spring Quarter Grades due by 3pm (instructors)
19 Friday One Hundred Fifty-First Annual Commencement; general ceremony for all NU graduates (See Northwestern University commencement webpage for further information.)
20 Saturday School of Continuing Studies Convocation and MA, MFA and MS Hooding Ceremony (See School of Continuing Studies commencement webpage for further information.)
Summer Quarter 2009
22 Monday Summer Quarter classes begin
26 Friday Last day to add or drop a course for Summer Quarter; no full tuition refunds for changed registrations after this date.
July 2009
3 and 4 Friday and Saturday Independence Day; no classes
24 Friday Application for Admission/Readmission for Fall Quarter due
August 2009
29 Saturday Last day of nine-week Summer Quarter classes