Key Dates
Spring 2024
| Monday, April 22 | Last day of classes |
| Tuesday, April 23 – Thursday, May 2 | Exams and reading period |
| Friday, May 10 | Commencement |
| Monday, May 20 – Friday, May 24 | Comprehensive examinations – MS/PhD Series 1 |
| Tuesday, May 21 – Friday, May 31 | Comprehensive examinations – PhD Series 2 |
| Friday, June 14 | Examination summary/results session |
Summer 2024
| Monday, June 3 – Friday, July 12 | YES open for (1) Graduate Intent for Summer graduation and (2) Graduate Confirmation Form (Commencement) for Summer graduates |
| Sunday, June 16 – Wednesday, June 19 | ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium (Nashville) |
| Tuesday, July 16 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Summer term graduates |
| Saturday, August 3 – Thursday, August 8 | JSM 2024 (Portland, OR) |
| Friday, August 9 | Summer graduation |
Fall 2024
| Fall registration is open | |
| Wednesday, July 17 | Fall 2024 open enrollment begins (closes August 30) |
| Monday, August 19 | Convocation for new Graduate School students |
| Wednesday, August 21 | First day of classes |
| Friday, August 30 | Fall 2024 open enrollment ends |
| Monday, September 16 | Fall graduation forms (Intent for Fall graduation and Graduation/Commencement Confirmation) open in YES (forms close November 3) |
| Thursday, October 10 – Friday, October 11 | Fall Break |
| Friday, October 25 | Last day to withdraw with academic penalty |
| Wednesday, October 30 | Spring registration opens |
| Sunday, November 3 | Last day to submit Fall graduation forms in YES |
| Monday, November 18 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Fall graduation |
| Saturday, November 23 – Sunday, December 1 | Thanksgiving break |
| Monday, December 2 | Spring open enrollment begins |
| Thursday, December 5 | Last day of classes |
| Friday, December 6 – Saturday, December 14 | Exam and reading period |
| Saturday, December 14 | Graduation day for December graduates |
Spring 2025
| Wednesday, October 30 | Spring registration opens |
| Monday, December 2 | Spring open enrollment begins (closes January 15) |
| Monday, January 6 | First day of classes |
| Monday, January 13 | Spring graduation forms (Intent for Spring graduation and Graduation/Commencement Confirmation) open in YES (forms close February 23) |
| Wednesday, January 15 | Open enrollment ends |
| Monday, January 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – classes do not meet |
| Sunday, February 23 | Last day to submit Spring graduation forms in YES |
| Saturday, March 8 – Sunday, March 16 | Spring break |
| Friday, March 21 | Last day to withdraw with academic penalty |
| Monday, March 24 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Spring graduation; open enrollment opens for Summer 2025 |
| Monday, April 21 | Last day of classes |
| Tuesday, April 22 – Thursday, May 1 | Exams and reading period |
| Friday, May 9 | Commencement |
Summer 2025
| Monday, March 24 | Open enrollment begins |
| Monday, June 2 | YES opens for (1) Graduate Intent for Summer graduation and (2) Graduate Confirmation Form (Commencement) for Summer graduates (closes July 11) |
| Tuesday, June 3 | Summer classes begin |
| Thursday, June 5 | End of student change period (for regular summer session) |
| Thursday, June 19 | Juneteenth Holiday |
| Friday, July 11 | Last day to submit Summer graduation forms in YES |
| Monday, July 14 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Summer term graduation |
| Thursday, August 7 | Regular summer session classes end |
| Friday, August 8 | Summer semester ends; summer graduation |
Additional calendars that may of be interest
Vanderbilt Graduate School academic calendar
Metro Nashville Public Schools calendar (2023–2024)
University School of Nashville calendar (2023–2024)
Metro Nashville Public Schools calendar (2024–2025)
Edge for Scholars: Funding & Awards Bulletin Board