2024-2025 Dates and Deadlines
Below is a listing of academic and financial dates and deadlines. Please visit the respective office’s website for more detailed information on any of the dates and deadlines listed below. To facilitate with this, the financial related dates and deadlines have been linked to the Student Accounts dates and deadlines pages.
NOTE: The University Calendar is the University’s official source for academic dates. We make every effort to adhere to the published dates and will communicate any changes in a timely fashion. In the event of a date change, please be sure to consult the University Calendar for the most current listing.
Summer 2024
March 21, 2024
March 25, 2024
Carleton Central opens for registration for Carleton University special students
April 25, 2024
May 1, 2024
Last day for receipt of applications for undergraduate degree program transfers for the summer term.
May 6, 2024
May 10, 2024
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) for early summer courses.
Graduate students who have not electronically submitted their final thesis copy to the office of Graduate Studies will not be eligible to graduate in spring 2024 and must register for the summer 2024 term.
May 17, 2024
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) for full summer courses.
Last day to withdraw from early summer courses with a full fee adjustment (financial withdrawal).
May 17-29, 2024
Full winter, late winter and fall/winter term deferred final examinations will be held.
May 20, 2024
Statutory holiday. University closed.
May 31, 2024
June 1, 2024
Last day for academic withdrawal from early summer courses.
June 18, 2024
Last day for handing in term assignments, subject to any earlier course deadline.
June 19-20, 2024
No classes or examinations take place.
June 19, 2024
June 21-27, 2024
June 27, 2024
July 1, 2024
July 2, 2024
July 8, 2024
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) for late summer courses.
July 15, 2024
July 19-21, 2024
Early summer term deferred final examinations to be held.
July 22, 2024
Last day for graduate students to submit their supervisor-approved thesis in examinable form to the department.
August 1, 2024
Last day for academic withdrawal from full and late summer courses.
August 5, 2024
Civic holiday. University closed.
August 14, 2024
Last day of late summer and full summer classes.
Classes follow a Monday schedule.
Last day for handing in term assignments, subject to any earlier course deadline.
August 15-16, 2024
No classes or examinations take place.
August 17-23, 2024
August 23, 2024
September 20-22, 2024
Late summer and full summer term deferred final examinations will be held.
Fall 2024
May 22, 2024
May 27, 2024
July 3-5, 2024
July 9-12, 2024
August 6, 2024
Carleton Central opens at 8:30 a.m. for registration for Special Students and Visiting Undergraduates on Letter of Permission.
August 13, 2024
Fall term registration for University of Ottawa undergraduate exchange students begins at 8:30 a.m.
August 25, 2024
August 28, 2024
Deadline for course outlines to be made available to students registered in full fall, early fall and fall/winter term courses.
August 31, 2024
Last day for receipt of applications from potential November graduates.
August 31 -
September 1, 2024
Residence move in weekend.
September 2, 2024
Statutory holiday. University closed.
September 3, 2024
Academic orientation (undergraduate and graduate).
Orientation for Teaching Assistants.
Class and laboratory preparations, departmental introductions for students and other academic preparation activities will be held.
September 4, 2024
September 10, 2024
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) in early fall courses.
September 11, 2024
September 17, 2024
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) in full fall, late fall, and fall/winter courses.
Last day to withdraw from early fall courses with a full fee adjustment (financial withdrawal).
September 20-22, 2024
Late summer and full summer term deferred final examinations will be held.
September 30, 2024
October 1, 2024
Last day for academic withdrawal from early fall courses.
October 11, 2024
October 14, 2024
Statutory holiday. University closed.
October 15, 2024
Last day for receipt of applications for admission to an undergraduate degree program for the winter term from applicants whose documents originate from outside Canada or the United States.
October 18, 2024
Last day of early fall classes.
October 21, 2024
Deadline for course outlines to be made available to students registered in late fall courses.
October 21-25, 2024
Fall break. No classes.
October 26 -
November 3, 2024
October 28, 2024
Late fall classes begin.
November 8, 2024
November 15, 2024
Last day for academic withdrawal from full fall and late fall courses.
Last day for receipt of applications for admission to an undergraduate degree program for the winter term.
November 15-17, 2024
Early fall undergraduate deferred examinations will be held.
November 25, 2024
November 29, 2024
Last day for graduate students to submit their supervisor-approved thesis in examinable form to the department.
November 30, 2024
Last day for receipt of applications from potential February graduates.
December 3, 2024
Winter term registration for University of Ottawa undergraduate exchange students begins at 8:30 a.m.
December 6, 2024
Fall term ends.
Last day of full fall and late fall term classes.
Classes follow a Monday schedule.
Last day for receipt of applications for undergraduate degree program transfers for winter term.
Last day to pay any remaining fall tuition fees to avoid a hold on access to marks through Carleton Central and the release of transcripts and other official documents.
December 7-8, 2024
No classes or examinations take place.
December 9-21, 2024
December 21, 2024
December 24, 2024 -
January 2, 2025
Winter 2025
December 3, 2024
Winter term registration for University of Ottawa undergraduate exchange students begins at 8:30 a.m.
December 24, 2024 -
January 2, 2025
December 30, 2024
Deadline for course outlines to be made available to students registered in full winter and early winter term courses.
January 3, 2025
University reopens at 8:30 a.m.
January 6, 2025
January 10, 2025
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) in early winter courses.
January 13, 2025
January 17, 2025
Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) in full winter and late winter courses.
Last day to withdraw from early winter courses with a full fee adjustment (financial withdrawal).
January 24 -
February 2, 2025
January 31, 2025
February 1, 2025
Last day for academic withdrawal from early winter courses.
February 14, 2025
Last day of early winter classes.
February 17, 2025
Statutory holiday. University closed.
February 17-21, 2025
Winter Break. No classes.
February 22 -
March 2, 2025
February 24, 2025
Late winter classes begin.
March 1, 2025
Last day for receipt of applications for admission to an undergraduate program for the summer term.
March 7, 2025
March 14-16, 2025
Early winter undergraduate deferred final examinations will be held.
March 15, 2025
Last day for academic withdrawal from full winter, late winter and fall/winter courses.
April 1, 2025
Last day for receipt of applications from potential June graduates.
Last day for graduate students to submit their supervisor-approved thesis, in examinable form to the department.
April 8, 2025
Winter term ends.
Last day of full winter, late winter and fall/winter term classes.
April 9-10, 2025
No classes or examinations take place.
April 11-26, 2025
April 18, 2025
Statutory holiday. University closed.
April 26, 2025
May 1, 2025
Last day for receipt of applications for undergraduate internal degree transfers to allow for registration for the summer session.
May 16-28, 2025
Full winter, late winter and fall/winter term deferred final examinations will be held.