2012 University Academic Calendar
Campus Events and Holidays
Academic Instruction
Application Information
Scholarhips/Financial Aid
Information
Tuition and Fees Information
Registration Deadlines
Graduation Information—Undergraduate
Graduation Information—Graduate
Records Information
| Date(s) | |
| Annual University Conference | Aug 20 - Aug 22 |
| Orientation | Aug 23 - Aug 25 |
| Labor Day holiday | Sep 3 |
| No class instruction | Nov 21 |
| Thanksgiving holiday | Nov 22 - Nov 23 |
| Graduation (no exercises) | Dec 14 |
| Date(s) | |
| Fall semester class instruction | Aug 27 - Dec 6 |
| First block classes | Aug 27 - Oct 16 |
| Second block classes | Oct 17 - Dec 6 |
| Friday class instruction | Nov 20 |
| Exam preparation days | Dec 7 |
| Final exams | Dec 10 - Dec 14 |
| Last Day | |
| New freshmen submit admissions and scholarship applications for spring term, summer term, or fall semester 2012 | Feb 1, 2012 |
| International new freshmen, international transfer and international former BYU students submit admissions and scholarship applications for spring term 2012 | Feb 1, 2012 |
| U.S. transfer and former BYU students submit admissions and scholarship applications for spring term, summer term, or fall semester 2012 | Feb 1, 2012 |
| New freshman, transfer, international, and former BYU students submit admissions and scholarship applications for winter semester 2013 | Oct 1, 2012 |
| Refer to the BYU 2012-2013 Program Application Deadlines at http://www.byu.edu/gradstudies/programs/deadlines.php for fall 2012 departmental application deadlines |
| Scholarships | Date(s) |
| Submit continuing student scholarship applications for fall semester 2012 and winter semester 2013 | Mar 1, 2012 |
| New freshman scholarship notifications begin | Mid-April |
| Former, continuing, and transfer student scholarship notifications begin | Mid-April |
| Financial Aid | Date(s) |
| Apply for priority processing of Federal Pell Grants, Federal Stafford Loans, and BYU loans for fall semester 2012 and winter semester 2013 | May 1, 2012 |
| Fall and winter federal financial aid awarding and notifications begin for students who have competed the application process | Mid-June |
| Fall federal financial aid disbursements (posting funds to My Financial Center accounts) begin based on student eligibility | Aug 17, 2012 |
| Fall federal financial aid refunds (issuing excess funds to students) begin based on student eligibility | Aug 29, 2012 |
| Refer to Dates and Deadlines or http://www.financialaid.byu.edu for additional deadlines and important dates regarding financial aid opportunities. |
| Date(s) | |
| Fall 2012 tuition payment deadline (registration holds placed for non-payment) | Aug 20, 2012 |
| Final fall 2012 tuition deadline (classes deleted for non-payment of tuition ) | Sep 10, 2012 |
| Last day to apply for BYU short-term loans to pay fall semester 2012 tuition by deadline | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Repay fall 2012 BYU short-term loans | Nov 1, 2012 |
| Date | |
| Continuing Student Online Ecclesiastical Endorsement due | Mar 15 |
| Priority registration begins | Mar 26 |
| Last Day | |
| Add a class | Sep 10 |
| Drop a class without a W | Sep 10 |
| Discontinue with no tuition charge | Sep 10 |
| Withdraw from a first-block class | Oct 1 |
| Discontinue from a first block class | Oct 1 |
| Add a second block class | Oct 24 |
| Drop a second block class without a W | Oct 24 |
| Withdraw from a semester class | Nov 5 |
| Withdraw from a second-block class | Nov 20 |
| Discontinue from the university | Nov 20 |
December 2012 |
Last Day |
| Apply and pay fee for December 2012 graduation | Sep 15 |
| Submit to the Records Office all incompletes, T grades, special exams, GE challenges, military credit, official transcripts of work completed at other schools, and any other information pertaining to December 2012 graduation | Nov 16 |
| Submit Independent Study course work and final exams for December 2012 graduation | Nov 20 |
April 2013 |
Last Day |
| Apply and pay fee for April 2013 graduation | Nov 15 |
| Submit to the Records Office all incompletes, T grades, special exams, GE challenges, military credit, official transcripts of work completed at other schools, and any other information pertaining to April 2013 graduation | Mar 29 |
| Submit Independent Study course work and final exams for April 2013 graduation | April 5 |
December 2012 |
Last Day |
| Apply in AIM for December 2012 graduation | Oct 26 |
| Schedule a final oral examination (defense of written work) and submit copies of the work to your graduate committee (if in a dissertation, thesis, or selected project program). | Nov 16 |
| Have a final oral examination (if in a dissertation, thesis, or selected project program) | Nov 30 |
| Submit dissertation, thesis, or selected project along with ADV Form 8d for signature to the dean of your college | Dec 7 |
| Submit the ETD of the dissertation, thesis, or selected project so that the status shows "Grad Office Review", and take ADV Form 8d to Graduate Studies (105 FPH); complete the remaining degree requirements; pay fees; and submit exam results and any I and T, etc. grade changes to the Registrar's Office for December 2012 graduation (including any prerequisite Independent Study) | Dec 14 |
| Date | |
| Spring term 2012 grades available online | Jun 25 |
| Summer term 2012 grades available online | Aug 20 |
| Instructors must submit fall semester 2012 grade rolls to the Records Office | Dec 26 |
| Fall semester 2012 grades available online | Dec 28 |