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dates & deadlines

The list below includes important all-university dates and deadlines, such as registrar, bursar, financial aid, and housing deadlines, as well as major university events. Departmental and school deadlines do not appear here; please contact individual schools or departments for any of those dates. You may also contact the Student Resource Center for assistance at 212.998.4411, or email ask.src@nyu.edu.

Fall 2008

August

  • 11: Fall 2008Bursar payment due for all undergraduates
  • 24: "NYU Welcomes You" - Residence Hall check-in begins
  • 25: Undergraduate Welcome Week begins (ends August 29)
  • 25: Graduate Welcome Week begins (ends September 5)

September

  • 1: Labor Day; University Closed
  • 2: Last day for students to drop courses with 100% tuition and fee refund
  • 2: First day of Fall 2008 term
  • 4: Office of Student Activities Fall Club Fest
  • 13: Last Day to change or cancel a meal plan
  • 14: First Day to add Dining Dollars to meal plan
  • 15: Last day for undergraduates to drop/add courses on Albert
  • 30: Deadline to select or waive student health insurance for 2008-2009

October

November

  • 2: Daylight savings time ends - set clocks back one hour
  • 26: Legislative Day; Classes run on Monday schedule; Wednesday classes do not meet
  • 27-29: Thanksgiving Recess ; University Closed

December

  • 1: Spring 2009 Housing cancellation deadline (for students studying abroad, withdrawing, or graduating in January)
  • 1: First day to register, change, or cancel a spring meal plan
  • 8: Electronic bills available for students registered for Spring 2008 classes
  • 11: Last day of Fall 2008 classes
  • 12: Reading Day
  • 15: Fall 2008 exams begin
  • 19: Fall semester exams end; Fall meal plan ends at 8pm
  • 21: Winter Recess begins for students and classes(lasts through Jan. 17, 2009); University Closed

 

Spring 2009

January

  • 1: Winter Recess (through Jan. 17)
  • 5: University offices open for Spring
  • TBA: Spring 2009 Bursar payment due for all undergraduates
  • 9: Housing cancellation deadline for new spring residents
  • 11: Residence Hall check-in begins for new spring residents
  • 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; University Closed
  • 20: Last day to withdraw with 100% refund of tuition and fees
  • 20: First day of Spring 2009 classes
  • 28: Office of Student Activities Spring Club Fest

February

  • TBA : Deadline to Apply for May Graduation
  • TBA: Housing Reapplication for 2009-10 begins
  • 2: Last day for undergraduates to register, drop/add courses on Albert
  • 7: Meal Plan Change/Cancellation Deadline
  • 8: First day to add Dining Dollars to meal plan
  • 10: Deadline to select or waive student health insurance for Spring
  • 15: Priority deadline for Study Abroad admissions
  • 16: President's Day: University Closed

March

  • 1: Summer 2009 and Academic Year 2009-10 FAFSA Applications due
  • 8: Daylight Saving Time Begins - set clocks forward one hour
  • 13: Dining locations closed for spring break
  • 16: Spring Recess begins - no classes(through March 22); University Open

April

May

June

July

  • 4: Independence Day; University Closed

August

  • 7: Summer classes end
  • 24: Residence Hall check-in begins for Fall 2009