2024 -2025

The following dates are subject to change as the University makes decisions regarding the 2024–2025 academic year. Changes will be posted on the School of Music’s website.

Fall 2024

July 19 | Fall-term online course registration opens (Part 1) for YSM required courses and non-YSM courses, 11 a.m.

Aug. 28 | Yale College fall-term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.

Aug. 29 – Sep. 5 | Orientation for new students (attendance mandatory)

Sept. 2 | Labor Day; classes do not meet

Sept. 3-6 | Opening Week events and ensemble auditions

  • Sept. 3 | Opening week meeting for all students
  • Sept. 3-5 | Orientation for returning students (attendance mandatory)
  • Sept. 4, 5 | Fall-term academic advising
  • Sept. 5 | Convocation and Reception (attendance mandatory)
  • Sept. 6 | Fall-term online course registration (Part 2) for YSM elective courses. Opens 11 a.m.; closes 5 p.m. Fall course schedules due, 5 p.m.

Sept. 6 | Fall-term classes begin, 12 p.m. (Morning classes do not meet.)

Sept. 9-13 | Fall-term add/drop period

Sept. 13 | Fall-term add/drop deadline, 5 p.m.

Oct. 15 | Yale College recess begins after last scheduled class. YSM classes still meet this week

Oct. 21 | Yale College classes resume, 8:20 a.m.

Oct. 25 | Mid-semester date

Nov. 8 | Fall-term pass/fail deadline, 5 p.m.

Nov. 22 | November recess begins after last scheduled class

Dec. 1 | Deadline for Fall 2025 admissions applications

Dec. 2 | Classes resume, 9 a.m.

Dec. 6 | Spring-term online course registration opens (Part 1) for YSM required courses and non-YSM courses, 11 a.m.

Dec. 6  | Fall-term course withdrawal deadline, 5 p.m.

Dec 6-13 | Spring-term academic advising

Dec. 13 | Spring-term online course registration (Part 2) for YSM elective courses. Opens 1 p.m.; closes 5 p.m. Spring course schedules due, 5 p.m.

Dec. 13 | Deadline to request an Incomplete for a fall course, 5 p.m.

Dec. 13 | Fall-term classes end

Dec. 16-18 | Exams

Dec. 19 | Winter recess begins

Spring 2025

Jan. 13 | Spring-term classes begin (YSM 9 a.m., Yale College 8:20 a.m.)

Jan. 13-17 | Spring-term add/drop period

Jan. 17 | Spring-term add/drop deadline, 5 p.m.

Jan. 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet

Feb. 17-23 | YSM auditions

Feb. 19-21 | YSM classes do not meet, with the exception of Yale Philharmonia

Mar. 7 | Mid-semester date

Mar. 7 | Spring recess begins after last scheduled class

Mar. 24 | Classes resume, YSM 9 a.m., Yale College 8:20 a.m.

Apr. 4 | Spring-term pass/fail deadline, 5 p.m.

Apr. 25 | Spring-term course withdrawal deadline, 5 p.m.

May 2 | Deadline to request an Incomplete for a spring course, 5 p.m.

May 2 | Spring-term classes end

May 5-7 | Exams

May 18 | Commencement Concert

May 19 | University Commencement and YSM Diploma Ceremony