Key Dates
Please see the Academic Calendar for additional Undergraduate Sessional Dates.
| To find out the start/end/add-drop/exam dates for Summer Courses (Day/Evening/Distance Studies and Intersessions), refer to https://registrar.uwo.ca/academics/register_in_courses/summer.html | |
| May 6, 2024 | Summer term begins |
| May 20, 2024 | Victoria Day; Western closed |
| June 21, 2024 | Arts & Humanities Spring Convocation |
| July 1, 2024 | Canada Day; Western closed |
| August 5, 2024 | Civic Holiday; Western closed |
| August 20, 2024 | Summer classes and exams end. |
Fall/Winter 1st-term
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| September 2, 2024 | Labour Day; Western closed |
| September 5, 2024 | Fall/Winter Term classes begin. |
| September 13, 2024 | Last day to add or drop a full course, a first-term half course, a first-term full course, or a full-year half course. |
| September 30, 2024 | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (observed as a non-instructional day at Western). |
| October 12-20, 2024 | Fall Reading Week. |
| October 14, 2024 | Thanksgiving Holiday; Western closed |
| October 23-25, 2024 | Autumn Convocation. |
| October 30, 2024 | Celebration of Day of the Dead |
| November 1, 2024 | Deadline for official transcripts for courses taken on Letters of Permission during the academic year 2023-24 and the Spring/Summer Terms of 2024. |
| November 12, 2024 | Last day to withdraw from a first-term half course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ (withdrawn, without academic penalty). |
| November 17, 2024 | Western Fall Preview Day |
| December 2, 2024 | Last day to withdraw from a full course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ (withdrawn, without academic penalty). |
| December 6, 2024 | Fall/Winter classes end. |
| December 7-8, 2024 | Study Days. |
| December 9-22, 2024 | Mid-year examination period. |
Fall/Winter 2nd-term |
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| January 6, 2025 | Classes resume. |
| January 14, 2025 | Last day to add or drop a second-term half course. |
| January 15, 2025 | Deadline to declare a Discovery Credit for a Fall (first-term) course. |
| February 15-23, 2025 | Spring Reading Week. |
| February 17, 2025 | Family Day; Western closed |
| March 7, 2025 | Last day to withdraw from a second-term half course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ (withdrawn, without academic penalty). |
| March 22, 2025 | Western Spring Open House |
| April 4, 2025 | Fall/Winter classes end. |
| April 5-6, 2025 | Study Days. |
| April 7-30, 2025 | Final examination period. |
| April 18, 2025 | Good Friday; Western closed |
| April 20, 2025 | Easter Sunday; Western closed |
