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

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November 12, 2024 Last day to withdraw from a first-term half course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ (withdrawn, without academic penalty).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December 2, 2024 Last day to withdraw from a full course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ (withdrawn, without academic penalty).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

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March 7, 2025 Last day to withdraw from a second-term half course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ (withdrawn, without academic penalty).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