Key Dates
This list is not exhaustive. This information is provided for your convenience. Please double check all dates with the official calendars:2020-21
| Beginning of Summer Graduate Term | May 1 |
| Canada Day - University Closed | July 1 |
| Deadline for Domestic MSc & PhD Applications | July 1 |
| Civic Holiday - University Closed | August 2 |
| Last Day of Summer Term | August 31 |
2021-22
| Beginning of Fall Graduate Term | September 1 |
| DSAS Graduate Orientation - Mandatory | TBD |
| Labour Day | September 6 |
| Department of Statistical & Actuarial Sciences Orientation | TBD |
| All Graduate and Undergraduate Classes Start | September 9 |
| Tuition Due (Fall Term) - First Installment | September 8 |
| Last Day to Add Fall Term Graduate Course | September 30 |
| Last day to drop a graduate course beginning in the fall term without it appearing on the transcript. Students who drop after this date but before November 1 will receive a WDN on their transcript. | September 30 |
| Thanksgiving - University closed | October 12 |
| Tuition Due (Fall Term) - Second Installment | October 13 |
| Last day to withdraw from a graduate course beginning in the fall term without academic penalty. Students who drop after this date will receive an F on their transcript. | October 29 |
| Autumn Convocation | October 20-22 |
| Deadline to Submit Proposed PhD Thesis Examination Form to SGPS (Fall) | November 5 |
| Deadline to Submit PhD Thesis (by Student) to Scholarship@Western | November 12 |
| Deadline to Submit Proposed MSc Thesis Examination Form to SGPS | November 19 |
| Deadline to Submit MSc Thesis (by Student) to Scholarship@Western | November 26 |
| Last Day of Fall Term Courses for Graduate and Undergraduate | December 9 |
| Mid-year Examination Period for Undergrad Classes | December 6-22 |
| End of Fall Term | December 31 |
| Beginning of Winter Graduate Term - Happy New Year! | January 1 |
| Tuition Due (Winter Term) - First Installment | January 7 |
| Graduate and Undergraduate Classes Start | January 3 |
| Deadline to Add a Winter Term Graduate Course | January 31 |
| Last day to drop a graduate course beginning in the winter term without it appearing on the transcript. Students who drop after this date but before March 1 will receive a WDN on their transcript. | January 31 |
| Tuition Due (Winter Term) - Second Installment | February 11 |
| Deadline for International MSc & PhD Applications | February 15 |
| Family Day Provincial Holiday - University Closed | February 21 |
| In Absentia February Convocation | February 25 |
| Last day to withdraw from a graduate course beginning in the winter term without academic penalty. Students who drop after this date will receive an F on their transcript. | February 28 |
| Deadline to Submit Proposed PhD Thesis Examination Form to SGPS (Winter) | March 11 |
| Deadline to Submit PhD Thesis (by student) to Scholarship@Western | March 18 |
| Deadline to Submit Proposed MSc Thesis Examination Form to SGPS | March 25 |
| Deadline to Submit MSc Thesis (by student) to Scholarship@Western | April 1 |
| Good Friday - University Closed (UWO is open on Easter Monday) | April 15 |
| Last Day of Winter Term Courses for Graduate and Undergraduate | April 1 |
| Final Examination Period | April 4-30 |
| Summer term begins | May 1 |
| Tuition Due (Summer Term) - First Installment | May 6 |
| Tuition Due (Summer Term) - Second Installment | June 10 |
| MSc Poster Day Project | TBD |
| Spring Convocation | June 13-17, 20-24 |
| Deadline to Submit Proposed PhD Thesis Examination Form to SGPS (Summer) | July 13 |
| Deadline to Submit Proposed PhD Thesis (by student) to Scholarship@Western | July 20 |
| Deadline to Submit prosed MSc Thesis Examination Form to SGPS | July 27 |
| Deadline to Submit MSc Thesis (by student) to Scholarship@Western | August 3 |
Updated: July 12, 2021
