Key Dates
This list is not exhaustive. This information is provided for your convenience. Please double check all dates with the official calendars: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 8 |
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 10 |
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 |
Last Day of Winter Term Courses for Graduate and Undergraduate | April 8 |
Final Examination Period | April 10-30 |
Good Friday - University Closed (UWO is open on Easter Monday) | April 15 |
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