Academic Calendar for Fall 2023
*This calendar is subject to change*
Date |
Description |
April 3, 2023 |
Pre-registration begins for designated student groups |
April 10, 2023 |
Registration opens for all students |
June 1, 2023 |
First Purge for Non-Secured Registrations* |
August 1, 2023 |
Second Purge for Non-Secured Registrations* |
August 15, 2023 |
Third Purge for Non-Secured Registrations * |
August 27, 2023 |
Last day for payment or payment plan without a late payment fee |
August 28, 2023 |
First day of semester/Classes begin |
September 1, 2023 |
Late registration ends (web‐registration closes) |
September 4, 2023 |
Labor Day Holiday (campus closed no classes) |
September 5, 2023 |
Drop and Add begins with approval required |
September 8, 2023 |
Drop and Add ends with approval required |
September 13, 2023 |
Census I Date |
September 14, 2023 |
Reinstatement for Non-Payment begins |
September 19, 2023 |
Reinstatement for Non-Payment ends |
September 25, 2023 |
Census II Date |
September 26, 2023 |
Reinstatement with a fee begins (approval required) |
September 27, 2023 |
Reinstatement with a fee ends (approval required) |
September 29, 2023 |
Graduation application closes on my TSU Web |
October 21, 2023 |
Midterm exams begin |
October 24, 2023 |
Midterm grades open |
October 27, 2023 |
Midterm exams end |
October 31, 2023 |
Midterm grades close |
November 6, 2023 |
Spring 2024 Early Registration opens for designated students |
November 10, 2023 |
Last day to drop or withdraw (no refunds) |
November 13, 2023 |
Spring 2024 Registration opens for all students |
November 23, 2023 |
Thanksgiving Thursday Holiday (campus closed no classes) |
November 24, 2023 |
Thanksgiving Friday Holiday (campus closed no classes) |
November 25, 2023 |
Classes Resume |
December 9, 2023 |
Final exams begin |
December 12, 2023 |
Grading opens |
December 14, 2023 |
Final exams end |
December 15, 2023 |
Last day of semester |
December 16, 2023 |
Commencement Ceremony |
December 19, 2023 |
Grading closes |
December 22, 2023 |
Grades available to students in myTSU portal |
The Graduate School and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law have separate bulletins that contain academic calendars for these units. For Thurgood Marshall School of Law Academic Calendar, click here. The calendar presented in this section was designed to include most students activities and to limit the time missed from classes. Also, for the purpose of planning, the definition of an academic year, as provided by the U.S. Department of Education, has been used. This definition is as follows:
- An academic year is a period that begins on the first day of classes and ends on the last day of classes or examinations and that is a minimum of 30 weeks of instructional time during which for an undergraduate educational program a full-time student is expected to complete at least
- 24 semester or trimester hours or 36 quarter hours in an educational program whose length is measured in credit hours. 900 clock hours in an educational program whose length is measured in clock hours.
- For purposes of the definition of an academic year, a week is a consecutive 7-day period.
- For an educational program using a semester, trimester, or quarter system or clock hours, the Secretary considers a week of instructional time to be any week in which at least one day of regularly scheduled instruction, examinations, or preparation for examination occurs.
- For an educational program using credit hours (but not using a semester, trimester, or quarter system), the Secretary considers a week of instruction to be 5 days.
- Instruction time does not include periods of orientation, counseling, vacation, or other activity not related to class preparation or examinations.