Carnegie Mellon University – CMU Academic Calendar and Important Dates 2024-2025. The CMU Academic Calendar serves as Carnegie Mellon University’s information source and planning document for students, faculty, staff, and departments, as well as outside organizations. The calendar includes registration dates, class start dates, add/drop deadlines, exam dates, and more.
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Established in 1900, the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form the university as a single institution.
Carnegie Mellon University – CMU Academic Calendar and Important Dates 2024
Calendars for Heinz College, Tepper School of Business graduate courses, CMU-Africa, CMU-Australia, and CMU-Qatar can be found below.
CMU Academic Calendar Spring 2024
- New Year’s Eve is on Sunday 31 December 2023
- Carnegie Mellon University Closed New Year’s Day on Monday 1 January 2024
- Carnegie Mellon University Closed New Year’s (observed)Tuesday 2 January 2024
- MLK Jr Day University Closed at Carnegie Mellon on Monday 15 January 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 First Day of Classes begins Tuesday 16 January 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Mini-3 add, audit, &tuition adjustment. drop deadline (1)Monday 22 January 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Semester adds audit, & tuition adjustment. drop deadline (1)Monday 29 January 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Mini-3 drop deadline Withdrawal grade assigned after this date(2)Wednesday 7 February 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Mini-3 pass/no pass &withdrawal deadline (3)Mini-3 FCEs open Monday 19 February 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Semester drop deadline Withdrawal grade assigned after this date(2)Monday 26 February 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Last Day of Mini-3 Classes Mini-3 voucher deadline(4)Friday 1 March 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Mini-3 Exams Mini-3 FCEs close Saturday 2 March 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring Break No Classes is Monday 4-Friday 8 March 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 First Day of Mini-4 Classes Mid-Semester &Mini-3 grades due at 4 pm on Monday 11 March 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Mini-4 add, audit, & tuition adjustment. drop deadline (1)Friday 15 March 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer Registration Opens Wednesday 20 March 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Semester pass/no pass & withdrawal deadline is on Monday 1 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Mini-4 drop deadline Withdrawal grade assigned after this date(2)Wednesday 3 April 2024
- Eid al-Fitr begins Tuesday 9 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring Carnival No Classes begin Thursday 11-Saturday 13 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2024 Registration open for doctoral students & seniors Mini-4 pass/no pass & withdrawal deadline (3)Semester & Mini-4 FCEs open Monday 15 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2024 Registration open for masters students on Tuesday 16 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2024 Registration open for juniors on Wednesday 17 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2024 Registration open for sophomores is on Thursday 18 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2024 Registration opens for first years on Friday 19 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Passover begins Tuesday 23 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Last Day of Classes Semester & Mini-4 voucher deadline (4)Friday 26 April 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Final Exams start Monday 29 to Tuesday 30 April and Thursday 2-Friday 3 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Reading Day begins Wednesday 1 and Saturday 4-Sunday 5 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Final Exams Semester & Mini-4 FCEs close Monday 6 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Make Up Final Exams is on Tuesday 7 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2024 Graduating Students’ Grades are Due at 4 pm on Wednesday 8 May 2024
CMU Academic Calendar Summer 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer 2024 Commencement is Sunday 12 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer 2024 First Day of Summer Session All, One & Mini-5 is on Monday 13 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Spring Grades are Due at 4 pm on Tuesday 14 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer One & Mini-5 add, audit, & tuition adjust. drop deadline (1)Friday 17 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer All add, audit, & tuition adjustment. drop deadline (1)Friday 24 May 2024
- Memorial Day University Closed at Carnegie Mellon on Monday 27 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer One & Mini-5 drop deadline Withdrawal grade assigned after this date(2)Tuesday 28 May 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer One & Mini-5 pass/no pass & withdrawal deadline (3)Friday 7 June 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer One & Mini-5 FCEs open Friday 14 June 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer All drop deadline Withdrawal grade assigned after this date(2)Tuesday 18 June 2024
- Juneteenth University Closed at Carnegie Mellon on Wednesday 19 June 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer One & Mini-5 voucher deadline (4)Last Day of Summer One & Mini-5 Classes is on Thursday 20 June 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer One & Mini-5 Final Exams Summer One & Mini-5 FCESs close Friday 21 June 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer Break begins Monday 24-Friday 28 June 2024
- Carnegie Mellon First Day of the Summer Two & Mini-6 Class is on Monday 1 July 2024
- Independence Day University Closed Thursday 4 July 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer Two & Mini-6 add audit & tuition adjustment. drop deadline (1)Friday 5 July 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer All pass/no pass & withdrawal deadline (3)Friday 12 July 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer Two & Mini-6 drop deadline Withdrawal grade assigned after this date(2)Monday 15 July 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer Two & Mini-6 pass/no pass & withdrawal deadline (3)Friday 26 July 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer All, Two & Mini6 FCEs open Monday 5 August 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer All, Two & Mini6 voucher deadline (4)Last Day of Summer Classes is on Thursday 8 August 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer All, Two & Mini-6 Final Exams Summer All, Two & Mini6 FCEs Close Friday 9 August 2024
- Carnegie Mellon Summer All, Two & Mini-6 Grades Due on Tuesday 13 August 2024
For more on CMU academic calendar, visit the Carnegie Mellon University calendar website. Students taking courses in Heinz College and Tepper School of Business (MBA and Computational Finance programs) must review and follow separate academic calendars; Similarly, students taking doctoral courses must review and follow the doctoral calendar for those courses.