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Important Dates and Events
June 2026
June 9: Deadline to apply for pre-orientation programs
June 22: Advance Registration begins for incoming first-year and transfer students
June 22: Deadline (5 p.m. ET) for Pre-First-Year Program students to take the Math Diagnostic Exam
July 2026
July 7: Deadline to take the Math Diagnostic Exam (5 p.m. ET)
July 13: Advance Registration ends for incoming first-year and transfer students
July 21: Course Selection Period opens
August 2026
August 17-18: Move-in for first-years and transfers
August 19-24: New Student Orientation (NSO)
August 24: Wharton NSO and Convocation
August 25: First Day of Fall Classes
August 28: Wharton Fall Club Fair
September 2026
September 7: Labor Day (no classes)
September 8: Course Selection (Add) Period Ends
October 2026
October 1-4: Fall Break
October 5: Drop Period Ends (last day to drop a course)
October 23: Last Day to Change a Grade Mode
October 23-24: Family Weekend
October 26: Advance Registration Begins for Spring Term
November 2026
November 2: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course¹
November 9: Advance Registration Ends
November 14: Homecoming
November 24-25: Follow Thurs-Fri Class Schedule on Tues-Wed
November 26-29: Thanksgiving Break
December 2026
December 7: Last Day of Classes
December 8-9: Reading Days
December 10-17: Final Examinations
December 17: Fall Term Ends
January 2027
January 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observed (no classes)
January 20: First Day of Spring Classes (Monday class schedule)
February 2027
February 2: Course Selection (Add) Period Ends
March 2027
March 1: Drop Period Ends
March 6-14: Spring Break
March 29: Last Day to Change a Grade Mode
March 29: Advance Registration for Fall Term Begins
March 29: Registration for Summer Session Begins
April 2027
April 5: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course ¹
April 12: Advance Registration for Fall Ends
May 2027
May 4: Last Day of Classes
May 5-6: Reading Days
May 7-17: Final Examinations
May 17: Spring Term Ends
¹ Please note that some courses have earlier withdrawal deadlines. Students must abide by deadlines and policies published by faculty.
June 2027
June 19: Juneteenth (no classes)
June 22: Advance Registration begins for incoming first-year and transfer students (tentative)
July 2027
July 1: Summer Session I classes end
July 2: Summer Session II classes begin
July 4: Independence Day (no classes)
May 2026
May 1-4: Reading Days
May 5-13: Final Examinations
May 13: Spring Term Ends
May 18: Wharton Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony
May 19: Penn Commencement
May 26: Memorial Day (no classes)
May 27: Summer Session I and 11-Week Session classes begin