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Academic Calendars

Academic Dates 2023/2024

2023

April

Tuesday, 4
 Classes end, Law

Thursday, 6

Exams begin, Law

Friday, 7

Good Friday - University closed

Friday, 14

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Tuesday, 18 Exams begin, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Wednesday, 19

Exams end, Law
Monday, 24

Exams end, Dental Hygiene (2nd year), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Friday, 28

Classes and clinics end, Dentistry (4th year)
Exams end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st year)
End of Medicine Clerkship, Class of 2023

May

Monday, 1             
Classes begin, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Friday, 12 Classes end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 15

Classes begin, Dentistry (4th year)
Tuesday, 16

Exams begin, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Friday, 19

Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (3rd year)
Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Monday, 22 Victoria Day - University closed (does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Friday, 26 Exams end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 29 to Friday, June 7
 Spring Convocations

June

Tuesday, 6 and Wednesday 7 Medicine (PreClerkship) Deferral exam dates
Wednesday, 7 Online Registration Opens (3L, 3rd and 4th combined degree, upper year part-time students, Law)
Wednesday, 14 Online Registration Opens (2L, transfer students, Law)
Monday, 15 Online application (Section 1) opens, Medicine
Monday, 12 Dentistry Grad Perio Orientation begins
Monday, 19 Supplemental and special examinations begin, Law
Friday, 23 Classes end, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Friday, 30

Dentistry Grad Perio Orientation ends
Supplemental and special examinations end, Law

July

Saturday, 1

Postgrad Medicine academic year begins
Monday, 3

Last day to apply to graduate in fall
In lieu of Canada Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine Clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 4 to Thuesday, 6 Supplemental Exam Dates, Medicine (PreClerkship)
Friday, 7

Classes end, Dentistry (4th year)
Friday, 14 Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 17 Dentistry Clinic Summer Closure (all clinics)
Monday, 24 Online Registration Opens (Incoming 1Ls, Law)
Sunday, 31 Last day to apply to Medicine - online application (Section 1) closes, Transcript submission deadline

August

Monday, 7
 Halifax/Dartmouth Natal Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 8 Classes begin, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Monday, 14 Classes begin, Medicine Clerkship (third year - Class of 2025)
Friday, 18

Classes end, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Registration (NB Medicine students, 1st year)
Saturday, 19

Registration (NS Medicine Students, 1st year)
Last date to write the MCAT for the 2022-2023 Medicine application cycle
Monday, 21 to Friday, 25

Orientation week (Medicine, 1st year students)
Monday, 21

Orientation, Dentistry (3rd and 4th years), Dental Hygiene (2nd year)
Classes begin, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Classes begin, Medicine (first and second year)
Monday, 28

Orientation, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years), Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Thursday, 31

Classes begin, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene

September

Friday, 2 Deadline to submit Section 2 of the online application, Medicine
Monday, 4 Labour Day - University closed
Tuesday, 5

Classes begin, Dentistry (all programs)
Orientation begins, first year, Law
Deadline to pay application processing fee, Medicine
Wednesday, 6  
Classes begin, second and third year, Law
Monday, 11
 Classes begin, first year, Law
Tuesday, 19 Last date to add or change fall term and full-year courses, Law
Saturday, 30 Application deadline Paediatric General Practice Dental Residency Program

October

TBD Fall Convocations
Sunday, 1 Application deadline Dentistry General Practice Residency Program
Monday, 2 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - University closed (in lieu of September 30)
Wednesday, 4 Last day to drop fall term classes without a "W", Law
Monday, 9 Thanksgiving Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine Clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Friday, 27 Fall Study Break - Faculty of Dentistry

November

Thursday, 2

Last day to drop multi-term classes without a “W”, Law

Last day to drop Fall term classes with a “W”
Monday, 13 In lieu of Remembrance Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Monday, 13 - Friday, 17 Fall Study Week 
(does not apply to programs in the Faculty of Dentistry or the Faculty of Medicine)
Thursday, 30 Early Application Deadline (Law)

December

Friday, 1

Last day to apply to graduate in Spring 2023
Application deadline, Doctor of Dental Surgery Program (DDS)
Classes end, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
uesday, 5

Classes end, Law
Exams begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Thursday, 7 - Thursday, 21
 For the Law examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage.
Friday, 15 Exam end, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Saturday, 16

Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Sunday, 31
 Grades due for courses with formal exams

2024

January

Monday, 1 New Year's Day - University closed
Application deadline, Dentistry, Qualifying Program
Tuesday, 2
 Classes begin, winter term (regular session)
Classes resume, Medicine (first and second year)
Wednesday, 3 Classes resume, All years, Law
Thursday, 4 Classes/clinics begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Saturday, 20 Law Fall Special and Supplemental Exam Period 1
Monday, 22 Last day to add or change winter term classes, Law

February

TBD Last date to write the LSAT for the 2022-2023 Law application
Friday, 2 Munro Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 6

Last day to drop Winter term classes without a “W”, Law
Last day to drop multi-term courses with a “W”, Law
Thursday, 15 Application deadline, Diploma in Dental Hygiene, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Monday, 19 Nova Scotia Heritage Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship)
Monday, 19 - Friday, 23 Winter Study Week
(does not apply to Medicine or Dentistry)
Wednesday, 28 Final Application deadline, Law

March

Wednesday, 6 Last day to drop Winter term classes with a “W”, Law
Monday, 11 - Friday, 15
 Study break begins, Medicine (first and second year), Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Monday, 18 Classes resume, Medicine (first and second year)
Friday, 29 Good Friday, University closed

April

Tuesday, 2 Classes end, Law
Tuesday, 5 Classes end, regular session unless otherwise indicated
Thursday, 4 - Wednesday, 17 For the Law school examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage.
Friday, 12

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Tuesday, 16 Exams begin, Dentistry (3rd year) Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Friday, 26

End of Medicine Clerkship, Class of 2024
Exams end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st year and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Classes/clinics end Dentistry (4th year)
Grades due for courses with formal exams
Monday, 29

Classes begin, Dental Hygiene (1st year)

May

TBD Spring Convocations
Friday, 10 Classes end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 13 Classes begin, Dentistry (3rd year)
Tuesday, 14 Exams begin, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Friday, 17 Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (3rd year)
Saturday, 18 Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Monday, 20 Victoria Day - University closed 
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship)
Friday, 24 Exams end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)

June

Tuesday, 4 and Wednesday 5 Medicine (PreClerkship) Deferral exam dates
Wednesday, 5 Online Registration Opens (3L, 3rd and 4th combined degree, upper year part-time students, Law)
Wednesday, 12
 Online Registration Opens (2L, transfer students, Law)
Monday, 17
 Winter Supplemental and special examinations begin, Law
Friday, 21 Classes end, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Friday, 28 Winter Supplemental and special examinations end, Law

July

Monday, 1

Canada Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Postgrad Medicine Academic Year begins
Tuesday, 2 Last day to apply to graduate in Fall without paying a fee
Tuesday, 2 to Thursday 4 Supplemental Exam Dates, Medicine (PreClerkship)
Friday, 5 Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year)
Friday, 12 Classes end Dentistry Grad Perio (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 15 Dentistry Clinic Summer Closure (all clinics)
Monday, 22 Online Registration Opens (Incoming 1Ls, Law)

August

Monday, 5
 Halifax/Dartmouth Natal Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 6
 Classes begin, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Friday, 16 Classes end, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program