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Academic Calendars

Academic Dates 2024/2025

2024

April

Tuesday, 2
 Classes end, Law

Thursday, 4

Exams begin, Law

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
Wednesday, 17 Exams end, Law
Thursday, 18

Oral exams, Denistry (4th year)
Friday, 26

Classes and clinics end, Dentistry (4th year)
Exams end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
End of Medicine Clerkship, Class of 2024
Monday, 29

Classes begin, Dental Hygiene (1st year)

May

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)
Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Monday, 20 Victoria Day - University closed (does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Friday, 24 Exams end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Tuesday, 21 - Friday, 31
Spring Convocations

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, exchange, and visiting students Law)
Saturday, 15 Online application (Section 1) opens, Medicine
Monday, 17 to Friday, 21 Summer break for full term courses
(does not apply to programs in the Faculty of Dentistry or the Faculty of Medicine)
Monday, 10 Dentistry Grad Perio Orientation begins
Monday, 17
 Supplemental and special examinations begin, Law
Friday, 21 Classes end, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Friday, 28

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

July

Monday, 1

Postgrad Medicine academic year begins
Canada Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine Clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 2

Last day to apply to graduate in Fall
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)
Wednesday, 31 Last day to apply to Medicine - online application (Section 1) closes

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, 9 Deadline to write MCAT for 2023-2024 Medicine application cycle
Monday, 14 Classes begin, Medicine Clerkship (third year - Class of 2025)
Friday, 16

Classes end, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Registration (NB Medicine students, 1st year)
Saturday, 24

Registration (NS Medicine Students, 1st year)
Monday, 26 to Friday, 30

Orientation week (Medicine, 1st year students)
Monday, 19

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)
Saturday, 24

Grades due for courses with formal exams
Monday, 26

Orientation, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years), Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Saturday, 24

Grades due for courses with formal exams
Thursday, 29

Orientation, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene

September

Tuesday, 3 Deadline to submit Section 2 of the online application, Medicine
Monday, 2 Labour Day - University closed
Tuesday, 3

Classes begin, Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Orientation begins, first year, Law
Deadline to pay application processing fee, Medicine
Wednesday, 4  
Classes begin, second and third year, Law
Monday, 9
 Classes begin, first year, Law
Tuesday, 17 Last date to add or change fall term and full-year courses, Law
Monday, 30

Application deadline Paediatric General Practice Dental Residency Program
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - University closed

October

Tuesday, 1 Application deadline Dentistry General Practice Residency Program
Wednesday, 2
 Last day to drop fall term classes without a "W", Law
Monday, 14 Thanksgiving Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine Clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday 22 - Wednesday 23 Fall Convocations
Friday, 25 Fall Study Break - Faculty of Dentistry
Thursday, 31 Last day to drop multi-term classes without a “W”, Law

November

Monday, 11 Remembrance Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Monday, 11 - Friday, 15 Fall Break
(does not apply to programs in the Faculty of Dentistry or the Faculty of Medicine)
Friday, 29 Classes end, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Thursday, 30 Early Application Deadline (Law)

December

Monday, 2

Last day to apply to graduate in Spring
Application deadline, Doctor of Dental Surgery Program (DDS)
Tuesday, 3

Classes end, Law
Exams begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Thursday, 5 - Thursday, 20
 For the Law examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage.
Friday, 13 Exam end, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Saturday, 21

Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Tuesday, 24
 Grades due for courses with formal exams

2025

January

Wednesday, 1 New Year's Day - University closed
Application deadline, Dentistry, Qualifying Program
Thursday, 2 Classes/clinics begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Monday, 6 Classes resume, Medicine (first and second year) Classes resume, All years, Law
Friday, 10 Final Application deadline, Law
Monday, 20 Last day to add or change winter term classes, Law
Saturday, 25 Law Fall Special and Supplemental Exam Period 1

February

TBD Last date to write the LSAT for the 2025-2026 Law application
Monday, 3
 Last day to drop Winter term classes without a “W”, Law
Last day to drop multi-term courses with a “W”, Law
Friday, 7 Munro Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Saturday, 15 Application deadline, Diploma in Dental Hygiene, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Monday, 17 Nova Scotia Heritage Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship)
Monday, 17 - Friday, 21 Winter Break
(does not apply to Medicine or Dentistry)

March

Wednesday, 5
 Last day to drop Winter term classes with a “W”, Law
Monday, 10 - Friday, 14
 Study break begins, Medicine (first and second year), Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Monday, 18 Classes resume, Medicine (first and second year)

April

Tuesday, 1 Classes end, Law
Monday, 7 Classes end, regular session unless otherwise indicated
Thursday, 3 - Thursday, 17 For the Law school examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage.
Friday, 11

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Tuesday, 15 Exams begin, Dentistry (3rd year) Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Friday, 18

Good Friday - University closed
Friday, 25

End of Medicine Clerkship, Class of 2025
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

May

Friday, 2 Grades due for courses with formal exams
Monday, 5 Classes begin, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Wednesday, 7 Classes begin, Dentistry (3rd year)
Friday, 9 Classes end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Tuesday, 13 Exams begin, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Friday, 16 Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (3rd year)
Saturday, 24 Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Monday, 19 Victoria Day - University closed 
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship)
Friday, 23 Exams end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)

June

Wednesday, 4 Online Registration Opens (3L, 3rd and 4th combined degree, upper year part-time students, Law)
Monday, 9 - Friday, 20 Spring Convocations
Tuesday, 10 and Wednesday 11 Medicine (PreClerkship) Deferral exam dates
Wednesday, 11
 Online Registration Opens (2L, transfer, exchange, and visiting students Law)
Monday, 16
 Winter Supplemental and special examinations begin, Law
Friday, 27 Classes end, Dental Hygiene (1st year)

Winter Supplemental and special examinations end, Law
Monday, 30 Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year)

July

Tuesday, 1

Canada Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Postgrad Medicine Academic Year begins
Wednesday, 2 Last day to apply to graduate in Fall
Tuesday, 8 to Thursday 10 Supplemental Exam Dates, Medicine (PreClerkship)
Friday, 11 Classes end Dentistry Grad Perio (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 14 Dentistry Clinic Summer Closure (all clinics)
Monday, 23 Online Registration Opens (Incoming 1Ls, Law)

August

Monday, 4
 Halifax/Dartmouth Natal Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 5
 Classes begin, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Friday, 15 Classes end, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Tuesday, 26 Grades due for courses with formal exams