2025 Spring Academic Calendar

 See five-year forecast for chronological listing of key dates.

**Special Note the deadline for Add, Swap, Drop, Credit Change, Audit and CR/NC has been extended to 1/22/25 (11:59pm) for classes that started on 1/13/25 due to the                                                               cancellation of classes on 1/21/25.

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Academic Session Dates

Undergraduate

** Classes offered in coordination with the Department of Digital Learning.

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session N01

01/13/2025
05/03/2025
(classes end)
05/10/2025
(session ends)

01/13/2025
03/08/2025

03/17/2025
05/10/2025

01/13/2025
06/14/2025

Graduate School and Graduate School of Management

Session 1

Session S01

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

**Session J

01/13/2025
05/03/2025
(classes end)
05/10/2025
(session ends)

01/11/2025
05/10/2025

01/13/2025
03/08/2025

03/17/2025
05/10/2025

12/30/2024
05/10/2025

12/16/2024
01/11/2025

 Health Science Professional 

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

01/13/2025
05/03/2025
(classes end)
05/10/2025
(session ends)

01/13/2025
03/08/2025

03/17/2025
05/10/2025

12/30/2024
 05/10/2025

Dental School

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

01/13/2025
05/03/2025
(classes end)
05/10/2025
(session ends)

01/13/2025
03/08/2025

 03/17/2025
 05/10/2025

12/30/2024
05/10/2025

Law School

Session 1

01/13/2025
05/03/2025
(classes end)
05/10/2025
(session ends)

Academic censure appeal deadlines

Last day at noon to submit appeal for dismissed fall 2024 students who wish to enroll in spring 2025:
                                                     01/03/2025
Last day at noon to submit appeal for J-session students who appealed dismissal and wish to enroll in spring 2025:     
                                                    01/21/2025
Last day at noon to submit appeal for dismissed spring 2025 students who wish to enroll in summer 2025:
                                                    05/19/2025

Last day at noon to submit appeal for dismissed spring 2025 student who wish to enroll in fall 2025:
                                                   05/30/2025

Academic censure appeal decisions released

 

For fall 2024 students who appealed dismissal and wish to enroll in spring 2025:
                                              01/09/2025

For J-session students who appealed dismissal and wish to enroll in spring 2025: 
                                               01/22/2025

For spring 2025 students who appealed dismissal and wish to enroll in summer 2025:     
                                                05/22/2025                                

For spring 2025 students who appealed dismissal and wish to enroll in fall 2025: 
                                                06/06/2025                                     

Academic Integrity tutorial deadline (excludes Dental and Law)

                                                 03/03/2025

Add, Swap, Drop, Credit Change, Audit, CR/NC  Deadline (11:59pm)

 Undergraduate

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session  N01

01/21/2025

01/21/2025

03/25/2025

01/21/2025

 Graduate School and Graduate School of Management

Session 1

Session S01

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

**Session  J

01/21/2025

01/21/2025

01/21/2025

03/25/2025

01/08/2025

12/18/2024

 Health Science Professional

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C 

01/21/2025

01/21/2025

03/25/2025

01/08/2025

 Dental School 

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

01/21/2025

01/21/2025

 03/25/2025

01/08/2025

 Law School 

Session 1

01/21/2025

Advising for fall registration

                          03/17/2025 through 03/28/2025

Baccalaureate

  Commencement-related activities and the full schedule will be released
                                                       in early-2025

Breaks: classes excused

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 01/20/2025

Spring Break:  03/10/2025 - 03/16/2025

Easter Break
Undergraduate, Health Science Professional, Dental:  04/17/2025 - 04/21/2025
Graduate: 04/17/2025 - 04/20/2025
Law: 04/18/2025 - 04/20/2025

Marquette University Presidential Inauguration: 04/29/25, 9:30am-12:30pm (only applies to the following undergraduate class types: lecture, discussion, topics in, special topics, seminar, and capstone)

Dental School D1 through D3 Students:  05/19/2025 - 05/24/2025

CDCA Clinical Board Exam  

                                                       TBD

Commencement 

Undergraduate, Graduate, Health Sciences (excluding Physical Therapy)

       Saturday, May 10 or Sunday, May 11

       the full schedule will be released in early-2025

Dental School

        Sunday, May 11

Law, Physical Therapy
        Saturday, May 17

Comprehensive Exams: results of comprehensive exams due in the Graduate School or the Graduate School of Management

(Registration for and the taking of the comprehensive exams, and the submission of the results, are arranged between the student and his/her program or department)

                                                04/16/2025

Diplomas

Digital diploma email notification released to a graduate's @marquette.edu email account 4 weeks after final grades are posted.

Paper diplomas shipped directly to a graduate's diploma mailing address from Parchment 30 days after final grades are posted.

Dissertation Deadlines

Announcement of Public Defense of Dissertation Forms Deadline:
03/17/2025

Defense Deadline:
03/31/2025

Approved Submission to the Grad School through ProQuest with Required Forms Deadline:
04/28/2025

Enrollment/registration 

For spring term 2025
Students register by appointment: 11/11/2024 - 11/29/2024
Appointment times are displayed to students in CheckMarq in October. Registration is open to all students after the last day of the appointment period.

For fall term 2025
Students register by appointment: 3/31/2025 - 4/22/2025
Appointment times are displayed to students in CheckMarq in March.  Registration is open to all students after the last day of the appointment period. 

Exams

 Midterm 
Undergraduate           
                                           Session 1 
                              03/03/2025 through 03/08/2025

Final Exams
Undergraduate

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session N01

05/05/2025
   through
05/10/2025

                                   Last day of class

 

Graduate School and Graduate School of Management

Session 1

Session S01

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

Session J

05/05/2025
   through
05/10/2025

Last day of class

Last day of class

Last day of class

Last day of class

Last day of class

 Health Science Professional

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

05/05/2025
   through
05/10/2025

Last day of class

Last day of class

Last day of class

 Dental School

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

05/05/2025
   through
05/10/2025

Last day of class

Last day of class

Last day of class

 Law School

Session 1

04/28/2025
   through
05/10/2025

 

Grade deadlines (faculty) and availability

Midterm grades are available to students as they are entered by faculty.  Final grades are available to students approximately one hour after the faculty deadline

Midterm Grades
Undergraduate 

                                                Session 1
                                        03/11/2025 @ noon
Final Grades 
Undergraduate

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session N01

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

03/11/2025
@ 12 noon

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

06/17/2025
@ 12 noon 

Graduate School and Graduate School of Management 

Session 1

Session S01

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

Session J

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

03/11/2025
@ 12 noon

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

01/14/2025
@ 12 noon

Health Science Professional  

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

03/11/2025
@ 12 noon

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

 Dental School

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

03/11/2025
@ 12 noon

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

05/13/2025
@ 12 noon

 Law School

Session 1

Check with law school

Faculty textbook submission deadline

                                                 03/03/2025

Financial Aid Applications

Graduate School Financial Aid Application deadline (merit-based aid) for the Academic Year 2024-2025
                                               02/13/2025                                        

Summer 2025:

Undergraduate, Graduate School, and Graduate School of Management 

      02/25/2025

Grade appeal deadline

last day for students to appeal a final grade assigned in all fall 2024 sessions                                                           02/14/2025

Graduation application deadline                                                              

Deadline for undergraduate students to apply to graduate in spring 2025.  

                                               01/16/2025

Deadline for graduate and professional students to apply to graduate in spring 2025.

                                               02/03/2025

Students with extenuating circumstances for missing the deadline can appeal to their college or school office to request permission to apply late.

Commencement Ceremony Deadlines

Last day to apply to graduate in spring, summer or fall 2025 and have name appear in the commencement program.
                                                04/11/2025                                            

Last day to apply to graduate in spring, summer or fall 2025 and participate in the Spring 2025 Commencement ceremony (name will not appear in program).
                                                04/25/2025

Hooding Ceremonies 

  Dental School          Friday, May 16
  Law School              Saturday, May 17

Incomplete deadlines

Fall 2024 Classes
last day for students to submit completed coursework/exams to faculty
                                                  02/14/2025

last day for faculty to submit grade changes (Incomplete to final grade) to college offices
                                                 02/28/2025

last day for colleges to approve submitted grade changes (Incomplete to final grade)
                                                 03/03/2025
Spring 2025 Classes

last day for students to submit completed coursework/exams to faculty   
                                                  10/03/2025

last day for faculty to submit grade changes (Incomplete to final grade) to college offices
                                                 10/15/2025

last day for colleges to approve submitted grade changes (Incomplete to final grade)
                                                  10/17/2025

InternalTransfer Deadline: Deadline for current students to submit requests for fall 2025

College of Business & College of Nursing  05/01/2025 
Other Colleges  Monday before classes start in a session

Last day to clear clinical services: D4 students

                                            TBD

M.S.A.E. professional project outline: due to the Graduate School of Management

                                               01/22/2025

Official transcript submission deadlines 

Graduation  
 Must be received in the Office of the Registrar one week prior to diploma date

Registration Appointments

Last day external transcripts must arrive in the Office of the Registrar for transfer credits to affect fall registration appointments
                                             01/31/2025

Outlines due to the Graduate School

                                            03/07/2025

Readmission deadline

                           Monday before classes begin in a session.

Thesis, professional project, or essay deadline Graduate School: excludes GSM project outline

                                                 04/16/2025
GSM project outline for August graduates
                                                 04/10/2025

Transcripts available with degree information

Students are encouraged to monitor their @marquette.edu email address for notification of degree and certificate postings. 

06/06/2025

Trustees' List deadline

Colleges and Schools to submit Trustees' List to the Office of the Registrar for J Session and January 29 through April 30 graduates
                   At noon the last business day of the month for all sessions.
                           Diploma date is last business day of the month.

 

Colleges and Schools to submit Trustees' List to the Office of the Registrar for end of spring term 2025 graduates                                 

                                         05/16 @ 12 noon

Waitlist deadline

The waitlist deadline represents the final date the waitlist process will run for a given session.  Students are removed from waitlists the day after the deadline.

Undergraduate 

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session N01

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

03/20/2025

01/16/2025

 Graduate School and Graduate School of Management 

Session 1

Session S01

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

Session J

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

03/20/2025

01/02/2025

 12/17/2024

 Health Science Professional  

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

03/20/2025

01/02/2025

 

Withdrawal from classes begins

 Undergraduate 

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session N01

01/22/2025

01/22/2025

03/25/2025

01/25/2025

 Graduate School and Graduate School of Management

Session 1

Session S01

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

Session J

01/22/2025

01/22/2025

01/22/2025

03/26/2025

01/10/2025

 12/20/2024

 Health Science Professional

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

01/22/2025

01/22/2025

03/26/2025

01/10/2025

Dental School

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

01/22/2025

01/22/2025

03/26/2025

01/10/2025

Law School

Session 1

01/22/2025

 

Withdrawal deadline

Undergraduate 

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session N01

04/11/2025

02/21/2025

04/25/2025

05/02/2025

Graduate School and Graduate School of Management 

Session 1

Session S01

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

Session J

04/11/2025

04/11/2025

02/21/2025

04/25/2025

04/04/2025

01/03/2025

 Health Science Professional 

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

04/11/2025

02/21/2025

04/25/2025

04/04/2025

 Dental School 

Session 1

Session 8W1

Session 8W2

Session 18C

04/11/2025

02/21/2025

04/25/2025

04/04/2025

 Law School 

Session 1

03/05/2025

 

University Census Freeze Date

                                           02/04/2025

 University offices closed

See the University Holiday Calendar for a listing of dates when Marquette University offices are closed.

 To see Fall and Summer terms, select the corresponding link:

Faculty: The contract dates of the 2024-2025 academic year for faculty are August 12, 2024 through May 14, 2025 for newly hired faculty and August 19, 2024 through May 14, 2025 for returning faculty.