Graduate School of Marine Science (VIMS)

August 1	Fall registration begins for new students
August 26-27	New Student Orientation
August 28	First day of classes
September 2	Labor day (offices closed)
September 6	Last day to add/drop
September 7	Withdrawal period begins
October 12-15	Fall Break
October 16	Classes resume from Fall Break
October 21	Spring 2020 registration begins for continuing students
October 28	Last day to withdraw from a full-term course
November 27 - December 1	Thanksgiving Break (offices closed, no classes)
December 2	Classes resume from Thanksgiving Break
December 6	Last day of classes
December 7-8, 14-15	Reading Periods
December 9-13, 16-18	Final Exams
December 13	Thesis submission deadline for winter graduates
January 2, 2020	Fall final grades due by 9 a.m.
January 6, 2020	Spring registration begins for new students
January 17, 2020	Winter degree conferral (no ceremony)

January 6	New student registration begins
January 17	Winter degree conferral (no ceremony)
January 20	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes, offices closed)
January 22	First day of classes NDS student registration begins
January 31	Add/Drop Period ends
February 1	Withdrawal Period begins (see graduate registrar)
March 7-15	Spring Break
March 16	Classes resume from Spring Break Summer 2020 and Fall 2020 registration begins
March 23	Withdrawal Period ends (see graduate registrar)
May 1	Last day of classes Thesis/Dissertation deadline for May 2020 graduation
May 2-3	Reading Period
May 4-8	Exams
May 9-10	Reading Period
May 11-13	Exams
May 13	Spring grades due at 12 p.m. for graduating graduate students
May 16-17	Spring Degree Conferral & Commencement Ceremony
May 20	Spring grades due at 9 a.m. for continuing students