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Office of the Registrar

Dartmouth College
Office of the Registrar
6014 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-3541


Phone: (603) 646-2246
Fax: (603) 646-2247
Email: registrar@Dartmouth.EDU

Academic Calendar 2008-2009

Summer Term 2008

  • June 19 Summer term classes begin
  • June 21 Special day of classes lasting from 8:00 to 12:50: courses regularly held in the 10-sequence meet at 8:00; in 11-, at 9:15; in 12-, at 10:30; and in 2-, at 11:45. Courses regularly held in other time sequences do not meet
  • July 4 Independence Day, College Holiday
  • August 20 Summer term classes end at 5:20 p.m.; start of Pre-Examination Break
  • August 23 Final examinations begin
  • August 26 Final examinations end

Fall Term 2008

  • September 24 Fall term classes begin
  • November 25 Thanksgiving recess begins at 5:50 p.m.
  • December 1 Thanksgiving recess ends at 7:45 a.m.
  • December 3 Fall term classes end at 5:20 p.m.; start of Pre-Examination Break
  • December 6 Final examinations begin
  • December 10 Final examinations end

Winter Term 2009

  • January 5 Winter term classes begin
  • January 19 Martin Luther King Jr. day - classes moved to x-periods except 3A classes to 3B on Tuesday; laboratories meet as scheduled
  • February 13 Carnival holiday (Classes moved to x-periods)
  • March 10 Winter term classes end at 5:50 p.m.; start of Pre-Examination Break
  • March 13 Final examinations begin
  • March 17 Final examinations end

Spring Term 2009

  • March 30 Spring term classes begin
  • May 25 Memorial Day Holiday
  • June 2 Spring term classes end at 5:50 p.m.; start of Pre-Examination Break
  • June 5 Final examinations begin
  • June 9 Final examinations end
  • June 14 Commencement Day

Two important dates in the following year 2009-2010

  • June 25 Summer term classes begin
  • September 23 Fall term classes begin

Last Updated: 7/20/12