Academic Calendar
2023 - 2024
This calendar reflects major term dates and activities scheduled throughout the academic year at PAFA. Term start and end dates, refund periods, drop/add periods, and more vary for all terms.
2023 - 2024 Academic Calendar
| Fall 2023 | |
| Studio Check-in Begins | 8/23/2023 |
| New Student Orientation | 8/28/2023 |
| Classes Start (Cert/BFA/PB/MFA)-Monday classes | 8/30/2023 |
| Labor Day Holiday (no classes) | 9/4/2023 |
| Classes Start (Low Residency MFA) | 9/5/2023 |
| Fall Convocation | 9/7/2023 |
| Drop/Add Ends | 9/15/2023 |
| Indigenous Peoples Day (no classes) | 10/9/2023 |
| Last Day to Withdraw from a Class | 11/3/2023 |
| Undergraduate Registration for Spring Classes | 10/30 – 11/17/2023 |
| Graduate Registration for Spring Classes | 11/20 - 11/21/2023 |
| Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes) | 11/23 & 11/24/2023 |
| Last Day of Fall Classes (MFA) | 12/11/2023 |
| Final Crit Week | 12/12 – 12/18/2023 |
| MFA End of Term Reviews | 12/14 – 12/15/2023 |
| Last Day of Fall Classes (BFA/PB/LoRes MFA) | 12/18/2023 |
| Winter Break Begins for All Students | 12/20/2023 |
| Spring 2024 | |
| Orientation | 1/10/2024 |
| Classes Start (Cert/BFA/PB/MFA)-Monday classes | 1/11/2024 |
| Martin Luther King Holiday (no classes) | 1/15/2024 |
| Classes Start (Low Residency MFA) | 1/16/2024 |
| Drop/Add Ends | 1/26/2024 |
| FAFSA Priority Submission date | 2/1/2024 |
| Last Day to Remove Fall Incompletes | 2/23/2024 |
| Spring Break (no classes) | 3/2 - 3/10/2024 |
| Classes Resume | 3/11/2024 |
| Last Day to Withdraw from a Class | 3/22/2024 |
| Undergraduate Registration for Fall Classes | 4/1 – 4/12/2024 |
| Fall 2024 Undergraduate Studio Applications Due | Mid-April TBD |
| Graduate Registration for Fall Classes | Mid-April TBD |
| Last Day of Spring Classes (MFA) | 4/25/2024 |
| Final Crit Week | 4/26 - 5/2/2024 |
| Last Day of Spring Classes (BFA/PB/LoRes MFA) | 5/2/2024 |
| MFA1 End of Term Reviews | 5/2/2024 |
| MFA2 End of Term Reviews | 5/6 & 5/7/2024 |
| ASE Women’s Committee Preview Opening | 5/9/2024 |
| Prize Ceremony/Graduation/ASE Public Opening | 5/10/2024 |
| Annual Student Exhibition Closes | 6/2/2024 |
| Last Day to Remove Spring 2024 Incompletes | 7/12/2024 |
| Summer 2024 | |
| Orientation (Low Residency MFA) | 6/18/2024 |
| Juneteenth Holiday (no classes) | 6/19/2024 |
| Classes Start (Low Residency MFA) | 6/20/2024 |
| Low Residency MFA Graduation | 8/7/2024 |
| Last Day of Summer Classes (Low Residency MFA) | 8/9/2024 |
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