MBA Key Dates & Calendar

Some important dates in the MBA Program during the 2024-2025 Academic Year:

2024

1 AUG	MS/MBA: Engineering and MS/MBA: Biotechnology RC program begins
20 AUG	Required RC Registration
21-23 AUG	Required RC START
26 AUG	RC Fall Term courses begin
29 AUG	Cross-Registration petitions accepted for EC Fall Term
2 SEP	Labor Day
3 SEP	Required EC Kickoff
4 SEP	EC Fall Term courses begin
6 SEP	EC Open Day
18 SEP	EC Open Day
21 SEP	Weekend Sprints (special on-campus academic programming, optional)
27 SEP	RC and EC Open Day
3 OCT	RC and EC Open Day
14 OCT	Columbus Day (Federal); Indigenous Peoples' Day (City of Cambridge)
25 OCT	RC and EC Open Day
3 NOV	Weekend Sprints (special on-campus academic programming, optional)
5 NOV	RC and EC Open Day
11 NOV	Veterans Day
27-29 NOV	Thanksgiving Recess
9-13 DEC; 16-17 DEC	RC Final Exams
6-12 DEC	EC Final Exams
21 DEC	Winter Recess Begins

9 JAN	MS/MBA: Engineering and MS/MBA: Biotechnology RC Spring begins
13 JAN	MS/MBA: Engineering and MS/MBA: Biotechnology EC Spring begins
20 JAN	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
21-24 JAN	Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)
22 JAN	Cross-Registration petitions accepted for EC Spring Term
27 JAN	RC and EC Spring Terms begin
10 FEB	RC and EC Open Day
17 FEB	Presidents' Day
1 MAR	Weekend Sprints (special on-campus academic programming, optional)
15-23 MAR	Spring Break
21 APR	RC and EC Open Day
24-30 APR	EC Final Exams
29-30 APR; 5-9 MAY	RC Final Exams
30 APR	Last day of EC Spring Term
30 APR-2 MAY	Required EC Bridges
10-11 MAY; 20-21 MAY	FGI Travel
12-19 MAY	Field Global Immersion (FGI)
21 MAY	Last day of RC Spring Term
26 MAY	Memorial Day
29 MAY	Harvard University Commencement

	First Day of Attendance	Last Day of Attendance
Required Curriculum	25 AUG 2025	20 MAY 2026
Elective Curriculum	2 SEP 2025	1 MAY 2026

The MS/MBA: Engineering and MS/MBA: Biotechnology programs will start on 4 AUG 2025.

Additional future commencement dates are available on the extended Harvard University calendar.

Note: Dates are subject to change.