Academic Calendar 2022-2023

Sessional Dates

Some graduate departments/programs have different start and end dates for classes and for terms throughout the academic year, as well as different examination periods. Please consult the graduate department/program for applicable dates. 

For Sessional Dates for the Master of Occupational Therapy and Master of Physical Therapy programs, contact the School of Rehabilitation Therapy.

May 2022

Date Event
1 Summer Term begins
1 Summer term courses begin
2 Spring term begins for GDE and PME programs
18 Last date for course changes for Spring term for GDE and PME programs without SGSPA approval
19 Last date for course changes for Summer Term without SGSPA approval
23 Victoria Day (University closed. Classes will not be held.)

June 2022

Date Event
17 Spring term ends for GDE and PME programs

July 2022

Date Event
1 Canada Day (University closed. Classes will not be held.)
4 Summer Term classes begin for M.Ed., M.Ed. (WISE), GDE and PME programs
13 Last date for course changes for M.Ed., M.Ed. (WISE), GDE and PME programs without SGSPA approval
21 Summer Term classes end M.Ed. and M.Ed. (WISE) programs

August 2022

Date Event
2 Civic Holiday (University closed. Classes will not be held.)
13 Summer Term classes end (except for Summer Term graduate programs in Education)
16,17 Summer Term examination period (TENTATIVE)
19 Summer Term classes end GDE and PME programs
31 Sumer Term ends

September 2022

Date Event
1 Fall Term begins
5 Labour Day (University closed. Classes will not be held.)
6 Fall Term classes begin.
16 Last date for reporting to SGSPA completion of degree requirements to make the Fall 2022 degree list
19 Fall term classes begin for GDE and PME programs
30 National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (afternoon classes canceled)
30 Fall Term tuition fees, UHIP and Student Activity fees, or fee payment arrangements, due for graduate students

October 2022

Date Event
6 Last date for course changes for the Fall 2022 Term without SGSPA approval
10 Thanksgiving Day (University closed. Classes will not be held.)
11-14 Fall mid-term break* (for undergraduate students in programs in Arts and Science, School of Nursing, Engineering and Applied Science, and Commerce, and other programs where practicable).

* motion approved by Queen’s Senate, November 30, 2021: “.. a four-day Fall Term break immediately following Thanksgiving Monday, with the start of classes the Tuesday after Labour Day, to be implemented for the four direct-entry programs, as well as other Queen’s programs where practicable, for the 2022-23 academic year and beyond.”

NOTE: Fall 2022 Convocation dates and the deadline to apply to graduate, will be published by the Office of the University Registrar in Summer 2022. Refer to http://www.queensu.ca/registrar/convocation/ceremonies .

November 2022

Date Event
11 Remembrance Day Service (Classes cancelled 10:00-11:30 a.m.)
25 Fall Term classes end for GDE and PME programs

December 2022

Date Event
5 Fall Term classes end
6 Commemoration Day (All academic activity with the exception of clinical and field work will be cancelled.)
6-7 Fall Term pre-examination study period
8-22 Fall Term examination period
31 Fall Term ends

January 2023

Date Event
1 Winter Term begins
1 New Year’s Day (University closed. Classes will not be held.)
9 Winter term classes begin
9 International Student Orientation for Winter Term admissions
10 Winter Term tuition fees, or fee payment arrangements, due for graduate students
12 Last Date to drop Fall-Winter (full year) courses without SGSPA approval

February 2023

Date Event
3 Last date for course changes for Winter Term without SGSPA approval
20 Family Day (University closed. Classes will not be held.)
20-24 Winter mid-term Reading Week (not applicable to M.Sc. O.T. or M.Sc. P.T. program)

April 2023

Date Event
7 Good Friday (University closed. Classes will not be held. Examinations will not be held.)
10 Winter Term classes end
11-13 Winter Term pre-examination study period
14-28 Winter Term examination period
28 Last date for reporting to SGPA completion of degree requirements to make the Spring 2023 Degree List
30 Winter Term ends.

May 2023

Date Event
1 Summer Term begins
1 Summer Term classes begin
6 Summer Term tuition fees, or fee payment arrangements, due
17 Last date for course changes for Spring term for GDE and PME programs without SGSPA approval
19 Last date for course changes for Summer Term without SGSPA approval
22 Victoria Day (University closed. Classes will not be held.)

NOTE: Spring 2023 Convocation dates and the deadline to apply to graduate, will be published by the Office of the University Registrar in November 2022. Refer to http://www.queensu.ca/registrar/convocation/ceremonies.

June 2023

Date Event
16 Spring term ends begins for GDE and PME programs

July 2023

Date Event
1 Canada Day (University closed. Classes will not be held.)
4 Summer Term classes begin for M.Ed., M.Ed. (WISE), GDE and PME programs
12 Last date for course changes for M.Ed., M.Ed. (WISE), GDE and PME programs without SGSPA approval
18 Summer Term classes end GDE and PME programs
21 Summer Term classes end M.Ed. and M.Ed. (WISE) programs

August 2023

Date Event
1 Civic Holiday (University closed. Classes will not be held.)
12 Summer Term classes end (except for Summer Term graduate programs in Education)
15,16 Summer Term examination period (TENTATIVE)
18 Summer Term classes end GDE and PME programs
31 Summer Term ends

September 2023

Date Event
1 Fall Term begins
4 Labour Day
5 Fall Term classes begin