2009-2010 Academic Calendar
2009
August
17
Mon
- HMS MD 1st Year Orientation Begins
26
Wed
- Harvard GSAS Registration Day
28
Fri
- HMS MD 1st Yr. Orientation Ends
31
Mon
- HST MD 1st & 2nd Year Classes Begin
- MIT Grad Student Orientation Begins
September
2
Wed
- Harvard GSAS Classes Begin
3
Thu
- HST PhD, MD and SM Student Orientation at MIT
7
Mon
- Holiday - Labor Day - No Classes
11
Fri
- Last Day to Register for MIT Fall Term
- MIT February Degree Application Deadline
30
Wed
- Last Day to Sign Up for MIT Family Health Insurance or Waive Individual Coverage
October
8
Thu
- HST Faculty Poster Session (tent.)
9
Fri
- DEADLINE to ADD Classes at MIT
- MIT Cross-registration Deadline
- MD Intent to Apply for Honors
- LAST DAY to Submit Fall RA, TA, and Fellowship Applications
12
Mon
- Holiday - Columbus Day - No Classes
13
Tue
- MIT follows Monday schedule of classes
November
1
Sat
- Deadline for Spring Application to Biomedical Informatics SM Program
11
Wed
- Holiday - Veterans Day - No Classes
15
Sun
- Deadline for Application to GEMS Program
18
Wed
- DEADLINE to DROP MIT Subjects
December
1
Tue
- MIT Spring Term On-Line Pre-registration Starts
8
Tue
- Harvard Biophysics application deadline
12-21
Sat-Mon
- Harvard GSAS Final Exam Period
14-18
Mon-Fri
- HST/HMS Final Exam Period
- MIT Final Exam Period
15
Tue
- Biomedical Enterprise Application deadline
- HST PhD/SM Fall Admissions Deadline
19
Sat
- MIT and HST/HST Winter Recess begins
22
Tue
- Harvard GSAS Winter Recess Begins
30
Tues
- Deadline for MIT Spring Pre-Registration ($40 late fee after this date)
2010
January
2
Sat
- Harvard SEAS application deadline
3
Sun
- HST/MIT Winter Recess Ends
4
Mon
- HST/HMS January Classes Begin
- MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) begins
8
Fri
- PhD Thesis Due for Feb MIT Degree
14
Thu
- Deadline for MIT Spring Pre-Registration ($75 late fee after this date)
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Thu
- HMS Soma Weiss Assembly (January 14 or 21)
15
Fri
- Last Day to Go Off MIT Feb Degree List
18
Mon
- Holiday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No Classes
25
Mon
- HST Oral Qualifying Exams
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- Harvard GSAS Spring Term Classes Begin
29
Fri
- HST/HMS January Classes End
- Last Day of MIT Independent Activities Period
February
1
Mon
- MIT Registration Day
- HST/HMS Spring Classes Begin
- HST MD Thesis DUE
5
Fri
- Last Day to Register: MIT Spring Term
- MIT June Degree Application Deadline
15
Mon
- Holiday - Presidents' Day - No Classes
16
Tues
- MIT Follows Monday Schedule of Classes
26
Fri
- Last Day to Sign Up for MIT Family Health
March
5
Fri
- Last Day to ADD MIT Subjects
- LAST DAY to submit Spring Term RA, TA, and Fellowship Applications
- Cross-Registration Deadline
15-19
Mon-Fri
- HST/HMS and Harvard GSAS Spring Vacation
22-26
Mon-Fri
- MIT Spring Vacation (HST/HMS courses meet)
April
2
Fri
- Last day to submit/change thesis title ($75 late fee)
19-20
Mon-Tue
- Holiday - Patriot's Day- No Classes at MIT (HST/HMS courses meet)
22
Thurs
- MIT DROP DATE - Last Day to Drop Classes
May
1
Fri
- MIT Summer and Fall Term Pre-registration begins
- PhD Thesis Due for June MIT Degree
7-15
Fri-Sat
- Harvard GSAS Final Exam Period
18-22
Mon-Fri
- HST Final Exam Period
- MIT Final Exam Period
24-25
Mon-Tue
- HST Oral Qualifying Exams
28
Fri
- MIT Fall Pre-registration Deadline ($40 late fee after this date)
June
4
Fri
- MIT Commencement
- LAST DAY to submit Summer RA, TA, and Fellowship Applications
