Date Event
August 1, 2023 2023 – 2024 Required Curriculum (RC) Academic Year Begins for MS/MBA Engineering & Biotech Joint Degree Programs
August 22, 2023 2023 – 2024 Required Curriculum (RC) Academic Year Begins; Required Registration
August 23 – 25, 2023 Required RC START
August 28, 2023 RC Fall Term courses begin
September 4, 2023 Harvard University Holiday (Labor Day)
September 5, 2023 2023 – 2024 Elective Curriculum (EC) Academic Year Begins; Required EC Kickoff
September 6, 2023 EC Fall Term courses begin
October 9, 2023 Harvard University Holiday (Indigenous Peoples’ Day)
November 10, 2023 HBS Holiday (Veterans Day) - Other Harvard University schools may hold classes
November 22 – 24, 2023 Harvard University Holiday (Thanksgiving Break)
December 7 – 15, 2023 RC Exam Period (Fall Term)
December 8 – 14, 2023 EC Exam Period (Fall Term)
December 14, 2023 End of EC Fall Term
December 15, 2023 End of RC Fall Term
January 2 – 19, 2024 January Term
January 4, 2024 MS/MBA Engineering & Biotech Programs RC Spring Term Begins
January 8, 2024 MS/MBA Engineering & Biotech Programs EC Spring Term Begins
January 15, 2024 Harvard University Holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr Day)
January 16 – 19, 2024 RC/EC Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)(Optional)
January 22, 2024 Beginning of RC/EC Spring Term
February 19, 2024 Harvard University Holiday (Presidents’ Day)
March 11 – 15, 2024 RC/EC Spring Break
April 18 – 24, 2024 EC Exam Period (Spring Term)
April 23 – 24, 2024 RC Exam Period (Spring Term)
April 29 – May 3, 2024 RC Exam Period Continues
April 24 – 26, 2024 Required EC Bridges
April 26, 2024 End of EC Academic Year
May 7 – 14, 2024 RC FIELD Global Immersion (FGI)
May 15, 2024 End of RC Academic Year
May 23, 2024 Class of 2024 Commencement Exercises

Open Days

RC: September 25; October 13; February 2; April 15
EC: September 8 and 25; October 6, 13 and 25; November 15; January 24; February 16; April 15