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Important Dates

Application Deadlines (Bachelor's Degrees)

Fall Quarter: August 15
Winter Quarter: November 15
Spring Quarter: February 15
Summer Quarter: May 15

Applications are accepted year round. If you wish to begin in a specific quarter, you must submit an application by the appropriate deadline. Applications are reviewed by the admissions committee once all application materials are received.

Application Deadlines (Professional Health Careers)

Fall Quarter: June 15
Winter Quarter: November 15
Spring Quarter: February 15
Summer Quarter: March 15

If an application deadline falls on a weekend, applications will be due the next business day.

Important Note for Pre-Medicine Applicants: Applications for the premedicine concentration are not evaluated on a rolling admissions basis. Applications will be evaluated after the application deadline has passed. Applicants will be notified of their admission status within two weeks of the application deadline. Premedicine students typically begin the program in the summer or fall term. Please review the sample course plans for the premedicine concentration before applying.

Term Start Dates

Fall quarter: September 22, 2009
Winter quarter: January 4, 2010
Spring quarter: March 29, 2010
Summer quarter: June 21, 2010

Information Sessions

Learn more about how you can get started at Northwestern University. Information Sessions will be held in Chicago and Evanston throughout the year. At the sessions you can view presentations and speak with advisers and academic programmers who will be on hand to answer your questions. Click here for current details regarding time and location.

Calendar

Fall 2009
JUNE	15	Application for Admission for Fall Quarter 2009 due (Professional Health Careers Certificate)
JULY	6	Registration for Fall Quarter begins
AUGUST	15	Application for Admission for Fall Quarter 2009 due (Undergraduate Degree Program)
SEPTEMBER	7	Registration for Fall Quarter ends at 11:59 PM
	8	Late Registration for Fall Quarter begins
	22	Fall Quarter classes begin
	28	Last day to add a class online, change of grading status from grade to P-N, and vice-a-versa, for changing sections
	30	Deadline to submit graduation application
OCTOBER	5	Last day to add a class in person, change of grading status from grade to P-N, and vice-a-versa, for changing sections
NOVEMBER	2	Last day to drop without academic penalty (no tuition adjustment)
	6	Last day to submit make-up work from summer incompletes
	9	Last day to drop with academic penalty
	15	Application for Admission for Winter Quarter 2010 due (Undergraduate Degree Program and Professional Health Careers Certificate)
	16	Registration for Winter Quarter begins at 9:00 AM
	25	Thanksgiving vacation begins at 6:00 PM
	30	Classes resume
DECEMBER	12	Fall Quarter ends
	14	Grades are due from instructors by 3 PM
	15	Grades available through CAESAR
	20	Registration for Winter Quarter ends at 11:59 PM
	21	Late Registration for Winter Quarter begins
Winter 2010
JANUARY	4	Winter Quarter classes begin at 6:15 PM
	10	Last day to add a class online, change of grading status from grade to P-N, and vice-a-versa, for changing sections
	15	Last day to add a class in person, change of grading status from grade to P-N, and vice-a-versa, for changing sections
	18	Suspension of classes in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
FEBRUARY	12	Last day to drop without academic penalty (no tuition adjustment)
	15	Application for Admission for Spring Quarter 2010 due (Undergraduate Degree Program and Professional Health Careers Certificate)
	19	Last day to submit make-up work from fall incompletes
	20	Last day to drop with academic penalty
	22	Registration for Spring Quarter begins at 9:00 AM
MARCH	14	Registration for Spring 2010 ends at 11:59 PM on March 14, 2009
	15	Application for Admission for Summer Quarter 2010 due (Professional Health Careers Certificate) Late registration for Spring 2010 begins
	20	Winter Quarter ends
	21	Spring Break begins
	22	Grades are due from instructors by 3 PM
	23	Grades available through CAESAR
Spring 2010
MARCH	29	Spring Quarter classes begin at 6:15 PM
APRIL	4	Last day to add a class online, change of grading status from grade to P-N, and vice-a-versa, for changing sections
	9	Last day to add a class in person, change of grading status from grade to P-N, and vice-a-versa, for changing sections
	12	Registration for Summer Session begins
MAY	7	Last day to drop without academic penalty (no tuition adjustment)
	15	Last day to drop with academic penalty; Application for Admission for Summer Quarter 2010 due (Undergraduate Degree Program)
	24	Memorial Day: Legal Holiday; Classes will not be held
	28	Last day to submit make-up work from winter incompletes
JUNE	1	Tuition due, Summer Quarter
	12	Spring Quarter ends
	14	Grades are due from instructors by 3 PM
	15	Grades available through CAESAR; Application for Admission for Fall Quarter 2010 due (Professional Health Careers Certificate)
	18	Commencement
	19	School of Continuing Studies Convocation
	25	Summer Quarter registration ends
Summer 2010
JUNE	21	Summer Quarter, late registration begins; Classes begin
	25	Late registration ends
JULY	5	Independence Day: Legal Holiday; Classes will not be held
	6	Registration for Fall Quarter begins at 9:00 AM
AUGUST	1	Application for Admission for Summer Quarter 2010 due (Undergraduate Degree Program)