Important dates for undergraduate students

Deadline to receive 50% of charges for tuition, co-op fee, and student services fees removed for withdrawing from the term, completing degree requirements, or dropping a course. All other charges remain on student accounts. See Student Financial Services website.

Class schedules have been created for the next academic term, and registered students can begin to view, in Quest, their term class schedule and Drop/Add Period appointment time to make adjustments. See How to view appointment time for the beginning of drop/add?

Note: The Add Period continues for all students until the last day to add a class for the term.

The first day of the Drop/Add Period on which all undergraduate students have equal access to make changes to their term class schedule (add, drop, swap) in Quest. Note: The Add Period continues for all students until the last day to add a class for the term.

Laurier may have a different schedule - visit their website for applicable end dates.

There are one or two study days each term, between the end of the Formal Lecture Period and the beginning of the Final Examination Period. No classes are to be held during study days, except where classes are rescheduled as the result of a campus-wide emergency closure.

Last day to drop a class and receive a WF (Withdrew/Failure, no credit granted, value 32) grade. To drop a class after this date, a petition (Policy 70) is required to request permission to drop the class.

First day of the Final Examination Period.

Fall 2026 term dates; not all dates may be used.

Final examinations can be held on this day for the fall 2026 term.

Each term, the Office of the Registrar provides instructors with several dates and times during the Final Examination Period, or shortly thereafter, at which they can register a student to write their deferred final examination. The registration process to attend will only occur after the student and the instructor have mutually agreed on the date and time. Any student who arrives to a make-up final examination session who is not registered to write at that session will not be permitted to write and will be directed to contact their instructor. Final examination make-up sessions are only available at the University of Waterloo campus

See how to opt out of optional or voluntary fees in Quest.

Fall 2026 term dates; not all dates may be used.

Dates reserved to hold final examinations in the event the University is closed during the fall 2026 Final Examination Period: Examinations will be rescheduled on the next available day, including Sunday, on which examinations have not been scheduled.

Each term, the Office of the Registrar provides instructors with several dates and times during the Final Examination Period, or shortly thereafter, at which they can register a student to write their deferred final examination. The registration process to attend will only occur after the student and the instructor have mutually agreed on the date and time. Any student who arrives to a make-up final examination session who is not registered to write at that session will not be permitted to write and will be directed to contact their instructor. Final examination make-up sessions are only available at the University of Waterloo campus

Last day examinations are scheduled during the Final Examination Period; there is normally one additional emergency day following this date included in the Final Examination Period.

Actual dates may vary depending on employer or student requirements.

Dates reserved to hold final examinations in the event the University is closed during the fall 2026 Final Examination Period: Examinations will be rescheduled on the next available day, including Sunday, on which examinations have not been scheduled.

No classes and offices closed.

Registered students can view their unofficial term grades in Quest. Note: Not all grades will be available on this date; instructors submit grades until the grades due deadline published in the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar. 

Visit the graduation and convocation web page for instructions on how to apply to graduate for the upcoming convocation ceremony.