Important dates for undergraduate students

Visit the Final Examination Schedule website (authentication required) on or after this date to view the term's final examination schedule.

Visit Convocation website for ceremony details.

Requests for relief for consecutive final examinations are generally due two weeks after the final examination schedule is released.

Requests for accommodations on religious or creed-related grounds for final examinations should normally be made within two weeks of the final examination schedule being released. Students must contact their instructor by the deadline.

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.

All classes cancelled and offices closed.

The loss of a Monday class on May 24 will be made up by following a Monday schedule on Tuesday, August 3.

The loss of a Friday class on July 2 will be made up by following a Friday schedule on Wednesday, August 4.

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

The loss of a Thursday class on July 1 will be made up on Thursday, August 5 (no change in schedule).

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.

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

Spring 2027 term dates; not all dates may be used.

Dates reserved to hold final examinations in the event the University is closed during the spring 2027 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

Actual dates may vary depending on employer or student requirements.

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.

Spring 2027 term dates; not all dates may be used.

Dates reserved to hold final examinations in the event the University is closed during the spring 2027 Final Examination Period: Examinations will be rescheduled on the next available day, including Sunday, on which examinations have not been scheduled.