Winter Session

Online classes: January 3–20, 2023

October 17, 2022
Registration begins.
December 1, 2022
Financial aid deadline for Cornell students (financial aid is not available for visiting students).
December 5, 2022
Registration deadline for visiting students.
December 26 to
January 2, 2023
Cornell is closed for winter break. The university reopens on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
January 3, 2023
Instruction begins.
January 4, 2023
(11:59 p.m. ET)
Last day to add a class or change credit hours.

Requests to add a class beyond this date require a petition.
January 3–5, 2023
0% tuition liability for courses dropped during this period.
January 6–7, 2023
50% tuition liability for courses dropped during this period.
January 8, 2023
100% tuition liability for courses dropped on or after this date.
January 11, 2023
(11:59 p.m. ET)
Last day to drop a class without a petition and without the letter "W" appearing on your transcript.

Last day to change grading basis.
January 16, 2023
No classes (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
Variable dates
Course evaluation system open for students a few days before the end of class.
January 20, 2023
Instruction ends.

Final exams will be held on this date, at a time to be arranged by your instructor.