Winter Session

Online classes: January 2–18, 2025

October 15, 2024
Registration and enrollment begin.
December 1, 2024
Financial aid deadline for Cornell students (financial aid is not available for visiting students).
December 2, 2024
Registration deadline for visiting students.
December 20, 2024
Last day to petition to exceed the credit limit.
December 25, 2024 to
January 1, 2025
Cornell is closed for winter break. The university reopens on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
January 2, 2025
Instruction begins.
January 3, 2025
(12:00 p.m. ET)
Last day for Cornell students to request access for Winter enrollment

Requests to add a class beyond this date require a petition.
January 3, 2025
(11:59 p.m. ET)
Last day to add a class or change credit hours for all students.

Requests to add a class beyond this date require a petition.
January 2–4, 2025
0% tuition liability for courses dropped during this period.
January 5–6, 2025
50% tuition liability for courses dropped during this period.
January 7, 2025
100% tuition liability for courses dropped on or after this date.
January 9, 2025
(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.
Variable dates
Course evaluation system open for students a few days before the end of class.
January 17–18, 2025
Instruction ends.

Final exams may be held on the last day of class (1/17) or on the following Saturday (1/18) at a time arranged by your instructor.

Last day to withdraw (the day of your final exam; petition required).

Note: Due to the limited number of instructional days for Winter Session 2025 (which happens to open on a Thursday this year), classes may meet on Saturday, January 4, and Saturday, January 11. Please confirm class dates on the class roster or your class syllabus. Final exams will be held on the last day of class, Friday, January 17, unless otherwise noted by the class instructor in the class syllabus. (Winter Session last ran this way in 2016.)