Deadlines

All documents must follow the Thesis and MRP Requirements.
OCAD University’s annual Graduate Exhibition is Toronto’s largest free art and design exhibition, featuring the work of hundreds of emerging artists and designers.
Waitlisted Spring/Summer courses that begin the week of May 20, 2025 will be dropped. Registration will continue on a first-come, first-served basis until registration closes. Learn more about how waitlists work or how to find courses with open sections using our help articles.
Statutory holiday. The University closed.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
Learn more about how to appeal a grade.
Students who register for courses after June 2, 2025 must pay their tuition fees in full by the next business day. Students who have not paid their fees in full by the next business day may incur interest charges. Learn more about how to find your student finance information and how to pay.
Registration closes at 11:59 p.m.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
Graduands will be invited to the ceremony for their program, to be held at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. Learn more about convocation, including a video about how to prepare for the ceremony.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
For 12-week courses. No classes scheduled. The campus, our shops, studios and services are open. Check the Shops & Studios help article for specific hours, or visit the pages for our services for office hours.
Statutory holiday. The University is closed.
Waitlisted Spring/Summer courses that begin the week of July 8, 2025 will be dropped; registration will continue on a first-come, first-served basis until registration closes. Learn more about how waitlists work or how to find courses with open sections using our help articles.
Student participation is required. Learn more about formal assessments using our help article.
This is the deadline for instructors to submit their grades. Students should work to the deadlines in their course syllabus. Extensions beyond this date require the permission of the instructor and an approved Student Petition.
Registration closes at 11:59 p.m.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
Undergraduate students only (BA, BDes, BFA). Learn more about taking a credit at another school that counts toward your degree.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
Undergraduate students only (BA, BDes, BFA). Graduate students please consult your Graduate Program Coordinator). Learn more about Independent Study and Field Placements.
For undergraduate students (BA, BDes, BFA) admitted in September 2025. Requests after this day might not be reviewed in time for Fall term. Visit the help article about Transfer Credits.
Statutory holiday. The University is closed.
Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
For undergraduate (BA, BDes or BFA) students. Learn more about Outgoing Exchange applications.
Student participation is required. Learn more about formal assessments using our help article.
This is the deadline for instructors to submit their grades. Students should work to the deadlines in their course syllabus. Extensions beyond this date require the permission of the instructor and an approved Student Petition.
Graduation term: Spring/Summer 2025 (program completed in August 2025 or earlier). Learn more about submitting an Intent to Graduate.
Deadline for undergraduate students admitted in September 2023 to request transfer credits. Visit the Transfer Credit Request Form for more information.
Deadline to submit an Application for Reinstatement for Fall/Winter 2025 admission.
Deadline for payment of Winter 2025 term tuition.
Last day to register for Winter 2025 term courses. Registration closes at 11:59 p.m.
Last day to withdraw for 100% refund on Winter term courses. Withdraw before 11:59 p.m. Visit our help article on how to drop a course for more information.
Last day to submit grade appeals for Fall 2024 term courses.
Last day for graduate students completing their MRP or thesis in the Fall 2024 term to upload an approved copy of their thesis or MRP to the Open Research Repository (applies to graduate students enrolled in Masters [MA, MDes and MFA] programs).
First day of Winter 2025 term classes.
Last day for Principal Advisor to approve graduate student MRPs (Applies to students registered in the Fall 2024 term).
Last day for Principal Advisor to approve graduate student (MA, MDes or MFA) thesis revisions (Applies to students who defended in the Fall 2024 term).
OCAD University reopens following the Holiday Closure.
OCAD University Holiday Closure. The University will close at the end of the business day on Friday, December 20, 2024, and re-open on Monday, January 6, 2025, with full closure from Monday, December 23, 2024, to Friday, January 3, 2025, inclusive.
Grade submission deadline for Fall courses. Note: This is the deadline for instructors to submit their grades. Students should work to the deadlines in their course syllabus. Undergraduate extensions beyond this date require the permission of the instructor and an approved Student Petition. Graduate instructors should contact sgshelp@ocadu.ca.
End of Fall 2024 term.
Deadline to submit an Intent to Graduate for January 2025 Graduation. Graduation term: Fall 2024 (program completed December 2024 or earlier).
Fall 2024 Defense Period for graduate students (applies to graduate students enrolled in MA, MDes and MFA programs).
Fall 2024 Formal Assessment Period; student participation is required. Learn more about formal assessments using our help article.
End of waitlist period for Winter 2025 term courses. All Winter course waitlists will be dropped, and registration will continue on a first-come, first-served basis until the end of registration. Learn more about how waitlists work or how to find courses with open sections using our help articles.
End of feedback on courses.
Last Monday class for the Fall 2024 term.
Last day of Fall 2024 term classes.
Student feedback on courses survey opens.
Last day for graduate students (MA, MDes and MFA) to submit an electronic copy of the thesis document and pre-exam form to the School of Graduate Studies for defences scheduled in the Fall 2024 term.
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