Spring 2022 Semester
Spring 2022 - Important Dates
| First day of classes | January 10 |
| Last day to add a class | January 14 |
| Last day to drop without a W or change grading option | January 28 |
| Midterm | March 14 |
| Finals Week | May 2-5 |
| End of spring semester | May 6 |
2022 Spring Semester Calendar
February 2021
- February 15, 2021 - Monday - Priority filing deadline for the 2021-2022 academic year for financial aid for entering freshmen
March 2021
- March 15, 2021 - Monday - Priority filing deadline for the 2021-2022 academic year for financial aid for continuing and transfer students
September 2021
- September 15, 2021 - Wednesday - Deadline for international applications to be submitted to the Graduate School for the 2022 Spring Semester
- September 15, 2021 - Wednesday - Deadline for applying with college deans for reinstatement after a second academic suspension for the 2022 Spring Semester
October 2021
- October 1, 2021 - Friday - Deadline for students to schedule an appointment for reinstatement in all colleges for the 2022 Spring Semester
- October 11-November 23 - Monday through Tuesday - Registration for Spring 2022 for new students in the following categories: On-Line Certificate, Non-Degree Students, Certificate Non-Degree Students, Visiting Students, and On-line Degree Seeking
- October 15, 2021 - Friday - Deadline for submission of application and all required documents to the Office of Undergraduate Admission for undergraduate applicants planning to attend November New Student Orientation (including registration for spring classes)
- October 15, 2021 - Friday - Deadline for undergraduate international applicants to submit 2022 Spring Semester application
November 2021
- November 19, 2021 - Friday - New Student Orientation for freshmen, transfer, readmission students admitted for spring 2022
- November 29, 2021 - January 9, 2022 Monday through Sunday - Registration for new program graduate students for Spring 2022
- November 30, 2021 - Tuesday - Final deadline for submission of application and all required documents to the Office of Undergraduate Admission for undergraduate admission for the 2022 Spring Semester
December 2021
- December 1-20, 2021 - Wednesday through Monday - Add/Drop for registered students for the 2022 Spring Semester
- December 6, 2021 - Monday - Deadline for applying for admission to the Graduate School for the 2022 Spring Semester
- December 6, 2021-January 9, 2022 - Monday through Sunday - Registration for new post-baccalaureate students for Spring 2022
- December 8, 2021 - Wednesday - Last day for students in the Employee Educational Program registered through December 8 to submit EEP form to Human Resource Services to confirm 2022 Spring Semester registration and tuition waiver
January
- January 5-8 - Wednesday through Saturday - Opening-of-term add/drop for registered students
- January 7 - Friday - International Student New Student Orientation
- January 7 - Friday - K2 welcome program for incoming full-time undergraduate freshmen and transfers
- January 9 - Sunday - Last day a student may officially drop a course or cancel registration with the University Registrar for a full refund
- January 10 - Monday - First day of classes
- January 10-14 - Monday through Friday - Late registration for returning students who did not priority register and new applicants cleared late for admission. A late fee is assessed students who register late.
- January 14 - Friday - Last day to add a class for the 2022 Spring Semester
- January 14 - Friday - Last day to officially withdraw from the University or reduce course load and receive an 80 percent refund
- January 14 - Friday - Last day for students in the Employee Educational Program who registered and/or changed schedules after December 8 to submit EEP form to Human Resource Services to confirm 2022 Spring Semester registration and tuition waiver
- January 17 - Monday - Martin Luther King Birthday - Academic Holiday
- January 22 - Saturday - Payment deadline of registration fees and/or housing and dining fees - if total amount due is not paid as indicated on the account statement, a late payment fee of 1.5 percent of the amount past due will be assessed
- January 28 - Friday - Last day to drop a course without it appearing on the student’s transcript
- January 28 - Friday - Last day to change grading option (pass/fail to letter grade or letter grade to pass/fail; credit to audit or audit to credit)
February
- February 9 - Wednesday - Last day to officially withdraw from the University or reduce course load and receive a 50 percent refund
- February 10 - Thursday - Deadline for submission of application and all required documents to the Office of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar for change of residency status for 2022 Spring Semester
- February 20 - Sunday - Last day for doctoral candidates for a May 2022 degree to submit a Notification of Intent to schedule a final examination in the Graduate School
- February 28-March 14 - Monday through Monday - Midterm Grading window is open. The mid-term grading window will close at midnight on March 14.
March
- March 7-April 19 - Monday through Tuesday - Registration for Fall 2022 and Summer 2022 for new students in the following categories: On-Line Certificate, Non-Degree Students, Certificate Non-Degree Students, Visiting Students, and On-line Degree Seeking
- March 14 - Monday - Midterm of 2022 Spring Semester - end of ninth week of classes
- March 14-19 - Monday through Saturday - Spring Vacation - Academic Holidays
- March 21-April 13 - Monday through Wednesday - Students are prohibited from changing academic majors
- March 28 - Monday - Last day to withdraw from the University or reduce course load. Students can withdraw or reduce course load after this date only for “urgent non-academic reasons.”
- March 28-April 19 - Monday through Tuesday - Priority registration for the 2022 Fall Semester and the 2022 Summer Session
April
- April 1 - Friday - Last day for filing an application for a May 2022 or August 2022 undergraduate or graduate degree online in myUK
- April 7 - Thursday - Last day for candidates for a May 2022 degree to schedule a final examination in the Graduate School
- April 8 - Friday - Deadline for applying for admission to the Graduate School for the 2022 Summer Session
- April 15 - Friday - Deadline for international applications to be submitted to the Graduate School for the 2022 Fall Semester
- April 20-June 19 - Wednesday through Sunday - Registration continues for currently enrolled students not registered for the 2022 Fall semester and add/drop for any currently enrolled students for the 2022 Fall semester
- April 21 - Thursday - Last day for candidates for a May 2022 graduate degree to sit for a final examination
- April 25-May 9 - Monday through Monday - Final Grading window is open. Final deadline for submission of grades using Faculty Services in myUK is 5:00 p.m.
- April 27 - Wednesday - Last day of classes
- April 25-27 - Monday through Wednesday - Prep Days - Classes DO meet
- April 28-29 - Thursday and Friday - Reading Days - Classes do NOT meet
- April 29 - Friday - Last day candidates for a May 2022 degree to submit thesis/dissertation (ETD) for format review to the Graduate School via UKnowledge
May
- May 2-5 - Monday through Thursday - Final Examinations
- May 6 - Friday - End of 2022 Spring Semester
- May 6 - Friday - Last day for candidates for a May 2022 degree to submit final revised thesis/dissertation (EDT)for acceptance by the Graduate School for those students who first submitted April 29
- May 6 and May 7 - Friday & Saturday - Commencement
- May 9 - Monday - Final deadline for submission of grades using Faculty Services in myUK is 5:00 p.m.