Calendar & Deadlines

Please note: Winter Term registration requires pre-payment. Registration is not complete until payment has posted to your student account.

October 2009
19 Begin accepting admissions applications online, via fax, via mail, or in person. (Only non-University of Maryland students need to submit admissions applications.)
27 Begin accepting registrations online, via fax, via mail, or in person. Winter Term registration requires pre-payment.
December 2009
15 Deadline to submit Winter Term Admissions Application via mail.
  Deadline to submit Course Registration and Payment form via mail.
Winter Break December 23, 2009, through January 1, 2010 (University Closed)
January 2010
1 Deadline to cancel registration with 100% refund. Please note that we will honor course drop and cancellation requests received up to January 3 via e-mail at winter@umd.edu or fax to 301-314-9572.)
4 First day of Winter Term, University opens.
  Deadline for submitting documentation for classification as a Maryland resident for tuition and fee purposes.
  Deadline to submit Winter Term Admissions Application via fax, in person, or online.
6 Last day for schedule adjustment, 4:30 p.m.
  Last day to register and pay for a course via e-mail, fax, or in person.
  Last day to withdraw from all courses with a 50% refund.
  Last day to drop a single course with a 50% refund (applicable to students who remain registered for at least one course, no refund for dropping a single course after this date).
  Last day for undergraduates to drop a course without a “W.”
  Last day for undergraduates to change credit level or grading method.
  Last day for undergraduate and graduate students to change section without departmental approval.
7 Last day of waitlist check-in.
15 Last day for undergraduates to drop a course with a “W.”
  Last day for graduate students to drop a course.
  Last day for graduate students to change credit level and grading method without departmental approval.
  Last day for undergraduate and graduate students to change section with departmental approval.
18 No classes—University closed for Martin Luther King holiday.
22 Winter Term ends.
  Last day to withdraw from all courses with no refund.
23 On or after this date, all changes to a student's Winter Term registration will be assessed a $100.00 Record Adjustment fee. This includes all requests for registration and/or withdrawal.