The GBS program begins with an intensive orientation session in mid-August. Subsequently, classes are held every week beginning at the end of August. Commencement is held in late May.
MBA, MAM, MMS
Fall Term 2023
August 8-10 (Tue.-Thu.) Math Camp (by invitation only)
August 14-18 (Mon.-Fri.) Incoming Student Orientation (MBA, MMS and MAM)
August 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.) MGT 401 Managing Groups & Teams meets (required core course MBA 1st years)
August 28 (Mon.) Session-1 core classes begin (MBA 1st years)
August 30 (Wed.) Fall-term YSOM classes begin; Yale College and Graduate School classes begin
September 1 (Fri.) Make-up day: Monday classes meet (core, YSOM electives and nonSOM electives)
September 4 (Mon.) Labor Day; classes do not meet, administrative offices closed
September 6 (Wed.) Drop period ends for SOM courses. 8:30am.
September 8 (Fri.) Drop period ends for non-SOM courses for SOM students. 5:00 p.m.
September 21 (Thur.) Core Exam : MGT 403 Probability Modeling & Statistics, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
September 29 (Fri.) MGT 403 Probability Modeling & Statistics (required core course MBA 1st years)
October 12 (Thur.) Classes end
October 13 (Fri.) Friday Classes end
October 13 (Fri.) Elective final exam period
October 16-19 (Mon.-Thur.) Core final exam period (MBA 1st years)
October 16-20 (Mon.-Fri.) Global Network Week for MBA and MAM; YSOM classes do not meet
October 23 (Mon.) Classes resume; Session-2 classes begin (core and elective)
October 30 (Mon.) Drop period ends (session-2 electives), 5:00 p.m.
November 3 (Fri.) Session-1 grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
November 20-24 (Mon.-Fri.) November recess
November 27 (Mon.) Classes resume
December 12 (Tue.) Classes end
December 13 (Wed.) Session-2 classes that meet on Wednesdays only end
December 14 (Thur.) Session-2 classes that meet on Thursdays only end
December 15 (Fri.) Session-2 classes that meet on Fridays only end
December 13-19 (Wed.-Tue.) Core and Elective final exam period
December 20 (Wed.) Winter recess begins
Spring 2024
January 2, 2024 (Tue.) Deadline to declare Management Science concentration (MAM class of 2024 and MMS-GBS class of 2024)
January 2 (Tue.) Fall grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
January 15 (Mon.) Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet; administrative offices closed
January 16 (Tue.) Yale College and Graduate School classes begin
January 19 (Fri.) Yale College and Graduate School Make-up Day (Monday classes meet, Friday classes do not meet)
January 22 (Mon.) Spring-term YSOM classes begin; session-1 core classes begin
January 29 (Mon.) Drop period ends (session-1 and full semester YSOM electives and nonSOM electives). 5:00 pm
March 5 (Tue.) YSOM classes end (elective & core)
March 6 (Wed.) YSOM classes that meet on Wednesdays only end
March 7 (Thur.) YSOM classes that meet on Thursdays only end
March 8 (Fri.) YSOM classes that meet on Fridays only end
March 6-8 (Wed.-Fri.) YSOM session-1 final exam period (elective & core)
March 11-22 (Mon.-Fri.) Global Studies Requirement; Global Network Week; classes do not meet
March 22 (Fri.) Session-1 grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
March 25 (Mon.) Classes resume; session-2 classes begin
March 29 (Fri.) Good Friday; administrative offices closed, Yale College and Graduate School courses meet
April 1 (Mon.) Drop period ends (session-2 electives), 5:00 p.m.
May 7 (Tue.) Classes end
May 8 (Wed.) Session-2 classes that meet on Wednesdays only end
May 9 (Thur.) Session-2 classes that meet on Thursdays only end
May 10 (Fri.) Session-2 classes that meet on Fridays only end
May 8-14 (Wed.-Tue.) Final exam period (core and electives)
May 15 (Wed.) YSOM Graduating student grades due, 5:00 p.m.
May 20 (Mon.) Commencement
May 29 (Wed.) YSOM continuing student grades due, 5:00 p.m.
June 1 (Thur.) Deadline to declare Management Science concentration (MBA class of 2024)