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.
Fall 2021 | Spring 2022
Spring 2022
January 3 (Mon.) Fall term grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
January 3 (Mon.) Deadline to declare Management Science concentration (MAM and MMS-GBS Class of 2022)
January 17 (Mon.) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; classes do not meet; administrative offices closed
January 18 (Tue.) Yale College & Graduate School courses begin
January 21 (Fri.) Yale College and Graduate School Make-up Day (Monday classes meet, Friday classes do not meet)
January 24 (Mon.) Spring-term YSOM classes begin
January 31 (Mon.) Drop period ends (session-1 and full semester YSOM electives and nonSOM electives). 5:00 p.m.
March 8 (Tue.) Classes end (elective & core)
March 9 (Wed.) Classes that meet on Wednesdays only end
March 10 (Thu.) Classes that meet on Thursdays only end
March 9-11 (Wed.-Fri.) Session-1 final exam period (electives & core)
March 14-25 (Mon.-Fri.) Global Studies Requirement; Global Network Week; classes do not meet
March 25 (Fri.) Session-1 grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
March 28 (Mon.) SOM classes resume; session-2 classes begin (core and elective)
April 4 (Mon.) Drop period ends (session-2 electives), 5:00 p.m.
April 15 (Fri.) Good Friday; administrative offices closed, Yale College and Graduate School courses meet
May 10 (Tue.) Classes end (core and elective)
May 11 (Wed.) Session-2 classes that meet on Wednesdays only end
May 12 (Thu.) Session-2 classes that meet on Thursdays only end
May 11-17 (Wed.-Tue.) Final exam period (core and elective)
May 18 (Wed.) YSOM graduating student spring-term grades due, 5 p.m.; Yale College and Graduate School exam period ends
May 23 (Mon.) University Commencement
June 1 (Wed.) YSOM continuing student grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
Fall 2022
August 15-19 (Mon.-Fri.) Incoming Student Orientation (MBA, MMS and MAM)
August 31 (Wed.) Fall-term YSOM classes begin; Yale College and Graduate School classes begin
September 2 (Fri.) Make-up day: Monday classes meet (core, YSOM electives and nonSOM electives)
September 5 (Mon.) Labor Day; classes do not meet, administrative offices closed
September 9 (Fri.) Drop period ends (session-1 and full semester electives). 5:00 pm
October 13 (Thur.) Classes end
October 14 (Fri.) Elective final exam period
October 17-21 (Mon.-Fri.) Global Network Week for MBA and MAM; YSOM classes do not meet
October 24 (Mon.) Classes resume; Session-2 classes begin (core and elective)
October 31 (Mon.) Drop period ends (session-2 electives), 5:00 p.m.
November 4 (Fri.) Session-1 grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
November 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.) November recess
November 28 (Mon.) Classes resume
December 13 (Tue.) Classes end
December 14 (Wed.) Session-2 classes that meet on Wednesdays only end
December 14-20 (Wed.-Tue.) Core and Elective final exam period
December 15 (Thur.) Session-2 classes that meet on Thursdays only end
December 21 (Wed.) Winter recess begins
Spring 2023
January 3, 2023 (Tue.) Deadline to declare Management Science concentration (MAM class of 2023 and MMS-GBS class of 2023)
January 3 (Tue.) Fall grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
January 16 (Mon.) Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet; administrative offices closed
January 17 (Tue.) Yale College and Graduate School classes begin
January 20 (Fri.) Yale College and Graduate School Make-up Day (Monday classes meet, Friday classes do not meet)
January 23 (Mon.) Spring-term YSOM classes begin; session-1 core classes begin
January 30 (Mon.) Drop period ends (session-1 and full semester YSOM electives and nonSOM electives). 5:00 pm
March 7 (Tue.) YSOM classes end (elective & core)
March 8 (Wed.) YSOM classes that meet on Wednesdays only end
March 9 (Thur.) YSOM classes that meet on Thursdays only end
March 8-10 (Wed.-Fri.) YSOM session-1 final exam period (elective & core)
March 13-24 (Mon.-Fri.) Global Studies Requirement; Global Network Week; classes do not meet
March 24 (Fri.) Session-1 grades due, 5 p.m. (with some exceptions)
March 27 (Mon.) Classes resume; session-2 classes begin
April 3 (Mon.) Drop period ends (session-2 electives), 5:00 p.m.
April 7 (Fri.) Good Friday; administrative offices closed, Yale College and Graduate School courses meet
May 9 (Tue.) Classes end
May 10 (Wed.) Session-2 classes that meet on Wednesdays only end
May 11 (Thur.) Session-2 classes that meet on Thursdays only end
May 10-16 (Wed.-Tue.) Final exam period (core and electives)
May 17 (Wed.) YSOM Graduating student grades due, 5 p.m.