Note: different calendar dates may apply for select courses and/or offerings at locations other than the main campus.  Consult the complete academic calendar on the Daemen web page for details.

Link to Daemen Academic Calendar Information

First Semester
August 30	Welcome Week begins
September 3	Classes begin
September 10	Last day for making changes in schedule (Adding and Dropping Courses Ends)
October 11	Application for Degree forms must be filed with the Registrar’s office for all prospective January 2023 graduates
October 14-15	Indigenous Peoples Day- classes will not meet
October 28	Mid semester grades due at NOON
November 5	Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
November 7	Advance Registration begins for Intersemester/Spring Semester 2025 (This date is subject to change)
November 27-29	Thanksgiving Recess- classes will not meet
December 6	Last day of classes
December 9	Final Examinations begin
December 13	Final Examinations and Fall 2024 Semester Ends
December 17	Semester grades due at NOON
Intersemester Session
January 2	Classes begin
January 10	Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
January 16	Last day of classes
January 17	Final Examinations are held (if no final exam, class is held on this day)
January 20	Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance
January 21	Intersemester grades due at NOON
Second Semester
January 22	Classes begin
January 29	Last day for making changes in schedule (Adding and Dropping Courses Ends)
February 3	Application for Degree forms must be filed with the Registrar’s office for all prospective May 2025 graduates
February 19	President’s Day – classes will not meet
March 6	Mid semester grades due at NOON
March 11-15	Spring Break – classes will not meet
March 28	Last day for authorized withdrawal from courses (or change to audit)
April 2	Advance Registration begins for Summer and Fall Semester 2024 (This date is subject to change)
April 16	Academic Festival (tentative)
April 18-22	Spring Holiday – classes will not meet
May 2	Last day of classes
May 5	Final Examinations begin
May 9	Final Examinations and Spring 2025 semester ends
May 13	Grades due at NOON for: prospective May 2025 graduates, non-graduating ceremony “walkers,” also for candidates’ admission to the Physician Assistant programs, and to the professional phase of the Physical Therapy program.
May 16	Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony: 7:00 PM (held in Yurtchuk Social Room)
May 17	Commencement held at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
May 20	Semester grades due at NOON for all other students
June 9	Application for Degree forms must be filed for all prospective September 2025 graduates