Duke University School of Medicine - M.D. Program
Academic Calendar – 2021-2022
(Calendar and Registration Dates are Subject to Change)
Summer Term 2021
March
10-16 Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. – Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.
Registration for rising MS4, summer
(dates subject to change)
31 Wednesday, 8:30a.m. Registration for Rising MS4,
fall opens
April
6 Tuesday, 1:00 p.m. registration closes
7 Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. – Drop/Add for Fall
opens.
(dates subject to change)
19 Monday, Begin classes in sections 81. 41
May
15 Saturday, 12:00 noon – End classes in section 41
17 Monday, Begin classes in section 42
31 Monday, Memorial Day holiday – student holiday
June
1 Tues., 1:00 p.m. – Drop/Add Ends for summer,
sections 82, 43, 44 (MS4)
12 Saturday, 12:00 noon, End classes in sections 81, 42
14 Monday, Begin classes in sections 82, 43
July
3 Friday, Independence Day, student holiday observed
10 Saturday, 12:00 noon, end classes section 43
12 Monday, Begin classes in section 44
30 Friday, 1:00pm, Drop/Add Fall sections 41, 42,
81 (MS4) ends
August
6 Friday, SoM Annual Medical Student
Research Symposium - MANDATORY
ATTENDANCE
7 Saturday, 12:00 noon, End classes in sections 82, 44
Fall Term 2021
August
23 Monday, MS4 Begin section 41, section 81, Capstone
September
6 Monday, Labor Day, student holiday
18 Saturday, MS4 End section 41
20 Monday, MS4 Begin section 42
24 Friday, MS4, GRADES FOR 41 ARE DUE
October
1 Drop/add, fall, Sections 82, 43, 44 (MS4) ends
16 Saturday, MS4 End section 42, 81
18 Monday, MS4 Begin 43, 82
November
3-9 Wed., 8:30 am – spring registration opens; Tues.,
1:00 p.m. MS3 registration for spring closes.
10 Wed., 8:30 a.m. MS4 Drop/Add for spring opens
13 Saturday, MS4 End section 43
15 Monday, MS4 Begin section 44
25-28 Thursday – Sunday, Begin Thanksgiving, student
holiday
29 Monday, Classes Resume
December
11 Saturday, MS4 End sections 44, 82
11 Saturday, Winter Break begins
17 Friday, 1:00 pm, MS4 on-line Drop/Add for spring,
sections 81, 41 and 42 Ends
Spring Term 2022
January
1 Saturday, New Year’s Day – student holiday
3 Monday, MS4 Begin sections 41, 81
17 Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr., student holiday
29 Saturday, End section 41
31 Monday, Begin section 42
February
5 Saturday, Drop/Add period for spring, sections
82, 43, 44 closes. (MS4)
*43 Capstone required
26 Saturday, End sections 42 and 81
28 Monday, Begin section 43 – CAPSTONE - Mandatory
March
18 Friday, MS4 MATCH DAY
25 Friday, MS4 End section 43, CAPSTONE
28 Monday, Begin section 44
April
23 Saturday, MS4 End section 44
May
3 Tuesday, ALL MS4 Grades Due (to clear students for
Graduation)
6– 8 Friday through Sunday, Graduation Activities
NOTE: ALL GRADES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR BY SPECIFIED DATE IN
ORDER FOR STUDENTS TO BE APPROVED FOR GRADUATION
(Calendar and Registration dates are Subject to Change)