Important Academic Dates

Before you drop your classes

Please check with our office (Angie Piercy or Sarah Morrissey) before you drop or withdraw Missouri S&T engineering classes.

You need to drop/withdraw the class(es) with both Missouri State and Missouri S&T.

Highlights of the Missouri State and Missouri S&T calendars

Important academic dates for the semester are listed below.

As you plan your semester, be sure to check the Missouri State and Missouri S&T calendars to confirm these dates.

Note: You are enrolled with both Missouri S&T and Missouri State.

Fee refund schedule

Refunds are made according to the Missouri State refund schedule.

Full Semester Session Last day for 100% credit Last day for 75% credit Last day for 50% credit Last day for 25% credit Last day to drop or withdraw

January 16 to May 9 (including finals week)

January 22 January 29 February 12 March 19 April 12

Spring 2024 Missouri S&T and Missouri State academic calendar

Missouri S&T will not allow you to withdraw from any engineering courses unless you contact S&T’s Office of the Registrar. Let the Missouri State engineering office know as well.

Date School Event/activity
October 27-November 17 MSU Spring 2024 Registration - Sequenced
November 20 MSU Spring 2024 Registration-Regular
December 21, 2023 - January 3, 2023 MSU Winter Break (No Classes, Offices Closed)
January 15 S&T

Open registration ends/S&T Late Fee for Registration after this date

January 15 S&T & MSU

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No Classes/Offices Closed)

Tuesday
January 16
S&T & MSU

Full Semester Classes Begin 8:00am

January 16 - May 2 MSU

See https://www.missouristate.edu/Registrar/Students/spring-2024-refund-schedules.htm for Drop and Refund Deadline Information

January 22 MSU

*Last day for 100% Credit Refund

January 26 MSU

Deadline to request a FERPA hold

January 29 MSU *Last day for 75% Credit Refund
February 2 MSU Full Semester & First Block Classes-Last Day to Submit an Instructor Drop
February 10 MSU My Payment Plan Installment Due
February 12 MSU *Last day for 50% Credit Refund
February 12 S&T Last Day to apply for graduation in May (Do this through your Joe'ss Account - if you are also receiving a degree with MSU, you would apply to graduate at both S&T/MSU)
February 19 MSU

Presidents' Day Holiday (No Classes/Offices Closed)

February 20 S&T

Spring Career Fair

February 21 MSU Monday Evening classes meet (4:00 p.m. or later). Wednesday Evening classes do not meet.
February 22 S&T Mid-semester and final grade entry opens to instructors
March 8 MSU Mid-Semester
March 10 MSU My Payment Plan Installment Due
March 9 - March 17 MSU Spring Break (No Classes, Offices Open)
March 12 S&T Mid-semester grade entry closes to instructors
March 14 - March 18 S&T Spring Recess (No Classes, Offices Open)
March 18 S&T Mid-semester grades available to students via Joe'ss
March 19 MSU *Last day for 25% Credit Refund
March 24 - April 1 S&T Spring Break (No Classes, Offices Open)
March 29 - March 31 MSU Spring Holiday (No Classes/Offices Closed)
April 10 MSU My Payment Plan Installment Due
April 12 MSU *Last day to drop or withdraw
May 1 S&T Final grade entry opens to instructors
May 2 MSU Full Semester & Second Block Classes End
May 3 MSU Study Day (No Classes/Offices Open)
May 3 S&T Last Class Day
May 4 -  May 9 MSU Final Exam Period
May 6 S&T Final Examinations begin 7:30 am
May 10 S&T Final Examinations end 5:00 pm
May 10 MSU Spring Commencement 
Friday May 10 S&T May Commencement (1 of 3) - 6:00 pm - Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Desginated Departments
Saturday May 11 S&T May Commencement (2 of 3) - 10:00 am - Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Desginated Departments
Saturday May 11 S&T May Commencement (3 of 3) - 3:00 pm - Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Desginated Departments
May 16 MSU Students' Final Grades, GPA Calculations, & Academic status Available on Transcripts
May 18 S&T Final grades available to students via Joe'ss

Calendar details to know

  • Permission Numbers required for first two weeks via Joe’SS.

  • After two weeks from the start of semester, the only classes eligible to add are: Special Problems, Research, Seminar or Oral Exam.

  • Drop exclusions include co-requisites or drop below minimum hours; therefore a paper drop form will be required. See the MSU EGR Office before dropping an S&T Engineering class.
  • Faculty are aware of respective religious and other holidays that a number of students may wish to observe. Faculty are encouraged to avoid scheduling examinations on these days.