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

August 21 to December 14  (including finals week)

August 25 September 1 September 18 October 18 November 10

Fall 2023 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
Apr. 10-May 1 MSU Fall 2023 Registration - Sequenced
May 2 MSU Fall 2023 Registration-Regular
August 20 S&T

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

Monday
August 21
S&T & MSU

Full Semester Classes Begin 8:00am

August 25 - November 10 MSU

See https://www.missouristate.edu/Registrar/Students/fall-2023-refund-schedules.htm for Drop and Refund Deadline Information

August 25 MSU

*Last day for 100% Credit Refund

September 1 MSU

Deadline to request a FERPA hold

September 1 MSU *Last day for 75% Credit Refund
September 4 S&T & MSU Labor Day Holiday (No Classes/Offices Closed)
September 8 MSU Full Semester & First Block Classes-Last Day to Submit an Instructor Drop
September 10 MSU My Payment Plan Installment Due
September 18 MSU *Last day for 50% Credit Refund
September 19 S&T Last Day to apply for graduation in December (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)
September 26 S&T Fall Career Fair https://career.mst.edu/careerfair/students/
October 5 S&T Fall Break Begins 8 am
October 9 S&T Fall Break Ends 8 am
October 10 MSU My Payment Plan Installment Due
October 11 S&T Mid-semester and final grade entry opens to instructors
October 12 - October 13 MSU Fall Break (No Classes/Offices Open)
October 14 S&T Mid-Semester
October 17 S&T Mid-semester grade entry closes to instructors
October 18 MSU *Last day for 25% Credit Refund
October 19 MSU Mid-semester grades available to students via My Missouri State
October 21 MSU Homecoming
October 23 S&T Mid-semester grades available to students via Joe'ss
October 31 MSU Deadline to have name listed in the Fall 2023 Commencement Program
November 8 MSU

CNAS STEM Career EXPO https://careercenter.missouristate.edu/CNAS-STEM-Career-Exploration-Expo-student-info.htm

November 10 MSU *Last day to drop or withdraw
November 18 - November 26 MSU Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes) Offices closed November 23-November 27
November 19 S&T Thanksgiving Vaction begins 8am
Novemeber 21 S&T Final grade entry opens to instructors
November 27 S&T Thanksgiving vaction ends 8:00 am
December 7 MSU Full Semester & Second Block Classes End
December 8 MSU Study Day (No Classes/Offices Open)
December 8 S&T Last Class Day
December 9 - December 14 MSU Final Exam Period
December 11 S&T Final Examinations begin 7:30 am
December 15 S&T Final Examinations end 5:00 pm
December 15 MSU Fall Commencement 
December 16 S&T December Commencement (1 of 2) - 10:00 am - Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Desginated Departments
December 16 S&T December Commencement (2 of 2) - 3:00 pm - Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Desginated Departments
December 19 S&T Final grade entry closes to instructors
December 21 MSU Students' Final Grades, GPA Calculations, & Academic status Available on Transcripts
December 22 S&T Final grades available to students via Joe'ss
December 21 - January 3 MSU

Winter Break (No Classes/Offices Closed)

January 22 MSU Diplomas for MSU Fall 2023 Graduates Mailed Beginning Today

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.