Application Deadlines

Spring 2025

Application Available Now

November 4, 2024: Spring enrollment begins

 December 9, 2024: Final application deadline
(all application materials must be submitted)

January 13, 2025: Program start date

Summer 2025

December 9, 2024: Application Available

TBD: Summer enrollment begins

 April 15, 2025: Final application deadline
(all application materials must be submitted)

May 12, 2025: Program start date

Dates and Deadlines

All times are in Mountain Time.
Add a class by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal. Adding a class after the start-date requires program director and instructor approval.
++ Drop a class by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal or by email to ceregistration@colorado.edu.

* Students may be eligible for a possible tuition adjustment or refund. Refer to the program’s cost page for more information.
** Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal or by email to ceregistration@colorado.edu. A grade of will appear on your transcript.
***Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. by email to ceregistration@colorado.edu. A grade of will appear on your transcript.

^ Petitioning is designed to provide students who experience unavoidable, extenuating circumstances, the opportunity to waive a University policy that, if enforced, would result in unsatisfactory academic progress or financial consequences. Non-degree students must petition the dean of CEPS and must have an instructor signature. Degree students must petition the dean of the college in which they are enrolled, and must have an instructor signature.

Time Limits

Master's degree students have four years from the semester in which they are admitted and begin coursework to complete all degree requirements.