Dates and Deadlines

Application Deadlines

Summer 2025

  Application Available Now

  March 10, 2025: Summer enrollment begins

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

  May 12, 2025: Program start date

Fall 2025

  February 1, 2025: Application Available

  TBD: Fall enrollment begins

  July 25, 2025: Final application deadline
(all application materials must be submitted)

  August 21, 2025: Program start date

Dates and Deadlines

Spring 2025

Session 1

EventDate
Course Enrollment BeginsNovember 4
Session 1 Classes BeginJanuary 13
Deadline to Add a Class†January 15
Deadline to Drop++, 100% Tuition Adjustment*January 21
Deadline to Withdraw**, 60% Tuition Adjustment*January 28
Deadline to Withdraw**, 40% Tuition Adjustment*February 4
Deadline to Withdraw** without Petitioning^, No Tuition AdjustmentFebruary 13
Deadline to Withdraw*** from Session 1March 1
Classes EndMarch 2

Session 2

EventDate
Course Enrollment BeginsNovember 4
Session 2 Classes BeginMarch 10
Deadline to Add a Class†March 12
Deadline to Drop++, 100% Tuition Adjustment*March 17
Deadline to Withdraw**, 60% Tuition Adjustment*March 31
Deadline to Withdraw**, 40% Tuition Adjustment*April 7
Deadline to Withdraw** without Petitioning^, No Tuition AdjustmentApril 16
Deadline to Withdraw*** from Session 2May 3
Classes EndMay 4

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 W will appear on your transcript.
*** Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. by email to ceregistration@colorado.edu. A grade of W 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. The four-year time limit does not include nondegree or certificate coursework completed prior to admission to the master’s degree program.