The Institute of Buddhist Studies follows the academic calendar of the Graduate Theological Union, including registration and thesis filing dates and deadlines. Please visit the GTU website for the extended calendar which includes all dates, deadlines, holidays, and other events across the GTU consortium.
For more details about our course offerings, please review the extended course listings here.
For more information about our upcoming public events, view the event listings here.
Fall 2021
| UCB instruction begins | August 18 |
| Fall 2021 certificate application deadline | August 20 |
| Fall 2021 general registration | August 23-September 3 |
| GTU MA new student orientation | TBD, week of August 23 |
| IBS new and returning student orientation | September 1 |
| Labor Day (administrative offices closed, no classes) | September 6 |
| IBS/GTU instruction begins | September 7 |
| Deadline to register, add/drop w/out charge, and pay fall 2021 tuition | September 17 |
| Thesis defense deadline (to avoid fall 2021 registration) | September 17 |
| Thesis filing deadline (for fall 2021 graduation) | October 1 |
| Graduate Student Symposium/Numata Lecture (tentative) | TBD, October |
| Reading week (no classes) | October 25-29 |
| Spring 2022 degree program application deadline | November 1 |
| Spring 2022 scholarship applications due | November 1 |
| IBS Annual Memorial Service | November 11 |
| Early registration for Spring 2022 | November 8-19 |
| Annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion | November 20-23 |
| Thanksgiving Holiday (administrative offices closed, no classes) | November 25-26 |
| UCB instruction ends | December 10 |
| IBS/GTU semester ends; petition for incomplete due | December 17 |
| IBS winter holiday (administrative offices closed) | December 20-January 1 |
| Deadline to make up an incomplete | January 7 |
| Deadline for faculty to submit grades for fall 2021 | January 7 |
Spring 2022
| Early registration for Spring 2022 | November 8-19 |
| UCB instruction begins | January 11 |
| Spring 2022 certificate application deadline | January 13 |
| Shinran Shonin Memorial Day (administrative offices closed) | January 14 (observed) |
| Martin Luther King Day (administrative offices closed) | January 17 |
| Spring 2022 general registration | January 17-28 |
| IBS/GTU instruction begins | January 31 |
| Deadline to register, add/drop w/out charge, and pay spring 2022 tuition | February 11 |
| Thesis defense deadline (to avoid spring 2022 registration) | February 11 |
| President's Day (administrative offices closed) | February 12 |
| BCA National Council Meeting | TBD, February |
| Ryukoku Lecture Series | TBD, March |
| Deadline for degree program applications for AY2022-23 | March 1 |
| Reading week/spring break (no classes) | March 21-25 |
| Thesis filing deadline (for spring 2022 graduation) | April 1 |
| Early registration for fall 2022 | April 4-15 |
| Good Friday (administrative offices closed, no classes) | April 15 |
| Spring Colloquy (tentative) | TBD, April |
| UCB instruction ends | May 6 |
| GTU Commencement | May 12 |
| IBS/GTU semester ends; petition for incomplete due | May 20 |
| IBS Commencement | May 20 |
| Memorial Day (administrative offices closed) | May 30 |
| Deadline to make up an incomplete | June 10 |
| Deadline for faculty to submit grades for spring 2022 | June 10 |
| Independence Day (administrative offices closed) | July 4 |