The University Registrar’s Office assigns a specific time and date for the administration of final examinations in most courses in Yale College. The time of the final examination is determined by the meeting time of a course during the term.   The chart(s) below outline the assigned date and time for each Yale College course.

If the meeting time of a course is changed from that originally published, the time of the examination is defined by the new meeting time. If a course is published with no scheduled examination but the instructor subsequently decides to offer a final examination, it must be administered at the time defined by the meeting time of the course. The schedule of final examinations may be found in the Yale College Programs of Study, General Information, Final Examination Schedules.

Since the final examination schedule has been carefully designed to make efficient use of the entire final examination period and to minimize overcrowding of students’ schedules, a final examination must be administered on the date and at the time specified.   

Any permissible exceptions to the regularly scheduled final exam are outlined in the Yale College Programs of Study, section G. Reading Period and Final Examination Period.  and  H. Completion of Coursework.  Only the residential college dean, under specific circumstances, may authorize postponement of a final examination.