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What is IAP? Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a four-week period in January during which faculty and students are freed from the rigors of regularly scheduled classes for flexible teaching and learning and for independent study and research.

MIT observes a Winter Break at year end, with the exact days announced each year. During the Winter Break, days that are not observed as Holidays are treated as Special Holiday Closings. *In some years, MIT also announces one or two Special Holidays.

Last day of classes for half-term subjects offered in first half of term (H3). Spring break begins.

MIT confers degrees three times a year, culminating in Commencement celebrations each spring in Killian Court. Only those students awarded a degree — in May/June or in September or February of that same academic year — are permitted to march in the processions and participate in the exercises.

First query students might ask “Does MIT use semesters or quarters?” The MIT academic calendar is structured as 4-1-4, with the spring semester from early February to late May, a 4-week “Independent Activities Period” in January, and the fall semester starting after Labor Day up to mid-December.

The academic calendar is the official University document listing the major academic dates for the university year.

MIT operates on a 4–1–4 academic calendar with the fall semester beginning after Labor Day and ending in mid-December, a 4-week "Independent Activities Period" in the month of January, and the spring semester commencing in early February and ceasing in late May.

The fall term runs from Wednesday, September 6 through Wednesday, December 13 for a total of 65 class days: 13 Mondays. 13 Tuesdays. 15 Wednesdays.