Add/ Drop/ Withdrawal/ Refund Policy

Be sure to consider both the academic and the financial consequences of dropping your Winter Session course.

Add/Drop Period

  • Students have through the end of the day Dec. 30, 2025 to add a Winter Session course without instructor permission.

Academic deadlines for dropping a Winter Session courses will follow the following timeline:

  • If dropped on or before 12/31/2025, this class will not appear on your transcript.
  • If dropped after 12/31/2025, but on or before 1/12/26, this class will appear on your transcript and a grade of W will be assigned.
  • If dropped after 1/12/26, this class will appear on your transcript and a grade of F will be assigned.

Financial Deadlines

  • The withdrawal/refund policy for Winter Session will follow standard policies for three-week courses.
    • Students have three days to drop the course and receive a full refund (course must be dropped on or before 12/31/25). After that, no refunds will be issued except upon successful appeal.

*Students who cease attendance, in any or all of their classes, without providing official notification are not entitled to a refund. If a student ceases attendance for emergency reasons, the University will accept a written appeal. Normally, appeals will be considered up to 90 days after the close of the term for which the student is requesting a financial adjustment.

Please contact dlladvising@maine.edu if you are looking to submit an appeal. For more information on the withdrawal policy please visit studentrecords.umaine.edu/students/withdrawal-policy. For more information on refund policies please visit umaine.edu/bursar/refund-policies/#RefInfo.

Winter Session Add/Drop 2025–26

Winter
Session

Dates

Drop Date
(Refund)

Drop Date
(Receive W)

Drop Date
(Receive F)

Last Day
to Add
Three Weeks Dec. 29–Jan. 16 Dec. 31, 2025 Jan. 12, 2026 Jan. 13-16, 2026 Dec. 30, 2025