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Academic Calendar

Summer 2025

  • February 17 (M) Registration begins for all summer sessions

  • May 14 (W) Summer Term 1 classes begin

  • May 16 (F) Drop/Add for Term 1 ends (11:59 PM)

  • May 26 (M) Memorial Day holiday. No classes are held

  • June 19 (Th) Juneteenth holiday. No classes are held

  • June 23 (M) Term 1 classes end

  • June 24 (T) Reading period (until 7:00 PM); Term 1 final examinations begin (7:00 PM)

  • June 26 (Th) Term 1 final examinations end

  • June 30 (M) Summer Term 2 classes begin

  • July 2 (W) Drop/Add for Term 2 ends (11:59 PM)

  • July 4 (F) Independence Day holiday. No classes are held

  • August 8 (F) Term 2 classes end

  • August 9 (Sa) Reading period (until 7:00 PM); Term 2 final examinations begin (7:00 PM)

  • August 11 (M) Term 2 final examinations end (10:00 PM)

Fall 2025

  • August 18 (M) Orientation for MEM, MF and DEL-MEM begins

  • August 19 (T) New graduate student orientation begins

  • August 24 (Su) First-Year Convocation

  • August 25 (M) Fall semester classes begin (8:30 AM); Drop/Add continues

  • September 1 (M) Labor Day. No classes are held

  • September 5 (F) Drop/Add ends (11:59 PM)

  • September 25-28 (Th-Su) Founders' Weekend. Classes are held Thursday and Friday

  • October 10 (F) Fall break begins (7:00 PM)

  • October 15 (W) Classes resume (8:30 AM)

  • October 20 (M) Shopping carts open for Spring 2026

  • October 29 (W) Registration begins for Spring 2026

  • November 25 (T) Thanksgiving recess begins (10:30 PM); Graduate classes end

  • November 26-December 9 (W-T) Graduate reading period

  • December 10 (W) Final examinations begin (9:00 AM)

  • December 15 (M) Final examinations end (10:00 PM)

Spring 2026

  • January 7 (W) Spring semester begins (8:30 AM). A Monday class schedule is followed. Drop/Add continues

  • January 19 (M) Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. No classes are held

  • January 21 (W) Drop/Add ends (11:59 PM)

  • February 9 (M) Shopping Carts open for Summer 2026

  • February 16 (M) Registration begins for Summer 2026

  • March 6 (F) Spring recess begins (7:00 PM)

  • March 16 (M) Classes resume (8:30 AM)

  • March 23 (M) Shopping Carts open for Fall 2026

  • April 1 (W) Registration begins for Fall 2026; Summer registration continues

  • April 15 (W) Graduate classes end

  • April 16-26 (Th-Su) Graduate reading period

  • April 27 (M) Final examinations begin

  • May 2 (Sa) Final examinations end (10:00 PM)

  • May 8 (F) Commencement begins

  • May 10 (Su) Graduation exercises; Conferring of degrees

Summer 2026

  • May 13 (W) Summer Term 1 classes begin

  • May 15 (F) Drop/Add for Term 1 ends (11:59 PM)

  • May 25 (M) Memorial Day holiday. No classes are held

  • June 19 (F) Juneteenth holiday. No classes are held

  • June 22 (M) Term 1 classes end

  • June 23 (T) Reading period (until 7:00 PM); Term 1 final examinations begin (7:00 PM)

  • June 25 (Th) Term 1 final examinations end

  • June 29 (M) Summer Term 2 classes begin

  • July 1 (W) Drop/Add for Term 2 ends (11:59 PM)

  • July 3 (F) Independence Day holiday. No classes are held

  • August 7 (F) Term 2 classes end

  • August 8 (Sa) Reading period (until 7:00 PM); Term 2 final examinations begin (7:00 PM)

  • August 10 (M) Term 2 final examinations end (10:00 PM)

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