academic calendar
dates are important to the success of any student. below you can find all the dates for the current academic year. however, if you're a planner, you might be interested in the upcoming academic year. well you're in luck.
we publish this calendar as well as the upcoming academic year's dates in the university catalog. remember that the upcoming academic year's calendar is tentative, and dates are not guaranteed from being changed, but you should find a good indication of the dates for the upcoming academic year. the final calendar for the academic year is published alongside the catalog in early summer, and this calendar will be updated as well.
well, get to planning.
choose one of the sections below to jump to the beginning of that semester. may-, june- and july-mester calendars are included with summer.
fall semester 2024
fall semester 2024
fall full term 8/19 – 12/11
august 19 fall full term classes begin
august 25 last day to add a fall full term class
september 1 last day to drop a fall full term class for full refund
october 26 last day to drop a fall full term class
fall term i 8/19 – 10/10
august 19 fall term i classes begin
august 24 last day to add a fall term i class
august 24 last day to drop a fall term i class for full refund
september 28 last day to drop a fall term i class
fall term ii 10/14 – 12/11
october 14 fall term ii classes begin
october 20 last day to add a fall term ii class
october 20 last day to drop a fall term ii class for full refund
november 16 last day to drop a fall term ii class
august 12-13 new student move-in days
august 17-18 returning student move-in days
september 2 labor day holiday
september 15 fall 2024 intent to graduate & regalia order deadline
october 9-11 mid-term grades due
october 11 fall break
oct. 7 - nov. 1 academic advising
oct. 31- nov.3 priority registration
november 4-7 registration
november 23 residence halls close 10:00 am for thanksgiving break
november 25-29 thanksgiving holidays (residence halls closed)
november 30 residence halls open at 6:00 pm
december 5 study day-undergraduates
december 6, 9-12 final examinations
december 13 residence halls close 10:00 am for christmas holidays
december 14 residence halls close 6:00 pm for december graduates
december 14 commencement
december 15 final grades due by 5:00 pm
dec. 16- jan. 3 christmas holidays
spring semester 2025
spring semester 2025
spring full term 1/6 – 4/30
january 6 spring full term classes begin
january 12 last day to add a spring full term class
january 19 last day to drop a spring full term class for full refund
march 22 last day to drop a spring full term class
spring term i 1/6 – 2/28
january 6 spring term i classes begin
january 11 last day to add a spring term i class
january 11 last day to drop a spring term i class for full refund
february 8 last day to drop a spring term i class
spring term ii 3/3 – 4/30
march 3 spring term ii classes begin
march 9 last day to add a spring term ii class
march 9 last day to drop a spring term ii class for full refund
april 12 last day to drop a spring term ii class
january 4 residence halls open at 6:00 pm
january 20 martin luther king jr. day holiday
january 31 spring '25 intent to graduate & regalia order deadline
feb. 26-mar. 1 mid-term grades due
march 8 residence halls close at 10:00 am for spring break
march 10-14 spring break (residence halls closed)
march 15 residence halls open at 6:00 pm
march 17-28 academic advising
march 27-30 priority registration
mar. 31- april 3 registration
april 24 study day-undergraduates
apr. 25, 28-may 1 final examinations
may 2 residence halls close at 10:00 am
may 3 residence halls close at 6:00 pm for may graduates
may 3 commencement
may 4 final grades due by 5:00 pm
summer session 2025
summer session 2025
summer extended full term 5/5 – 7/31
may 5 summer extended full term classes begin
may 8 last day to add a summer extended full term class
may 14 last day to drop a summer extended full term class for full
refund
july 7 last day to drop a summer extended full term class
july 31 summer extended full term final examinations
summer full term 5/27 – 7/31
may 27 summer full term classes begin
may 30 last day to add a summer full term class
june 3 last day to drop a summer full term class for full refund
july 5 last day to drop a summer full term class
july 31 summer full term final examinations
summer term i 5/5– 5/23
may 5 summer term i classes begin
may 6 last day to drop summer term i class for full refund
may 23 summer term i final examinations
summer term ii 5/27 – 6/27
may 27 summer term ii classes begin
may 29 last day to add a summer term ii class
may 29 last day to drop a summer term ii class for full refund
june 14 last day to drop a summer term ii class
june 26 summer term ii final examinations
summer term iii 6/30 – 7/31
june 30 summer term iii classes begin
july 2 last day to add a summer term iii class
july 2 last day to drop a summer term iii class for full refund
july 19 last day to drop a summer term iii class
july 31 summer term iii final examination
may 26 memorial day holiday
june 19 juneteenth national independence day holiday
july 4 independence day holiday
july 31 summer 2025 intent to graduate form due date
august 2 graduation date for summer graduates
no commencement ceremony
august 3 final grades due by 5:00 pm
fall semester 2025
fall semester 2025
fall full term 8/18– 12/10
august 18 fall full term classes begin
august 24 last day to add a fall full term class
august 31 last day to drop a fall full term class for full refund
october 25 last day to drop a fall full term class
fall term i 8/18 – 10/9
august 18 fall term i classes begin
august 23 last day to add a fall term i class
august 23 last day to drop fall term i class for full refund
september 27 last day to drop a fall term i class
fall term ii 10/13 – 12/10
october 13 fall term ii classes begin
october 19 last day to add a fall term ii class
october 19 last day to drop a fall term ii class for full refund
november 15 last day to drop a fall term ii class
august 11-12 new student move-in days
august 16-17 returning student move-in days
september 1 labor day holiday
september 15 fall 2025 intent to graduate form & regalia order
deadline
october 8-10 mid-term grades due
october 10 fall break
oct. 20 - 31 academic advising
oct. 30-nov. 2 priority registration
november 3-6 registration
november 22 residence halls close at 10:00 am for thanksgiving break
november 24-28 thanksgiving holidays (residence halls closed)
november 29 residence halls open at 6:00 pm
december 4 study day-undergraduates
december 5, 8-11 final examinations
december 12 residence halls close 10:00 am for christmas holidays
december 13 residence halls close 6:00 pm for december graduates
december 13 commencement
december 14 final grades due by 5:00 pm
dec. 15- jan. 2 christmas holidays
spring semester 2026
spring semester 2026
spring full term 1/5 – 4/29
january 5 spring full term classes begin
january 11 last day to add a spring full term class
january 18 last day to drop a spring full term class for full refund
march 21 last day to drop a spring full term class
spring term i 1/5 – 2/27
january 5 spring term i classes begin
january 10 last day to add a spring term i class
january 10 last day to drop spring term i class for full refund
february 7 last day to drop a spring term i class
spring term ii 3/2 - 4/29
march 2 spring term ii classes begin
march 8 last day to add a spring term ii class
march 8 last day to drop spring term ii class for full refund
april 11 last day to drop a spring term ii class
january 3 residence halls open at 6:00 pm
january 19 martin luther king jr. day holiday
january 31 spring '26 intent to graduate form & regalia order deadline
feb. 25-28 mid-term grades due
march 7 residence halls close 10:00 am for spring break
march 9-13 spring break (residence halls closed)
march 14 residence halls open 6:00 pm
march 16-27 academic advising
march 26-29 priority registration
mar. 30-april 2 registration
april 23 study day-undergraduates
apr. 24, 27-30 final examinations
may 1 residence halls close 10:00 am
may 2 residence halls close 6:00 pm for may graduates
may 2 commencement
may 3 final grades due by 5:00 pm
summer sessions 2026
summer session 2026
summer extended full term 5/4 – 7/30
may 4 summer extended full term classes begin
may 7 last day to add summer extended full term class
may 13 last day to drop summer extended full term class for full refund
july 6 last day to drop summer extended full term class
july 30 summer extended full term final examination
summer full term 5/26 – 7/30
may 26 summer full term classes begin
may 29 last day to add summer full term class
june 2 last day to drop summer full term class for full refund
july 4 last day to drop summer full term class
july 30 summer full term final examination
summer term i 5/4– 5/22
may 4 summer term i classes begin
may 5 last day to drop summer term i class for full refund
may 22 summer term i final examinations
summer term ii 5/26 – 6/26
may 26 summer term ii classes begin
may 28 last day to add summer term ii class
may 28 last day to drop summer term ii class for full refund
june 13 last day to drop summer term ii class
june 25 summer term ii final examinations
summer term iii 6/29 - 7/30
june 29 summer term iii classes begin
july 1 last day to add summer term iii class
july 1 last day to drop summer term iii class for full refund
july 18 last day to drop summer term iii class
july 30 summer term iii final examination
may 25 memorial day holiday
june 19 juneteenth national independence day holiday
july 4 independence day holiday
july 31 summer 2026 intent to graduate form due date
august 1 graduation date for summer graduates – no
commencement ceremony
august 2 final grades due by 5:00 pm
*the dates are subject to change and should be regarded as tentative projections.