Important Note: Students who need a Visa need to apply at least three months before their intended start date!
The academic calendar gives the key dates in the year such as the start and end of each term and public holidays when the campus will be closed.
Academic Year
| March 3 | Registration begins for Summer 2025 undergraduate classes |
| March 11 | Registration begins for Summer 2025 graduate classes |
| May 26 | Summer graduate 9-week term begins |
| May 29 | Ascension Day (campus closed) |
| May 30 | Friday after Ascension Day (campus closed) |
| May 30 | Summer graduate 9-week term drop deadline |
| June 2 | Summer undergraduate 8-week term and Summer undergraduate 4-week Session 1 begin |
| June 6 | Summer 8-week term and Summer 4-week Session 1 drop deadline |
| June 9 | Whit Monday (campus closed) |
| June 17 | Summer undergraduate Petition to Graduate due |
| June 19 | Summer graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| June 20 | Summer 4-week Session 1 withdrawal deadline |
| June 27 | Summer undergraduate 4-week Session 1 ends |
| June 30 | Summer undergraduate 4-week Session 2 begins |
| July 4 | Summer 4-week Session 1 grades due from faculty |
| July 4 | Summer 4-week Session 2 drop deadline |
| July 4 | Summer 9-week graduate term withdrawal deadline |
| July 11 | Summer 8-week term withdrawal deadline |
| July 18 | Summer 4-week Session 2 withdrawal deadline |
| July 25 | Summer undergraduate 8-week term and Summer undergraduate 4-week Session 2 end |
| July 25 | Summer graduate 9-week term ends |
| Aug. 1 | Summer 8-week term and Summer 4-week Session 2 final grades due from faculty |
| Aug. 1 | Summer 9-week graduate term final grades due from faculty |
| Aug. 1 | Summer Graduation date* |
| March 31 | Registration begins for undergraduate Fall 2025 classes |
| April 7 | Registration begins for graduate Fall 2025 classes |
| Aug. 11 | Fall 1 graduate 9-week term begins |
| Aug. 15 | Fall 1 9-week term drop deadline |
| Aug. 18 | Fall semester and Fall 1 undergraduate 8-week term begin |
| Aug. 22 | Fall semester and Fall 1 8-week drop deadline |
| Sept. 19 | Fall 1 9-week term withdrawal deadline |
| Sept. 24 | Registration begins for graduate Spring 2026 classes |
| Sept. 26 | Fall 1 8-week term withdrawal deadline |
| Oct. 1 | Registration begins for undergraduate Spring 2026 classes |
| Oct. 3 | Leidens Ontzet (campus closed) |
| Oct. 3 | Fall semester undergraduate and Fall 2 graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| Oct. 10 | Fall 1 undergraduate 8-week term and graduate 9-week term end |
| Oct. 13 | Fall 2 graduate 9-week term begins |
| Oct. 13–17 | Fall Break (undergraduate only) |
| Oct. 17 | Fall 1 grades due from faculty |
| Oct. 17 | Fall 1 graduate Graduation Date* |
| Oct. 17 | Fall 2 9-week term drop deadline |
| Oct. 20 | Fall 2 undergraduate 8-week term begins |
| Oct. 24 | Fall 2 8-week term drop deadline |
| Nov. 14 | Fall semester withdrawal deadline |
| Nov. 21 | Fall 2 9-week term withdrawal deadline |
| Nov. 28 | Fall 2 8-week term withdrawal deadline |
| Dec. 12 | Fall semester and Fall 2 undergraduate 8-week term and graduate 9-week term end |
| Dec. 13 | Fall semester and Fall 2 graduate Graduation date* |
| Dec. 19 | Fall semester and Fall 2 grades due from faculty |
*Graduation Date (official date of conferral that appears on the diploma, not the commencement ceremony date)
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Registration begins for graduate Spring 2026 classes |
| Oct. 1, 2025 | Registration begins for undergraduate Spring 2026 classes |
| Jan. 12 | Spring 1 graduate 9-week term begins |
| Jan. 16 | Spring 1 9-week term drop deadline |
| Jan. 19 | Spring semester and Spring 1 undergraduate 8-week term begins |
| Jan. 23 | Spring semester and Spring 1 8-week term drop deadline |
| Feb. 13 | Spring 1 graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| Feb. 20 | Spring 1 9-week withdrawal deadline |
| Feb. 27 | Spring 1 8-week withdrawal deadline |
| March 2 | Spring semester undergraduate and Spring 2 graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| March 4 | Registration begins for Summer/Fall 2026 undergraduate classes |
| March 9 | Registration begins for Summer/Fall 2026 graduate classes |
| March 13 | Spring 1 undergraduate 8-week term and graduate 9-week term end |
| March 16–20 | Spring Break |
| March 20 | Spring 1 grades due from faculty |
| March 20 | Spring 1 graduate Graduation Date |
| March 23 | Spring 2 undergraduate 8-week term and graduate 9-week term begin |
| March 27 | Spring 2 8-week term and 9-week term drop deadline |
| April 3–6 | Easter Weekend (campus closed) |
| April 17 | Spring Semester withdrawal deadline |
| May 1 | Spring 2 8-week term and 9-week term withdrawal deadline |
| May 5 | Liberation Day (campus closed) |
| May 15 | Spring semester and Spring 2 undergraduate 8-week term end |
| May 15–17 | Commencement Weekend — Actual day(s) TBD |
| May 22 | Spring 2 graduate 9-week term ends |
| May 22 | Spring Semester and Spring 2 8-week term grades due from faculty |
| May 29 | Spring 2 9-week term grades due from faculty |
| May 29 | Spring semester and Spring 2 graduate Graduation date* |
Note that these are subject to change. Please check regularly for updates.
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