2025–26 Academic Highlights


Summer Sessions 2025

Summer Session begins Mon, Jun 23
Independence Day (holiday); no classes Fri, July 4
Summer Session ends
Fri, Aug 15
Summer Session grades due (4:30 p.m.) Mon, Aug 25

Autumn Quarter 2025

Labor Day (holiday) Mon, Sep 1
Autumn quarter September Session begins Tue, Sep 2
September Session ends Tue, Sep 23 
September Session grades due Mon, Sep 29
Class instruction begins Mon, Sep 29
Veterans Day (holiday); some classes meet* Tue, Nov 11
Thanksgiving (holiday); no classes  Wed-Fri, Nov 26-28 
Last class session for all classes Wed, Dec 10
Christmas break for students Dec 11–Jan 4
Autumn quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.)
Tue, Dec 17 

Winter Quarter 2026

Class instruction begins
Mon, Jan 5
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (holiday); some classes meet*
Mon, Jan 19
All classes meet as scheduled on Presidents' Day; no holiday Mon, Feb 16
Last class session for all classes Fri, Mar 13
Spring break for students Mar 14–24
Winter quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.) Wed, Mar 18

Spring Quarter 2026

Class instruction begins
Wed, Mar 25
Good Friday (holiday); no classes
Fri, Apr 3
Memorial Day (holiday); some classes meet* Mon, May 25
Last class session for all classes Wed, Jun 3
Ivy Cutting Fri or Sat, Jun 5 or 6
Graduate Commencement
Fri or Sat, Jun 5 or 6
Undergraduate Commencement   Sat or Sun, Jun 6 or 7
Spring quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.) Fri, Jun 12

*Tuesday/Thursday classes will meet on Veterans Day in order to provide the required class sessions.

**Monday-only classes will meet on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Memorial Day in order to provide the required class sessions.

Evening classes are those beginning at 4 p.m. or later

Monday evening classes meet on Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Memorial Day to have the required class sessions.