2025-2026 Academic Calendar

September

1 Labor Day holiday – Offices closed
2 All undergraduate, graduate, and SCE courses begin
3 Academic Convocation (tentative)
8 Last day to add a course via Cyberfriar for undergraduates
9 Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
15 Last day to drop courses without “WD” grade on Cyberfriar; Last day for election of audit option; Last day to add courses without charge
16 Late adjustment period begins for undergraduates
23 Rosh Hashanah

October

2 Yom Kippur
13 Columbus Day holiday – Offices closed; All classes suspended
14 All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
22 Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Spring/Summer 2025; SCE Term I final exams
29 Last day for submission of mid-semester grades

November

1 Solemnity of All Saints
11 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option (option for Class of 2029 begins with second semester)
14 Course registration for Class of 2026 and December 2026 graduates
17 Course registration for Class of 2027 and December 2027 graduates
19 Course registration for Class of 2028 and December 2028 graduates
21 Course registration for Class of 2029 and December 2029 graduates
26-30 Thanksgiving Recess – Offices closed; All classes suspended

December

1 All classes resume
5 Last day to withdraw with “WD” with permission
8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
12 Last day of fall undergraduate classes
13 Reading Day – undergraduates; Last day for fall SCE and graduate classes
14 Reading Day for undergraduates
15 Fall semester exams (including DWC); Hannukah
16 Fall semester exams
17 Fall semester exams
18 Fall semester exams
19 Fall semester exams for undergraduate courses only
20 Fall semester exams for graduate and SCE courses
25 Christmas Day – holiday

January

1 New Year’s Day holiday; Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
12 All undergraduate, graduate, and SCE courses begin
19 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday – Offices closed; All classes suspended
20 All classes resume; Last day to add a course on Cyberfriar for undergraduates
21 Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
27 Last day to drop courses without “WD” grade on Cyberfriar; Last day for election of audit option; Last day to add courses without charge
28 Late adjustment period begins for undergraduates

February

16 President’s Day holiday – Offices closed; All classes suspended
17 All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
18 Ash Wednesday
25 Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Fall 2025 and Winter 2026

March

4 Last day for submission of mid-semester grades; SCE Term III final exams
7-15 Spring Recess – All classes suspended
18 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option

April

2 Holy Thursday; Easter Recess – All classes suspended; Passover
3 Good Friday; Easter Recess; Offices closed; All classes suspended
4 Easter Recess – All classes suspended
5 Easter
6 Easter Recess – All classes suspended
7 All classes resume
8 Monday class schedule to be followed
10 Course registration for December 2026 graduates
13 Course registration for Class of 2027 and December 2027 graduates
15 Course registration for Class of 2028 and December 2028 graduates
17 Course registration for Class of 2029 and December 2029 graduates
24 Last day to withdraw with “WD” with permission
25 Proposed weather cancellation make-up day

May

1 Last day of undergraduate classes
2 Reading Day – undergraduates; Last day for spring SCE and graduate classes
3 Reading Day for undergraduates
4 Spring semester exams (including DWC)
5 Spring semester exams
6 Spring semester exams
7 Spring semester exams
8 Spring semester exams for undergraduate courses only
9 Spring semester exams for graduate and SCE courses
14 Ascension Thursday
15 ROTC Commissioning; Graduate/SCE Commencement
16 Academic Awards Ceremony; Commencement Mass; Parents’ Reception
17 Commencement
18 SCE & MBA Maymester begins
22 SCE & MBA Maymester ends
25 Memorial Day holiday – Offices closed
26 SCE and Graduate Summer I courses begin