2026-2027 Academic Calendar
August
31 All undergraduate, graduate, and SCE courses begin
September
2 Academic Convocation (tentative)
7 Labor Day holiday – Offices closed; Classes suspended
8 Last day to add a course via Cyberfriar for undergraduates
9 Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
12 Rosh Hashanah
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
21 Yom Kippur
October
12 Columbus Day holiday – Offices closed; All classes suspended
13 All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
21 Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Spring/Summer 2026
28 Last day for submission of mid-semester grades
November
1 Solemnity of All Saints
10 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option (option for Class of 2030 begins with second semester)
13 Course registration for Class of 2027 and December 2027 graduates
16 Course registration for Class of 2028 and December 2028 graduates
18 Course registration for Class of 2029 and December 2029 graduates
20 Course registration for Class of 2030 and December 2030 graduates
25-29 Thanksgiving Recess – Offices closed; All classes suspended
30 All classes resume
December
4 Last day to withdraw with “WD” with permission
5 Hannukah
8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
11 Last day of fall undergraduate classes
12 Reading Day – undergraduates; Last day for fall SCE and graduate classes
13 Reading Day for undergraduates
14 Fall semester exams (including DWC)
15 Fall semester exams
16 Fall semester exams
17 Fall semester exams
18 Fall semester exams for undergraduate courses only
19 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
18 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday – Offices closed
19 All undergraduate, graduate, and SCE courses begin
25 Last day to add a course on Cyberfriar for undergraduates
26 Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
February
1 Last day to drop courses without “WD” grade on Cyberfriar; Last day for election of audit option; Last day to add courses without charge
2 Late adjustment period begins for undergraduates
10 Ash Wednesday
15 President’s Day holiday – Offices closed; All classes suspended
16 All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
March
6-14 Spring Recess – All classes suspended
15 All classes resume
17 Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Fall 2026 and Winter 2027
24 Last day for submission of mid-semester grades
25 Holy Thursday; Easter Recess – All classes suspended
26 Good Friday; Easter Recess; Offices closed; All classes suspended
27 Easter Recess – All classes suspended
28 Easter
29 Easter Recess – All classes suspended
30 All classes resume
31 Monday class schedule to be followed; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option
April
16 Course registration for 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
22 Passover
23 Course registration for Class of 2030 and December 2030 graduates
24 Proposed weather cancellation make-up day
30 Last day to withdraw with “WD” with permission
May
6 Ascension Thursday
7 Last day of undergraduate classes
8 Reading Day – undergraduates; Last day for spring SCE and graduate classes
9 Reading Day for undergraduates
10 Spring semester exams (including DWC)
11 Spring semester exams
12 Spring semester exams
13 Spring semester exams
14 Spring semester exams for undergraduate courses only
15 Spring semester exams for graduate and SCE courses
21 ROTC Commissioning; Graduate/SCE Commencement
22 Academic Awards Ceremony; Commencement Mass; Parents’ Reception
23 Commencement
24 SCE & MBA Maymester begins
28 SCE & MBA Maymester ends
31 Memorial Day holiday – Offices closed
