2025 – 2026 Graduate Programs Calendar

September

1 Labor Day holiday – Offices closed
1 Last day to add/drop courses on Cyberfriar
2 All Fall graduate courses begin
8-12 Last week to register without late fee1
15 to 19 Last week to drop classes for partial refund, without receiving a grade of “WD”
23 Rosh Hashanah

October

2 Yom Kippur
10 Declaration of Intent to Graduate deadline for December 2025/Winter Session 2026 graduates
13 Columbus Day holiday – Offices closed; All classes suspended
14 All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
22 Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Spring/Summer 2025
31 Last day for faculty to submit final grades for “I” and “NM” grades for Spring/Summer 2025

November

1 Solemnity of All Saints
22 Proposed weather cancellation make-up day
24 Registration for Winter and Spring 2026 courses begins at 9AM
26-30 Thanksgiving Recess – Offices closed; All classes suspended

December

1 All classes resume
5 Last day to withdraw from classes
8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
13 Last day of fall graduate classes
15 to 20 Final Exam Period
22 Winter Session begins
25 Christmas Day holiday; All classes suspended

January

1 New Year’s Day holiday; Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
11 Winter Session ends
11 Last day to add or drop Spring courses on Cyberfriar
12 All graduate Spring courses begin
19 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday – Offices closed; All classes suspended
19 to 23 Last week to register without late fee
20 All classes resume
23 Declaration of Intent to Graduate deadline for May/Summer Session 2026 graduates
26-30 Last week to drop classes for partial refund, without receiving a grade of “WD”

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 Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Fall 2025 and Winter 2026

March

6 Last day for faculty to submit final grades for “I” and “NM” grades for Fall 2025 and Winter 2026
7-15 Spring Recess – All classes suspended
16 All classes resume

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 Sunday
6 Easter Recess – All classes suspended
7 All classes resume
8 Monday class schedule to be followed
22 Maymester, Summer Session I and II registration opens for new and continuing EDU, HIS, THL, and MTH graduate students
22 Maymester, Summer Session I and II registration opens for continuing MBA, MSBA, and MSSA graduate students
24 Last day to withdraw from classes
24 Proposed weather cancellation make-up day
29 Maymester, Summer Session I and II registration opens for new MBA and MSSA graduate students

May

2 Last day of Graduate classes
4 to 9 Final Exam Period
14 Ascension Thursday
14 Graduate/SCE Commencement
16 Commencement Mass; Family Reception
18 MBA Maymester begins
21 Last day to withdraw from Maymester courses
21 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for Maymester courses
22 MBA Maymester ends
25 Memorial Day – No class meetings; Offices closed
26 Summer I courses begin

June

2 Last day to withdraw from three-week Summer I courses
2 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for for three-week Summer I courses
12 Three-week Summer I courses end
15 Summer Theology Session begins
16 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for for five-week Summer I courses
17 Summer Theology Session ends
18 Last day to withdraw from five-week Summer I courses
19 Juneteenth – No class meetings; Offices closed
26 Five-week Summer I courses end
26 Make-up day for Memorial Day and Juneteenth classes
29 Five-week Summer II courses begin

July

3 Independence Day (observed) – No class meetings; Offices closed
13 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for for ten-week Summer I courses
17 Last day to withdraw from ten-week Summer I courses
20 Fall registration opens for all Graduate programs (new and continuing students)
21 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for for five-week Summer II courses
24 Last day to withdraw from five-week Summer II courses
31 Ten-week Summer I courses end
31 Five-week Summer II courses end

Notes

To locate the information referred to in the notes below, please access the 2025-2027 Graduate Catalog in the menu of catalog options on the Providence College Catalog site.

Note 1: Late fee assessments follow the policy indicated in the Financial Information: Payment of Bill section of the 2025-2027 online Graduate Catalog.

Note 2: Financial refunds for course withdrawals follow a sliding scale as indicated in the Financial Information: Withdrawal and Refunds section of the 2025-2027 online Graduate Catalog.

Note 3: Final withdrawal deadlines are indicated in the Financial Information: Withdrawal and Refunds section of the 2025-2027 online Graduate Catalog.

Note 4: Final exams for Graduate courses occur during finals week at each course’s regular meeting time.