Academic Calendar Note that dates may be subject to change. 2025-2026 Session II & 11-Week Session Classes End August 8, 2025 Add to Calendar New Student Orientation August 20 - 25, 2025 Add to Calendar Opening Exercises August 25, 2025 Add to Calendar First Day of Class Fall Semester August 26, 2025 Add to Calendar Labor Day (no classes) September 1, 2025 Add to Calendar Course Selection Period ends September 9, 2025 Add to Calendar Drop Period Ends October 6, 2025 Fall Term Break October 9 - 12, 2025 Family Weekend October 24 - 26, 2025 Grade Mode Change Deadline October 24, 2025 Advance Registration for Spring Term October 27 - November 10, 2025 Add to Calendar Last Day to Withdraw from a Course November 3, 2025 Add to Calendar Homecoming November 8, 2025 Follow Thursday's Class Schedule November 25, 2025 Follow Friday's Class Schedule November 26, 2025 Add to Calendar Thanksgiving Break November 27 - 30, 2025 Add to Calendar Last Day of Classes December 8, 2025 Reading Days December 9 - 10, 2025 Final Exams December 11 - 18, 2025 Add to Calendar Winter Break December 18, 2025 - January 13, 2026 Add to Calendar Fall Term Ends December 18, 2025 Add to Calendar First Day of Classes (Monday Classes) January 14, 2026 Add to Calendar Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed January 19, 2026 Add to Calendar Course Selection (Add) Period Ends January 27, 2026 Add to Calendar Drop Period Ends February 23, 2026 Add to Calendar Spring Term Break March 7 - 15, 2026 Add to Calendar Advance Registration for Fall Term March 23 - April 6, 2026 Add to Calendar Last Day to Change a Grade Mode March 23, 2026 Add to Calendar Registration for Summer Session Begins March 23, 2026 Add to Calendar Last day to withdraw from a course March 30, 2026 Add to Calendar Reading Days April 30 - May 3, 2026 Final Exams May 4 - 12, 2026 Spring Term Ends May 12, 2026 Alumni Day May 16, 2026 University Commencement May 18, 2026 Memorial Day Observed (No Classes) May 25, 2026 First Summer Session Begins May 26, 2026 Juneteenth Observed June 19, 2026 First Summer Session Ends July 1, 2026 Second Summer Session Begins July 2, 2026 Add to Calendar Independence Day Observed July 3, 2026 Add to Calendar