(Visit the 2021–22 University Academic Calendar for the complete list of important dates.)
- Sept. 7 New international student check-in
- Sept. 8 New student campus housing check-in; New international student Orientation
- Sept. 9 New student Orientation
- Sept. 11–12 Returning student campus housing check-in
- Sept. 13 Autumn Quarter begins
- Sept. 17 Last day to register or add classes without a late fee, or apply for audit
- Sept. 24 Last day to apply for independent study, internships, individual instruction, dissertation, and pass/no credit
- Oct. 22 Mid-Autumn "No Class Day;" classes beginning at 3 p.m. and later will meet
- Nov. 11 Veterans Day (holiday). Evening classes beginning at 4 p.m. and later will meet. Offices closed.
- Nov. 17 Last day of instruction
- Nov. 18 Student Reading Day
- Nov. 18–23 Final exams
- Nov. 24 Residence halls close for Christmas break (10 a.m.)
- Nov. 24–Jan. 3 Christmas break for students
- Nov. 25–28 Thanksgiving (holiday). Campus closed.
- Jan. 3 Residents halls open
- Jan. 4 Winter Quarter begins