2026–27 Academic Highlights

Summer Sessions 2026

Summer Session begins	Mon, Jun 22
Independence Day (holiday); no classes	Fri, July 3
Summer Session ends	Fri, Aug 14
Summer Session grades due (4:30 p.m.)	Mon, Aug 24

Autumn quarter September Session begins	Mon, Aug 31
Labor Day (holiday); no classes	Mon, Sep 7
September Session ends	Tue, Sep 22
September Session grades due	Mon, Sep 28
Class instruction begins	Mon, Sep 28
Veterans Day (holiday); some classes meet*	Wed, Nov 11
Thanksgiving (holiday); no classes	Wed-Fri, Nov 25-27
Last class session for undergraduate classes	Fri, Dec 4
Student Reading Day	Mon, Dec 7
Final examinations for undergraduate classes	Tue-Thurs, Dec 8-10
Last class session for graduate and doctoral	Thurs, Dec 10
Christmas break for students	Dec 11–Jan 3
Autumn quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.)	Tue, Dec 15

Class instruction begins	Tue, Jan 5
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (holiday); some classes meet**	Mon, Jan 18
All classes meet as scheduled on Presidents' Day; no holiday	Mon, Feb 15
Last class session for undergraduate classes	Mon, Mar 8
Student Reading Day	Tue, Mar 9
Final examinations for undergraduate classes	Wed-Fri, Mar 10-12
Last class session for graduate and doctoral classes	Fri, Mar 12
Spring break for students	Mar 13–30
Winter quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.)	Wed, Mar 17

Good Friday (holiday)	Fri, Mar 26
Class instruction begins	Wed, Mar 31
Memorial Day (holiday); some classes meet**	Mon, May 31
Last class session for undergraduate classes	Fri, June 4
Student Reading Day/Faculty Inservice Day	Mon, Jun 7
Final examinations for undergraduate classes	Tue-Thurs, Jun 8-10
Last class session for graduate and doctoral classes	Thurs, Jun 10
Ivy Cutting	Fri, Jun 11
Graduate Commencement	Fri or Sat, Jun 11 or 12
Undergraduate Commencement	Sat or Sun, Jun 12 or 13
Spring quarter grades due (4:30 p.m.)	Fri, Jun 18

*Wednesday-only classes will meet on Veterans Day in order to provide the required class sessions.

**Monday-only classes will meet on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Memorial Day in order to provide the required class sessions.

Monday evening classes meet on Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Memorial Day to have the required class sessions.