Academic Calendar
Dates are important to the success of any student. Below you can find all the dates for the current academic year. However, if you're a planner, you might be interested in the upcoming academic year. Well you're in luck.
Looking for next year's calendar?
We publish this calendar as well as the upcoming academic year's dates in the university catalog. Remember that the upcoming academic year's calendar is tentative, and dates are not guaranteed from being changed, but you should find a good indication of the dates for the upcoming academic year. The final calendar for the academic year is published alongside the catalog in early summer, and this calendar will be updated as well.
Well, get to planning.
Choose one of the sections below to jump to the beginning of that semester. Wintermester dates are included in the fall section, and May-, June- and July-mester calendars are included with summer.
- May 6
- Maymester registration and classes begin
- May 9
- Last day to drop Maymester classes w/ partial refund
- May 24
- Maymester final examinations
- May 27
- Memorial Day holiday
- May 28
- Residence halls open
- May 28
- Summer session, Summer Term I, and Junemester classes begin
- May 30
- Last day to add classes (Term I)
- May 31
- Last day to drop Junemester classes w/partial refund
- May 31
- Last day to add classes (full term)
- June 4
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (Term I)
- June 12
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (full term)
- June 14
- Last day to drop classes (Term I)
- June 20
- Junemester final examinations
- June 27
- First term final examinations
- July 1
- Julymester and Summer Term II classes begin
- July 3
- Last day to drop classes (full term)
- July 4
- Holiday
- July 5
- Last day to add classes (Term II)
- July 9
- Last day to drop classes with partial refund (Term II)
- July 19
- Last day to drop classes (Term II)
- July 25
- Julymester final examinations
- Aug. 1
- Full and Term II final examinations
- Aug. 12-13
- Residence halls open—Freshmen
- Aug. 18
- Residence halls open—Upperclassmen
- Aug. 19
- Term I classes begin
- Aug. 19
- Classes begin
- Aug. 24
- Last day to drop classes with full refund (Term I)
- Aug. 25
- Last day to add classes
- Aug. 31
- Last day to drop classes with full refund (full term)
- Sept. 2
- Labor Day holiday
- Sept. 21
- Last day to drop classes (Term I)
- Oct. 8-10
- Mid-term grades due
- Oct. 11
- Fall break
- Oct. 14
- Term II classes begin
- Oct. 19
- Last day to drop classes with full refund (Term II)
- Oct. 26
- Last day to drop classes (full term)
- Oct. 28-Nov.8
- Advising
- Nov. 11-15
- Preregistration
- Nov. 16
- Last day to drop classes (Term II)
- Nov. 25-29
- Thanksgiving holidays (Residence halls closed)
- Dec. 5
- Study day
- Dec. 6-11
- Final examinations
- Dec. 14
- Commencement
- Dec. 16-Jan. 5
- Christmas holidays (Residence halls closed)
- Dec. 13-Jan. 5
- Wintermester 2020
- Jan. 5
- Residence halls open
- Jan. 6
- Term I classes begin
- Jan. 6
- Classes begin
- Jan. 11
- Last day to drop class with full refund (Term I)
- Jan. 12
- Last day to add classes
- Jan. 18
- Last day to drop classes with full refund (full term)
- Jan. 20
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday
- Feb. 8
- Last day to drop classes (Term I)
- Feb. 26-Feb. 28
- Mid-term grades due
- March 2
- Term II classes begin
- March 7
- Last day to drop classes with full refund (Term II)
- March 14
- Last day to drop classes (full term)
- March 16-20
- Spring break (Residence halls closed)
- March 23-April 3
- Advising
- April 6-10
- Preregistration
- April 11
- Last day to drop classes (Term II)
- April 23
- Study day
- April 24-April 29
- Final examinations
- April 30
- Residence halls closed—Underclassmen (check-out by 1 p.m.)
- May 1
- Undergraduates: Provost breakfast (8:30 a.m.), rehearsal (10 a.m.)
Baccalaureate (4:30 p.m.) and reception (5:30 p.m.)
- May 2
- Residence halls closed—Graduating seniors (check-out by 6 p.m.)
Graduate Commencement (10:30 a.m., 8 a.m. rehearsal, doors open at 9:30 a.m.)
Reception, both commencements (12:30-2:30 p.m.)
Undergraduate Commencement (3 p.m., doors open at 1:30 p.m.)
- May 4
- Maymester registration and classes begin
- May 7
- Last day to drop Maymester classes w/ partial refund
- May 22
- Maymester final examinations
- May 25
- Memorial Day holiday
- May 26
- Residence halls open
- May 26
- Summer session, Summer Term I, and Junemester classes begin
- May 28
- Last day to add classes (Term I)
- May 29
- Last day to drop Junemester classes w/partial refund
- May 29
- Last day to add classes (full term)
- June 2
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (Term I)
- June 10
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (full term)
- June 12
- Last day to drop classes (Term I)
- June 18
- Junemester final examinations
- June 25
- First term final examinations
- June 29
- Julymester and Summer Term II classes begin
- July 1
- Last day to drop classes (full term)
- July 3
- Holiday
- July 6
- Last day to add classes (Term II)
- July 8
- Last day to drop classes with partial refund (Term II)
- July 17
- Last day to drop classes (Term II)
- July 23
- Julymester final examinations
- July 30
- Full and Term II final examinations