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.
- Aug. 12-13
- Residence halls open—Freshemn
- Aug. 19
- Residence halls open—Upperclassmen
- Aug. 20
- Term I classes begin
- Aug. 20
- Classes begin
- Aug. 26
- Last day to add classes
- Sept. 1
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (Term I)
- Sept. 3
- Labor Day holiday
- Sept. 15
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (full term)
- Sept. 22
- Last day to drop classes (Term I)
- Oct. 9-11
- Mid-term grades due
- Oct. 12
- Fall break
- Oct. 15
- Term II classes begin
- Oct. 22-Nov.2
- Advising
- Oct. 27
- Last day to drop classes (full term)
- Oct. 27
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (Term II)
- Nov. 5-9
- Preregistration
- Nov. 17
- Last day to drop classes (Term II)
- Nov. 19-23
- Thanksgiving holidays (Residence halls closed)
- Dec. 6
- Study day
- Dec. 7-12
- Final examinations
- Dec. 15
- Commencement
- Dec. 17-Jan. 6
- Christmas holidays (Residence halls closed)
- Dec. 14-Jan. 6
- Wintermester 2019
- Jan. 6
- Residence halls open
- Jan. 7
- Term I classes begin
- Jan. 7
- Classes begin
- Jan. 13
- Last day to add classes
- Jan 19
- Last day to drop class w/partial refund (Term I)
- Jan. 21
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday
- Feb. 2
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (full term)
- Feb. 9
- Last day to drop classes (Term I)
- Feb. 27-March 1
- Mid-term grades due
- March 4
- Term II classes begin
- March 16
- Last day to drop classes (full term)
- March 16
- Last day to drop classes w/partial refund (Term II)
- March 18-22
- Spring break (Residence halls closed)
- March 25-April 5
- Advising
- April 8-12
- Preregistration
- April 13
- Last day to drop classes (Term II)
- April 25
- Study day
- April 26-May 1
- Final examinations
- May 2
- Residence halls closed—Underclassmen (check-out by 1 p.m.)
- May 3
- Undergraduates: Provost breakfast (8:30 a.m.), rehearsal (10 a.m.)
Baccalaureate (4:30 p.m.) and reception (5:30 p.m.)
- May 4
- 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 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