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2025 – 2026 Academic Calendar
Fall Semester 2025
- August 22Friday
- Orientation
- August 23Saturday
- Orientation; Registration
- August 25Monday
- Orientation; Drop - Add Begins for First Half Semester Courses and Thru Semester
- August 26Tuesday
- Classes Begin
- August 27Wednesday
- Drop - Add Ends for First Half Semester Courses at 11:59 PM
- September 1Monday
- Drop - Add Ends for Thru Semester at 11:59 PM
- September 25Thursday
- Last Day to Withdraw from First Half Semester Courses (grade of "W") - 11:59 PM
- October 9Thursday
- First Half Semester Courses End
- October 10Friday
- First Day of Second Half Semester Courses; Drop - Add Begins for Second Half Semester Courses
- October 13Monday
- Drop - Add Ends for Second Half Semester Courses at 11:59 PM
- October 15Wednesday
- Mid-Semester Assessments Due at 3:00 PM
- October 15Wednesday
- Fall Break Begins Following Evening Classes
- October 20Monday
- Fall Break Ends at 8:00 AM
- October 30Thursday
- Last Day to Withdraw from Full Semester Courses (grade of "W") - 11:59 PM
- October 30Thursday
- Last Day to Remove "I" and "NR" Grades - 5:00 PM
- November 5Wednesday
- Registration for Winter, Spring, & Summer 2026 Begins
- November 14Friday
- Last Day to Withdraw from Second Half Semester Courses (grade of "W") - 11:59 PM
- November 21Friday
- Thanksgiving Holiday Begins After Evening Classes
- December 1Monday
- Thanksgiving Holiday Ends at 8:00 AM
- December 5Friday
- Classes End
- December 6Saturday
- Reading Day
- December 8-12Monday-Friday
- Examinations
- December 16Tuesday
- Grades Due at 12:00 PM
Winter Term 2026
- January 5Monday
- Classes Begin; Drop - Add Begins
- January 5Monday
- Drop - Add Ends at 11:59 PM
- January 14Wednesday
- Last Day to Withdraw from Courses with a "W" - 11:59 PM
- January 19Monday
- Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
- January 22Thursday
- Classes End
- January 23Friday
- Examinations
- January 26Monday
- Grades Due at 12:00 PM
Note that in order to satisfy the contact hour requirement for SACSCOC the class times for 2026 WT classes will be extended 15 min each day. Class periods will run 8:30-11:45am and 1:00-4:15pm
Spring Semester 2026
- January 29Thursday
- Classes Begin for First Half Semester Courses and Thru Semester Courses; Drop - Add Begins
- January 30Friday
- Drop - Add Ends for First Half Semester Courses at 11:59 PM
- February 4Wednesday
- Drop - Add Ends for Thru Semester at 11:59 PM
- March 2Monday
- Last day to withdraw from first half semester courses (grade of "W") - 11:59 PM
- March 17Tuesday
- Last Day of First Half Semester Courses 11:59 PM
- March 18Wednesday
- First Day of Second Half Semester Courses; Drop - Add Begins for Second Half Semester Courses
- March 19Thursday
- Drop - Add Ends for Second Half Semester Courses at 11:59 PM
- March 20Friday
- Spring Break Begins Following Afternoon Classes
- March 30Monday
- Classes Resume
- April 2Thursday
- Mid-Semester Assessments Due at 3:00 PM
- April 10Friday
- Last day to withdraw from Thru Term courses (grade of "W") - 11:59 PM
- April 10Friday
- Last Day to Remove "I" and "NR" Grades by 5:00 PM
- April 16Thursday
- Registration Begins for Fall 2026
- April 28Tuesday
- Last day to withdraw from second half semester courses (grade of "W") - 11:59 PM
- April 28Tuesday
- SURF Presentations
- May 11Monday
- Classes End
- May 12Tuesday
- Reading Day
- May 13-19Wednesday-Tuesday
- Examinations
- May 20Wednesday
- Senior Grades Due by 1:00 PM
- May 21Thursday
- All Remaining Grades Due at 3:00 PM
- May 22Friday
- Undergraduate Commencement
SURF presentations are factored into student instruction time.
Summer Session I 2026
- June 1Monday
- Classes Begin
- June 2Tuesday
- Drop - Add Ends - 11:59 PM
- June 18Thursday
- Last Day to withdraw from courses with a "W" - 11:59 PM
- June 26Friday
- Classes End
- June 29Monday
- Examinations
- July 1Wednesday
- Grades Due at 12:00 PM
Summer Session II 2026
- July 6Monday
- Classes Begin
- July 7Tuesday
- Drop - Add Ends - 11:59 PM
- July 16Thursday
- Last Day to withdraw from courses with a "W" - 11:59 PM
- July 23Thursday
- Classes End
- July 24Friday
- Examinations
- July 27Monday
- Grades Due at 12:00 PM