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Academic Calendar

2025 - 2026 Academic Calendar

Fall 2025

Fall Semester
Date  
Aug 18 M1 and S1 classes begin
Aug 22 M1 and S1 last day to add/drop
Aug 25 Traditional classes
Aug 29 Traditional last day to add/drop classes
Sept 1 Traditional labor day; no classes
Oct 6 -7  Traditional extended weekend; no classes
Oct 10 M1 and S1 last day of classes
Oct 13 M2 and S2 classes begin
Oct 17 M2 and S2 last day to add/drop classes
Nov 10-14 Registration for Spring 2026 begins
Nov 26 - 30 Thanksgiving break; no classes
Dec 8 Traditional last day of classes
Dec 9 - 11 Traditional Final exams 
Dec 10 M2 and S2 last day of classes
Dec 15 Vespers and Commencement

J-Term 2026

January Term
Date Event
Dec 17 Classes begin
Dec 24 - Jan 1 Christmas break; no classes
Jan 16 Last class

Spring 2026

Spring Semester
Date Event
Jan 3 Writing Popular Fiction residency begins
Jan 5 M3 and S3 classes begin
Jan 7 Writing Popular Fiction residency ends
Jan 7 Writing Popular Fiction Commencement
Jan 9 M3 and S3 last day to add/drop
Jan 20 Traditional classes begin
Jan 26 Traditional last day to add/drop classes
Feb 27 M3 and S3 last day of classes
Mar 2 M4 and S4 classes begin
Mar 2 - 6 Traditional spring break; no classes
Mar 6 M4 and S4 last day to add/drop
Apr 2 - 6 Traditional Easter Break; no classes
Apr 13 - 17 Registration for Summer and Fall 2026 begins 
Apr 24 M4 and S4 last day of classes
May 11 Traditional last day of classes
May 12-14 Traditional final examinations
May 15 Baccalaureate
May 16 Commencement

M-Term 2026

May Term
Date Event
May 15 Classes begin
May 25 Memorial Day; no classes
June 5 Last day of classes

Summer 2026

Summer Term
Date Event
Apr 27 M5 and S5 classes begin
May 1  M5 and S5 last day to drop/add classes
May 18 Traditional classes begin (internship and independent study)
June 1 Traditional 8-week classes begin
June 5 Traditional 8-week last day to add/drop
June 19 M5 and S5 last day of classes
June 22 M6 classes begin
June 24 Writing Popular Fiction residency begins
June 26 M6 last day to add/drop
June 28 Writing Popular Fiction residency ends
June 28 Writing Popular Fiction Commencement
July 4 Independence Day; no classes all students
July 24 Traditional 8-week last day of classes
Aug 7 Traditional last day of classes (internship and independent study)
Aug 14 M6 last day of classes
Aug 15 Summer degree conferral

Traditional semester calendar: Followed by traditional on-campus undergraduate programs & some graduate programs, including: Physical Therapy DPT, Physician Assistant M.A., Art Therapy M.A.

M session calendar: Followed by most graduate programs

S session calendar: Followed by most online bachelor's and certificates programs and the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Program

Current students can view a detailed academic calendar by logging into MySHU.