Important Dates & Deadlines
Summer Term 2026 Academic Calendar
May 20 - Payment due for Summer 2026 tuition and fees.
May 21 - Registered students with unpaid tuition balances or who have not made payment arrangements will be dropped from classes.
May 25 - Memorial Day - University Closed
May 27 - Release of available financial assistance begins
June 1 - Classes begin
June 5 - Priority day for undergraduates to complete and submit Application for Degree Completion in Workday.
June 7 - Final day for 100% refund for full-term (8-week) or arranged courses.
See Fee Refund/Drop/Withdrawal Schedule for less than full-term courses.
Final day to add or enroll in a full-term course (8-week). See Last Day to Add Summer Term Classes.
Fees for full-term (8-week) or arranged courses do not apply to courses added after this date.
June 14 - Final day for 50% refund for full-term (8-week) or arranged courses.
See Fee Refund/Drop/Withdrawal Schedule for less than full-term courses.
Final day to withdraw full-term (8-week) or arranged courses without transcript record.
June 15 - Transcript record begins for full-term (8-week) or arranged courses.
COURSES ARE PERMITTED TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM JUNE 15 THROUGH JUNE 28 (SEE WITHDRAWAL POLICY STATEMENT). A grade of "W" will be recorded.
Final date for graduate students to sign up for comprehensive examinations.
June 19 - Juneteenth - University Closed
June 19 - Final day for Masters, Doctorate and Education Specialists to complete and submit Application for Degree Completion in Workday.
June 28 - Final day to withdraw from a course with transcript record of "W" for full-term (8-week) or arranged courses. (NO WITHDRAWAL ALLOWED AFTER THIS DATE, the end of the 4th week of classes).
June 29 - Second session (4-week) courses begin.
July 3 - Independence Day Holiday Observed - University Closed
July 20 - Final day for graduate students to submit approved Master's Thesis or Specialist's Field Study.
July 24 - Term ends
July 27 - Final grade entry deadline, NOON
Final day for graduate students' comprehensive exams results from departments to the Graduate School.
August 14 - Summer term undergraduate/graduate degree candidates must have all requirements for a degree completed and on record in the Registrar's Office by 4:30 pm
Dates subject to change
Fall Semester 2026 Academic Calendar
Registration for the Fall Semester 2026 begins on March 9, 2026. All other registration dates can be found on the Registration Calendar
August 5 – Payment due for Fall 2026 tuition and fees.
August 6 – Registered students with unpaid tuition balances or who have not made payment arrangements will be dropped from fall classes.
August 11 – Release of available financial assistance begins.
August 17 - Classes begin
August 21 - Priority day for undergraduates to complete and submit Application for Degree Completion in Workday
August 30 - Final day for 100% refund for full semester or arranged courses.
See Fee Refund/Drop/Withdrawal Schedule.
Final day to add or register in a full semester course.
See Add Policy for Semester Courses
Fees for courses withdrawn do not apply to courses added after this date.
September 7 - Labor Day Holiday - University closed
September 8 - Classes resume.
September 14 - Final day for 50% refund for full semester or arranged courses.
See Fee Refund/Drop/Withdrawal Schedule.
20th day of classes
Final day to withdraw a course without transcript record.
September 15 - Transcript record begins
COURSES ARE PERMITTED TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER 25 (SEE WITHDRAWAL POLICY STATEMENT). A grade of "W" will be recorded.
October 2 - Oktoberfest
October 3 - Oktoberfest and Homecoming
October 5 - Registration for Intersession and Spring 2027, Active Graduates, Seniors, Continuing Honors College, and AMS/KAMS
October 7 - Final day for graduate students to sign up for comprehensive examinations
October 9 - Interim
Final day for Masters, Doctorate and Education Specialists to complete and submit Application for Degree Completion in Workday
October 12 - Interim grade entry deadline, NOON
Last 8-week courses begin
Final day for undergraduates to complete and submit Application for Degree Completion in Workday
October 19 - Registration for Intersession and Spring 2027, Active Juniors
October 25 - Final day to withdraw from a course with transcript record of "W." NO WITHDRAWALS ALLOWED AFTER THIS DATE.
November 2 - Registration for Intersession and Spring 2027, Active Sophomores
November 16 - Registration for Intersession and Spring 2027, Active Freshmen and Undergraduate Non-Degree
November 23 - 27 - Fall Break (University closed Nov. 26-27)
November 30 - Classes resume
December 5, 7-11 - Final examinations
December 11 - Semester ends
University Commencement Exercises, Gross Memorial Coliseum
December 14 - Final grade entry deadline, NOON
Final day for departments to submit comprehensive exams results to the Graduate School.
December 25 - January 3 - Winter Break - University Closed
January 15 - Fall semester undergraduate/graduate degree candidates must have all requirements for a degree completed and on record in the Registrar's Office by 4:30 pm
Dates subject to change