The academic calendar gives the key dates in the year such as the start and end of each term and public holidays when the campus will be closed.
Academic Year
| March 3 | Registration begins for Summer 2025 graduate classes |
| March 4 | Registration begins for Summer 2025 undergraduate classes |
| May 26 | Summer graduate 9-week term begins |
| May 30 | Summer 9-week term drop deadline |
| June 2 | Summer undergraduate 8-week term begins |
| June 6 | Summer 8-week term drop deadline |
| June 7 | Eid al-Adha (Kurban Hayit) (campus closed) |
| June 17 | Summer undergraduate Petition to Graduate due |
| June 19 | Summer graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| July 4 | Summer 9-week term withdrawal deadline |
| July 11 | Summer 8-week term withdrawal deadline |
| July 25 | Summer undergraduate 8-week and graduate 9-week terms end |
| Aug. 1 | Summer 8-week and 9-week term grades due from faculty |
| Aug. 2 | Summer Graduation Date* |
| April 2 | Registration begins for Fall 2025 undergraduate classes |
| April 7 | Registration begins for Fall 2025 graduate classes |
| April 14 | Registration for Fall 2025 undergraduate classes begins for new transfer students |
| Aug. 11 | Fall 1 graduate 9-week term begins |
| Aug. 15 | Fall 1 9-week drop deadline |
| Aug. 15 | Fall 1 graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| Aug. 18 | Fall Semester and Fall 1 undergraduate 8-week term begins |
| Aug. 22 | Fall Semester and Fall 1 8-week term drop deadline |
| Sept. 1 | Independence Day (campus closed) |
| Sept. 19 | Fall 1 9-week term withdrawal deadline |
| Sept. 24 | Registration begins for Spring 2026 graduate classes |
| Sept. 26 | Fall 1 8-week term withdrawal deadline |
| Oct. 1 | Registration begins for Spring 2026 undergraduate classes |
| Oct. 1 | Teachers’ and Mentors’ Day (campus closed) |
| Oct. 3 | Fall Semester undergraduate and Fall 2 graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| Oct. 10 | Fall 1 undergraduate 8-week and graduate 9-week terms end |
| Oct. 13 | Fall 2 graduate 9-week term begins |
| Oct. 13–17 | Fall Break (for undergraduates only) |
| Oct. 17 | Fall 1 grades due from faculty |
| Oct. 17 | Fall 1 graduate Graduation Date* |
| Oct. 17 | Fall 2 9-week term drop deadline |
| Oct. 20 | Fall 2 undergraduate 8-week term begins |
| Oct. 24 | Fall 2 8-week term drop deadline |
| Nov. 14 | Fall Semester withdrawal deadline |
| Nov. 21 | Fall 2 9-week term withdrawal deadline |
| Nov. 28 | Fall 2 8-week term withdrawal deadline |
| Dec. 8 | Constitution Day (campus closed) |
| Dec. 12 | Fall Semester and Fall 2 undergraduate 8-week term and graduate 9-week term ends |
| Dec. 19 | Fall Semester and Fall 2 grades due from faculty |
| Dec. 19 | Fall Semester and Fall 2 graduate Graduation Date* |
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Spring Registration begins for Spring 2026 graduate classes |
| Oct. 1, 2025 | Registration begins for Spring 2026 undergraduate classes |
| Jan. 12 | Spring 1 graduate 9-week term begins |
| Jan. 16 | Spring 1 9-week term drop deadline |
| Jan. 19 | Spring Semester and Spring 1 undergraduate 8-week term begins |
| Jan. 23 | Spring Semester and Spring 1 8-week term drop deadline |
| Feb. 13 | Spring 1 graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| Feb. 20 | Spring 1 9-week withdrawal deadline |
| Feb. 27 | Spring 1 8-week withdrawal deadline |
| March 2 | Spring Semester undergraduate and Spring 2 graduate Petition to Graduate due |
| March 8 | International Women’s Day (campus closed) |
| March 9 | Registration begins for Summer/Fall 2026 undergraduate classes |
| March 13 | Spring 1 undergraduate 8-week term and graduate 9-week term ends |
| March 16 | Registration begins for Summer/Fall 2026 graduate classes |
| March 16–20 | Spring Break (undergraduate and graduate) |
| March 20 | Spring 1 grades due from faculty |
| March 20 | Spring 1 graduate Graduation Date* |
| March 20 | Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan Hayit) (campus closed) |
| March 21 | Navruz (campus closed) |
| March 23 | Spring 2 undergraduate 8-week term and graduate 9-week term begins |
| March 27 | Spring 2 8-week and 9-week drop deadline |
| April 17 | Spring Semester withdrawal deadline |
| May 1 | Spring 2 8-week and 9-week withdrawal deadline |
| May 15 | Spring Semester and Spring 2 undergraduate 8-week term ends |
| May 22 | Spring 2 graduate 9-week term ends |
| May 22 | Spring Semester and Spring 2 8-week grades due from faculty |
| May 27 | Eid al-Adha (Kurban Hayit) (campus closed) |
| May 29 | Spring 2 9-week term grades due from faculty |
| May 29 | Spring Semester and Spring 2 graduate Graduation Date* |
| Commencement - TBD |
*Graduation Date (official date of conferral that appears on the diploma, not the commencement ceremony date)
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