2025-2026 Academic Calendar
Fall 2025
| New Faculty and Professional Staff Orientation | Monday, August 18 |
| Orientation, Graduate Students - Syracuse Campus | Thursday, August 21 |
| Orientation, Graduate Students - Main Campus | Friday, August 22 |
| Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-1 Courses | Monday, August 25 |
| Registration Changes (Add/Drop Period Begins) | Monday, August 25 |
| Final date to Add a Q-1 Course | Thursday, August 28 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Q-1 Courses | Thursday, August 28 |
| Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Thursday, September 4 |
| Student Teaching Orientation | Thurs - Fri, August 28-29 |
| Labor Day (No Classes) | Monday, September 1 |
| Q-1 Student Teaching Begins | Tuesday, September 2 |
| Final Date to Drop a Q-1 Course | Thursday, September 4 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Semester Course | Thursday, September 4 |
| Final Date to Drop an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Monday, September 15 |
| Course Withdrawal (W grade appears on transcript) in Effect | Sept 16 - December 5 |
| Final date for FACULTY to Remove Incompletes and Other Grade Changes | Friday, October 3 |
| Fall Break (No Classes) | Thurs - Fri, October 9-10 |
| End of Q-1 Courses | Friday, October 10 |
| Final Exams: Q-1 Courses | Mon - Fri, Oct 13-17 |
| End of Q-1 Student Teaching | Thursday, October 16 |
| Student Teaching Mid-Semester Meeting | Friday, October 17 |
| Midterm Grades Posted | Friday, October 17 |
| Instruction Begins: Q-2 Courses | Monday, October 20 |
| Q-2 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, October 20 |
| Final date to Add a Q-2 Course | Thursday, October 23 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-2 Course | Thursday, October 23 |
| Final Date to Drop a Q-2 Course | Wednesday, October 29 |
| Thanksgiving Recess | Mon - Fri, November 24-28 |
| Classes Resume | Monday, December 1 |
| Last Day of Classes | Friday, December 5 |
| Final day to withdraw from a course | Friday, December 5 |
| Reading Days | Sat - Sun, December 6-7 |
| Common Finals | Monday, December 8 |
| Final Exams: Semester & Q-2 Courses | Mon - Fri, December 8 - 12 |
| End of Q-2 Student Teaching | Thursday, December 11 |
| December Graduation | Saturday, December 13 |
Winter 2026
| Session 1 | Monday, December 15 - Friday, January 2 |
| Session 1-2 | Monday, December 15 - Friday, January 23 |
| New Year's Day: No classes | Thursday, January 1 |
| Session 2 | Monday, January 5 - Friday, January 23 |
| Martin Luther King Day: No Classes | Monday, January 19 |
| Winter Session Ends | Friday, January 23 |
Spring 2026
| Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-3 Courses | Monday, January 26 |
| Q-3 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, January 26 |
| Final date to Add a Q-3 Course | Thursday, January 29 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-3 Course | Thursday, January 29 |
| Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Wednesday, February 4 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Semester Course | Wednesday, February 4 |
| Final Date to Drop a Q-3 Course | Wednesday, February 4 |
| Final date to Drop an Undergradaute or Graduate Semester Course | Friday, February 13 |
| Course Withdrawal Period (W grade appears on transcript) in Effect | February 14 - May 8 |
| Final Date for FACULTY to Remove Incompletes and Other Grade Changes | Friday, March 6 |
| Final Exams: Q-3 Courses | March 9-13 |
| Spring Recess | Mon - Fri, March 16-20 |
| End of Q-3 Student Teaching | Thursday, March 19 |
| Student Teaching Mid-Semester Meeting | Friday, March 20 |
| Classes Resume | Monday, March 23 |
| Q-4 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, March 23 |
| Instruction Begins: Q-4 Courses | Monday, March 23 |
| Final Date to Add a Q-4 Course | Thursday, March 26 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-4 Course | Thursday, March 26 |
| Midterm Grades Posted | Friday, March 27 |
| Final Date to Drop a Q-4 Course | Wednesday, April 1 |
| Quest (No Classes, 8am - 5pm) | Wednesday, April 22 |
| Honors Convocation | Friday, April 24 |
| Last Day of Classes | Friday, May 8 |
| Final day to withdraw from a course | Friday, May 8 |
| Reading Days | Sat - Sun, May 9-10 |
| Common Finals | Monday, May 11 |
| Final Exams: Semester & Q-4 Courses | Mon - Fri, May 11-15 |
| End of Q-4 Student Teaching | Thursday, May 14 |
| Commencement Eve Torchlight Dinner and Ceremony | Friday, May 15 |
| Commencement | Saturday, May 16 |
Summer 2026
| Memorial Day: No Classes | Monday, May 25 |
| Session 1 | Tuesday, May 26 - June 12 |
| Session 1-2 | Tuesday, May 26 - July 2 |
| Juneteenth: No Classes | Friday, June 19 |
| Session 1-4 | Tuesday, May 26 - August 14 |
| Session 2 | Monday, June 15 - July 2 |
| Independence Day: No Classes | Friday, July 3 |
| Session 3 | Monday, July 6 - July 24 |
| Session 3-4 | Monday, July 6 - August 14 |
| Session 4 | Monday, July 27 - August 14 |