2025–2026 Academic Calendar
The academic calendar provides critical information regarding activities and holidays during the academic year.
2025–2026 Academic Calendar
The academic calendar provides critical information regarding activities and holidays during the academic year.
Academic Calendar Resources
Fall 2025
Fall-term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.
Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
Labor Day; classes do not meet
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Family Weekend
Family Weekend
Yale College opens its doors to families and friends and invites everyone to attend the dozens of events planned around campus and throughout New Haven.
Whether you plan to visit the newly renovated art gallery, cheer one of our teams to victory, or sit in on a discussion of Yale College life, you will find the details to those and all other events here. And as you plan your stay, you will also find everything you need to know about navigating the city, dining, and lodging.
October recess begins after last academic obligation
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Mid-semester date
November recess begins after last academic obligation
The Game: Yale vs. Harvard
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; reading period begins
Final examinations begin, 9:00 a.m.
Final examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; winter recess begins
Residences close, 12:00 p.m.
Spring 2026
Residences open, 9:00 a.m.
Spring term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet
Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
Mid-semester date
Spring recess begins after last academic obligation
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; reading period begins
Final examinations begin, 9:00 a.m.
Final examinations end, 5:30 p.m.
Residences close (for non-seniors), 3:00 p.m.
University Commencement
Holidays
Labor Day; classes do not meet
October recess begins after last academic obligation
November recess begins after last academic obligation
Final examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; winter recess begins
Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet
Spring recess begins after last academic obligation