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
October recess begins, after last academic obligation.
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Mid-semester date
November recess begins, 5:00 p.m.
The Game: Yale vs. Harvard
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; Reading Period begins
Final examinations begin, 7:00 p.m.
Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; Winter recess begins
Residences close, noon

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, 5:00 p.m.
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; reading period begins
Final examinations begin, 7:00 p.m.
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, 5:00 p.m.
Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; Winter recess begins
Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet.
Spring recess begins, 5:00 p.m.