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 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